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Kyiv says it needs ‘weapons, more weapons, and more weapons’ and hits out after Human Rights Watch report on civilian deaths

The US will send the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use

President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered top military commanders on Friday to strengthen Ukraine's northern military sector following the arrival of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group fighters in Belarus. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow would emerge from the aftermath of the Wagner mercenary group’s aborted…

Marcos has stood up to China, and he remains popular, despite running the country ‘under cruise control’, according to one expert

A new Human Rights Watch report is accusing Burkina Faso's military of killing and torturing civilians in the country's northeast

Hospitals are trapping patients in medical debt and cycles of abusive billing and debt collection practices

Human Rights Watch, the nonprofit that for decades has called attention to the victims of war, famine, and political repression around the world, is taking aim at U.S. hospitals for pushing millions of American patients into debt.

Despite its reputation as a refugee-welcoming and multicultural country, Canada imprisons thousands of people on immigration-related grounds every year. Many of these people are held in provincial jails under agreements between the provinces and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

A leading rights group says the World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed” algorithm to calculate aid for the kingdom, excludes some people who are impoverished, hungry or otherwise struggling