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Protests erupted in Nicaragua, with violent consequences. (AFP/ File)

August 30th, 2018 - 07:49 GMT

UN Calls for Serious Action Amidst Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua

The United Nations on Wednesday called for urgent action and accountability to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua.

Palestinian Khader Adnan, who staged a 56-day hunger strike while being detained by Israeli authorities lies on a bed as he is treated at the Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem on July 15, 2015. (AFP/ Ahmad Gharabli)

May 26th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

UN Concerned over Health of Palestinian Hunger Strikers

Turkish riot police arrest a protester seeking to defy a ban and march to Istanbul's Taksim square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul on May 1, 2017. (AFP/Gurcan Ozturk)

May 1st, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Over 200 protesters detained in Turkey May Day clashes

Syrians walk past a water fountain that is running dry as shortages leave over 5 million people with little to no running water. (AFP/File)

March 14th, 2017 - 04:00 GMT

UN Probe: Syrian government intentionally bombed Damascus water supply

Israeli security forces gather at the scene where a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli security forces after ramming his car into a group of Israelis at Tapuah junction, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on November 8, 2015. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)

June 12th, 2016 - 08:01 GMT

Israel heavily deploys troops and seals off villages following alleged car ramming attack

Israeli forces stand next to the body of a Palestinian who was shot dead following an alleged attempt to stab Israeli border police, at a checkpoint near the Israeli settlement of Har Homa in the occupied West Bank, on February 14, 2016. (AFP/File)

June 12th, 2016 - 04:35 GMT

Israeli occupation forces demolish home of Palestinian teen accused of killing settler

People walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on April 28, 2016. (AFP/Ameer al-Halbi)

April 30th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

UN: Airstrikes indicate ‘lethal escalation’ of violence in Syria

Pregnant women infected by the Zika virus wait to be attended to in Cucuta, Colombia. (AFP/Schneyder Mendoza)

March 15th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Egyptian Dar al-Ifta forbid Zika-infected women from having abortions

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein attends a press conference. (AFP/File)

March 11th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

UN issues warning to EU for mass arbitrary expulsion of refugees

UN High Commisioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein. (AFP/File)

February 29th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Ceasefire does not stop sieges, thousands still at risk of starvation in Syria

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February 1st, 2016 - 05:30 GMT

Syria: UN rights chief says war crimes should not be pardoned

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December 23rd, 2014 - 02:07 GMT

UN warns of high civilian casualties in Libya violence

Lebanon hosts over a million Syrian refugees. (AFP/File)

December 23rd, 2014 - 05:00 GMT

Syrian conflict has cost Lebanon $20 billion