The UN's top expert on human rights in Myanmar warned Wednesday of "massive loss of life" due to starvation and disease in eastern Kayah state as junta forces continue a deadly crackdown.  "The junta’s brutal, indiscriminate attacks are threatening the lives of many thousands of men,...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday of the coronavirus. He was 74. A close...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) on Sunday has outlined most notable human rights violations in May carried out by of the warring parties.   The monthly  report documented the deaths of 96 civilians in May, including 15 children and 11 women, and nine people were died of...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children, an Afghan official said Sunday. The minivan fell into a valley with the shock of the explosion Saturday, said...