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While evacuating their homes in a refugee camp, at least 200 men were detained and forced by the Israeli military to strip to their underwear, including a father holding his 3-year-old daughter.

The Himalayan country is facing unprecedented emigration and high youth unemployment, casting doubt on its famous happiness-based economic approach

Human Rights Watch report exposes Burkina Faso government's negligence during militant attack, leading to tragic deaths and injuries.

Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year

Human Rights Watch program director raises concerns over foreign arms supplies to Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza conflict, urging concrete actions t...

Iran, Ukraine and energy security are dominating talks at the first-ever European Union-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, which opened in Brussels on Wednesday.

Gulf leaders including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gather with EU heads of state and government in Brussels Wednesday for a summit aimed at averting a "general conflagration" in the Middle East.

It is believed that a third of gang members in Haiti are currently minors

Exclusive: Strike that killed 22 is first time US-made munition confirmed to have been used in attack on central Beirut since 2006

Balloting would have provided a rare opportunity for the world’s governments to vote on complicity in Israeli war crimes

Amnesty International says there have been horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees, with a failure to investigate incidents in custody. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have published degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children. To discuss these serious accusations about the treatment…