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North Korea's state-run news agency (KCNA) reported Friday that Kim Jong-un watched a ballistic missile launch test, and ordered more tests, in order to improve the country's nuclear attack capabilities. This test is believed to have taken...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Saturday called on the parties involved in the Western Sahara conflict to end the "unacceptable" plight of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria. After meeting with refugees and...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a report on Friday recommending increased measures to be taken for all countries involved in the rise of allegations against UN peacekeepers of sexual abuse and exploitation. The report documents a...

A UN human rights body was urged Monday to place more of a focus on women in disaster reduction and relief measures. Speaking to a special convention on the relationship between gender and disaster reduction and climate...

The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved resolution 2268 , voting to endorse a Russian and American plan for a cessation of hostilities in Syria. The plan, which was drafted jointly by Russia and the US,...

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday acknowledged the outcome of a failed constitutional referendum that would have permitted him to remain in power for a fourth consecutive term. Voting on the referendum took place last Sunday, and...

Israeli human rights groups HaMoked and B'Tselem released a report Wednesday detailing alleged mistreatment of detained Palestinians. The report, entitled "Backed by the System" , gives first hand accounts of abuse reportedly suffered by more...

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released its Annual Report 2015/16 , a summary of an international survey of human rights concluding that "short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic...

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday reported that Turkey has denied entry to many injured Syrian refugees attempting to cross its borders. The refugees are fleeing after bombing in the northern Aleppo countryside over the last two weeks....

A top migration official at EU has warned Austria on Thursday not to go ahead with the implementation of its plans to cap the asylum-seeker numbers, stating that any such move would be unlawful. Dimitris Avramopoulos wrote a...