Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was not immediately clear where the inhabitants would go. Tens of...
South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people. Thousands of people took to the...
At least 10 people were injured in the blaze A camp housing 1,500 migrants in northern France has been destroyed in a fire that officials said began during a fight between Afghans and Kurds. At least...
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty International says. At least 1,032 people were executed last year, down from 1,634 in...
Mr Kabila (C) was supposed to step down at the end of 2016 but the vote to replace him was not held Police have banned political protests across the Democratic Republic of Congo, setting the stage...
South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has denounced as racist some of the placards displayed at mass protests last week to demand his removal from power. Mr Zuma has been speaking at a...
Ndechumia Bilali Kimali is due to appear in court on drug trafficking charges A Kenyan accused of being the mastermind of a drug trafficking syndicate has arrived in the country under police escort...
He said they were taking revenge after a military defeat A rebel official in South Sudan and a Roman Catholic priest say a number of people have been killed in the town of Wau because of their...
US death penalty sentences fell to a historic low last year and executions also dropped sharply, contributing to a global slump of over a third from 2015, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The...
China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death penalties in the world decreased overall. The human rights organisation estimates the...
South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people. Thousands of people took to the...
White supremacist Dylann Roof pleaded guilty Monday to state charges in the killing of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina, three months after being handed a death sentence for the crime at the...
Pakistan is set to execute an Indian naval officer accused of being a spy, potentially ratcheting up tension between the two nuclear-armed states. Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav was sentenced to death after...
Some key allies of the ANC called for President Jacob Zuma to step down South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation "racists", saying they held placards that...
Reports in the media landscape suggesting that the Minority in Parliament went to beg former President Jerry John Rawlings to take over the party is false as we only paid a courtesy call on him,...
A 16-year-old Syrian refugee was convicted in Germany Monday of planning a bomb attack on behalf of the Islamic State jihadist group and sentenced to two years' juvenile detention. The regional court...
South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday described last week's protests demanding that he resign as racist, as he fought back against the criticism that has threatened to split the ruling ANC...
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between five and 17, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600, the...
Pakistan will execute an Indian man arrested in the southwestern province of Balochistan last year who officials claim has confessed to being a spy for Indian intelligence, the country's powerful...
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between five and 17, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600, the...
