Human Rights

Three civilians killed as Saudi forces shell border regions in northwestern Yemen

Mar 18, 2023 13:59

At least three people have been killed and several others injured after Saudi border troops fired barrages of artillery rounds at residential neighborhoods in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada, close to the border with the Saudi Arabia.
UK Home Secretary visits Rwanda as asylum deal remains mired in legal challenges

Mar 18, 2023 13:56

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has traveled to Rwanda to discuss a controversial agreement which will see the UK deport asylum seekers deemed to have arrived illegally in the African nation.
French police attack Paris protesters as anti-pension bill protests rage

Mar 18, 2023 09:16

Police in Paris have tear-gassed protesters and arrested hundreds of them after they took the streets and gathered at Place de la Concorde to voice their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to implement pension reforms without a vote in the lower house of parliament.
13,000 Iranians martyred by West's chemical arms supplied to Saddam: Gharibabadi

Mar 18, 2023 08:16

Human rights official has deplored the European Parliament's resolution over the suspected poisoning of some students in Iranian schools, emphasizing that thousands of Iranians lost their lives as a result of the West's chemical weapons supplied to the deposed Ba'ath regime of Iraq during the imposed war on Iran.
Palestinians go on strike to mourn victims of Israeli attack on Jenin

Mar 17, 2023 12:42

Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank and al-Quds have held a general strike to mourn the victims of the latest Israeli raid into Jenin.
Ten people charged with murder in death of Black man at US hospital

Mar 17, 2023 09:36

After a massive outcry, seven US police officers and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 28-year-old Black inmate at a state psychiatric hospital last week in Virginia.
Yemen: Fragile truce ‘may end at any moment’ as Saudi aggression, siege rage

Mar 14, 2023 12:49

A senior adviser to the Yemeni Information Ministry says a de facto ceasefire between the country’s fighters and the invading Saudi-led coalition “may end at any moment” due to the continuation of the aggression and siege against the impoverished nation.
Iran says supports UN efforts to bring peace to war-wracked Yemen

Mar 14, 2023 08:26

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the Islamic Republic supports intra-Yemeni talks to find a political solution to the crisis in the war-wracked Arab country.
Palestinian resistance groups vow to take revenge for Jenin carnage

Mar 08, 2023 08:28

Palestinian resistance movements have denounced the latest deadly raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, vowing to take a harsh revenge after Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians and wounded dozens of others.
Iran committed to promoting women’s rights despite US sanctions: Envoy

Mar 08, 2023 03:34

Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations has reiterated the country’s commitment to promoting women’s rights and empowering them despite the hurdles created by the illegal US sanctions.