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UN says it has received only 12 percent of funds sought for war-wracked Sudan as ‘famine is closing in’.

More than 300 bodies retrieved from two of the largest hospitals in Gaza after Israeli sieges end this month.

Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and stripped

UN human rights office expresses concern over escalating violence after deaths near Nablus over weekend

The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office express regret over the first use of nitrogen gas in an execution in Alabama, stating that the death pe...

Smith became first inmate in history to be executed with nitrogen gas.

Israel’s order for 1.1 million northern Gazans to move south could amount to a forcible transfer of civilians, UN says.

U.N. human rights officials are denouncing what they called the “extreme brutality” of gangs in Haiti as thousands flee several neighborhoods in the country’s capital this week amid a surge in violence

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

Singapore has executed a man for abetting the trafficking of cannabis, despite pleas for clemency and protests that he was convicted on weak evidence