Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an anti-government protest movement, targeting social media users in a bid to stop demonstrations resuming once coronavirus restrictions end. Weekly protests rocked the North African country for more than a year and only stopped in March due to the...

India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases Friday as the southern city of Chennai locked down following fresh outbreaks there. Given India's high population density, experts have long worried that a sustained COVID-19 outbreak would lead to pressure on its...

The United States is no longer mentioned in a draft resolution before the UN Human Rights Council condemning systemic racism and police brutality, a revised version of the text showed Friday. The UN's top rights body is due to vote Friday afternoon on a draft resolution initially presented...

This is an especially challenging time for Syrian refugees living in Turkey, as most of them work in the service sector, the very front line of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a local sociologist. “Syrians living in Turkey can face much bigger challenges during the pandemic,”...