On Thursday, Palestinian and Israeli leaders will be taking the centre stage at the UN General Assembly. Washington's role as a mediator in the peace process is in doubt after several recent decisions by

Dozens of Iraqi men and young boys are said to have disappeared in the last four years. Pro-government forces who conducted searches for ISIL fighters and supporters have been blamed. Human Rights Watch says

IRBIL: Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, which votes for a new parliament on Sunday, has endured a year of unrest and open crisis with the Baghdad government since it overwhelmingly backed independence in a

Mexico City – Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised to reopen the case of the 43 missing students from a rural teacher's college in Ayotzinapa, who disappeared after the police intercepted them on

Two separate air strikes over the weekend killed at least 21 civilians in Afghanistan, including 14 children, the UN said.  In a statement late on Tuesday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the

The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Washington, and the director of Israel's Mossad spy agency have joined ranks in pushing for regime change in Iran. Speaking

Chicago, Illinois - Activists and their supporters marched to the door of Chicago's Cook County Courthouse on Tuesday night to mark what would have been the 21st birthday of Laquan McDonald, the black teen

On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly will be shining a spotlight on the spread of tuberculosis, especially in poorer areas. South Africa has the second-highest rate of TB infection in Africa. While there has

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has strongly criticized the report of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights for Yemen, saying it had fallen away from objectivity, rushed to conclusions and made several errors in its

Christine Blasey Ford has accused US Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. According to Ford, Kavanaugh groped her and try to remove her clothing at a party