Over 100,000 people displaced by fighting in north-west Pakistan – UN agency
Displaced girls at Jalala camp collect food from a central distribution centre.
Ban urges Arab League to listen to people’s voices and support democratic reforms
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil El Araby and UN-...
Ex-Pak dancing girl who was attacked with acid commits suicide
Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus who had to endure over three dozen surgeries over a period of more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body, has committed suicide.
Spanish Workers Protest Labor Reforms
Spanish workers took to the streets Thursday to protest sweeping labor reforms, public spending cuts and widespread unemployment.
One million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance – UN-backed survey
A young Syrian refugee with his brother in Jordan. The boys fled Syria with their parents.
Xinjiang court sentences Uighur man to death for violence
A court in the far western Chinese province of Xinjiang has sentenced to death an Uighur man for masterminding a...
Afghanistan: Hundreds of Women, Girls Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’
A prisoner covers her face while sitting outside a room that she shares with 15 other...
Flights across Germany hit due to ground workers strike
Lufthansa and Air Berlin, two of Germany's biggest airlines, scrapped more than 460 flights worldwide Tuesday due to...
ISRAEL-OPT: Helping ex-detainee children cope with trauma
Hamza was detained by the Israeli military for four and a half months after he was caught throwing stones
UN tribunal refers case of fugitive genocide suspect to Rwanda court
The United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today ordered the case of an...
