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Iran rights official: Saudi Arabia must be held to account for executions
Mar 14, 2022 09:19A senior Iranian Judiciary official says Saudi authorities must be held accountable for the latest execution of dozens of prisoners in a single day, adding the kingdom must make clarifications on the charges leveled against those put to death.
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Plight of Afghans ignored by international community
Mar 11, 2022 08:28The war in Ukraine has triggered a refugee crisis in Europe. But critics say refugees in other parts of the world do not receive the same solidarity and media coverage. Afghanistan is going through a tough time and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.
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Arab League urges ICC to pursue probe of Israeli regime war crimes
Mar 10, 2022 04:45The Arab League Ministerial Council has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to proceed with its investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Israeli regime against the defenseless Palestinian people.
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Rights group calls for necessary attention to be paid to Palestinian refugees
Mar 09, 2022 13:13A Palestinian rights group has urged the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to pay necessary attention to Palestinian refugees similar to that given to Ukrainians who have fled the conflict in their country, and to deal with their problems fairly, responsibly and seriously.
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Yemen: Saudi spy drone shot down as defectors join Yemeni forces
Mar 08, 2022 12:48Yemeni armed forces have shot down a US-built Boeing Insitu ScanEagle spy drone operated by the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying over the country’s northern province of Hajjah.
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Yemeni minister: US behind siege of Yemen; no humanity seen from West
Mar 08, 2022 08:38Yemen’s information minister says the United States is responsible for the crippling blockade on Yemen and slammed Western powers’ response to the suffering of Muslim nations for lacking humanity.
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UN expert urges Sudan forces to stop firing live ammunition, teargas at anti-coup protesters
Feb 25, 2022 02:17A United Nations expert has called on Sudan's military to stop using "excessive force" against anti-coup protesters as the crackdown has so far claimed dozens of lives across the African country.
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Gambia urges UN top court to reject Myanmar’s bid to end Rohingya genocide case
Feb 24, 2022 10:49Lawyers from Gambia have urged the United Nations’ top court to reject Myanmar’s legal attempt to end a case of genocide by the Southeast Asian country against Rohingya Muslims, after the Buddhist nation tried to get the case dismissed.
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Civilians killed, injured in fresh Saudi-led attacks across Yemen
Feb 22, 2022 08:48A war coalition led by Saudi Arabia has conducted fresh airstrikes as well as missile and artillery raids on residential areas in several Yemeni provinces, killing at least one civilian and injuring more than ten others.
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Forced expulsion of Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah violates international law: UN
Feb 20, 2022 14:11The United Nations has denounced Israeli forced expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of al-Quds, slamming the move as a “violation of international law”.