
HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights museum rejects Trump’s visit
A well-known civil rights organization in the United States rejects a request by GOP nominee Donald Trump for a visit to the complex.

A well-known civil rights organization in the United States rejects a request by GOP nominee Donald Trump for a visit to the complex.

The Great Mosque of Rome has launched a gastronomic initiative to raise money for the victims of Italy’s recent earthquake.

Results of Spain's regional elections bolster the People's Party while dealing a blow to the opposition Socialist Party.

More than a hundred kite enthusiasts showcased their stunt kite flying and artistic kite displays along Taiwan's north coast.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is set to campaign along with his former rival, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, in New Hampshire.

Iraq says US-led coalition forces will not be present in the upcoming operation to liberate Mosul.

Inquiries into misconduct by UK soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have infuriated former prime minister Tony Blair.

Yemen’s Supreme Political Council offers amnesty to armed supporters of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs says that Israeli medical negligence has led to the death of a Palestinian prisoner.

South Sudan’s former vice president Riek Machar has called for war against the government in Juba.

Donald Trump promises Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "recognize Jerusalem" as the capital of Israel as the US president.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country has received assurances from the US that European banks will not be punished for doing business with Iran.

The top Pakistani Taliban commander and his associates were killed in the Laman area of Afghanistan’s Paktika province.

Western powers are intentionally ignoring human rights abuses and war crimes by their own allies, says a scholar.

The Security Council meeting, called by the US, Britain and France, was aimed at discussing the escalation of fighting in the divided northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo.

The Central Ban of Iran (CBI) has for the first time introduced the country’s first credit cards that have been devised based on Murabahah Islamic financing structure.

A US military official says the USAF is renewing its arsenal of nuclear weapons to keep up with Russia and China.

A locomotive driver is injured as bomb goes off on a rail line in Turkey’s southeastern Van province.