In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...

Mohiuddin Rubel, former director of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), has called for ...

Catholic Relief Services and Caritas agencies throughout the world are warning that the Trump administration's freezing of ...

More than 250 people rescued from online scam centers in Myanmar were handed over to Thailand on Feb. 12, a senior Thai army ...

In a new directive for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia has banned children from accompanying pilgrims. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah stated that the move is intended to safeguard children from ...

The human rights office also finds systematic abuse by former ministers, security agency officials, and Awami League leaders.

A journalist was among at least three people jailed in Belarus who the White House said Wednesday were released following a ...

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' for whom the question is not if but when ...

Bangladesh's former Government led by ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically engaged in a range ...

The UN human rights chief says officials from former PM Sheikh Hasina's government and security services committed serious human rights violations. He said crimes against humanity may have been ...

Nearly the entire world is exposed to air at some point that doesn't meet the strict standards set by the World Health ...

The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last ...