
HUMAN RIGHTS
No copper mine on Apache ‘sacred’ land
Native Americans protesters hold a demonstration at the US Capitol to censure a plan to build a copper mine in Arizona.

Native Americans protesters hold a demonstration at the US Capitol to censure a plan to build a copper mine in Arizona.

Thirty-three ISIL Takfiri militants have been killed in infighting over power and money in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

FIFA is to launch a probe into claims that a football club in Laos has been trafficking teenage African players.

India plans to buy 48 Russian medium-lift Mi-17 V-5 military helicopters in a deal reportedly worth 1.1 billion US dollars.

Police in Turkey has used tear gas and water cannon against hundreds of people protesting a recent deadly bomb attack in a border town.

Obama compares opponents of Iran’s nuclear conclusion with American war-mongering politicians, like Dick Cheney, who brought about the Iraq War.

The Nigerian president declares the establishment of a multinational African force within 10 days to take on the Boko Haram terror group.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev expresses concern over the worsening relations between Russia and Germany.

Three Spanish journalists have gone missing in the northwester Syrian city of Aleppo two days after entering the war-stricken country.

Local Indian vigilantes tie an alleged sexual offender to a tree and beat him.

Former CIA contractor elaborates on what might be lying “beneath” a US storage facility in Kandahar.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign for the Republican nomination is aimed at promoting his vast business empire.

At least 12 people are killed in three separate bomb blasts targeting Baghdad Province in Iraq.

African Union troops kill several Somali civilians in suspected 'revenge' attacks.

Kyrgyzstan terminates a long-standing cooperation deal with the United States.

Iran says it has played a leading role in fighting terrorism and extremism.

The Israeli attorney general orders a criminal investigation into financial misconduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Human Rights Watch says dozens of Egyptians have been 'secretly' detained.