President Donald Trump set and postponed deadlines for Iran to negotiate. His threats escalated to targeting civilian infrastructure. Iran ...

The UN's top human rights official, Volker Türk, has strongly condemned the escalating war rhetoric in the Middle East. He warned that thre...

Israel's parliament has passed a controversial law mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of terrorist acts. The ...

Gulf Arab states warned the UN Human Rights Council of an existential threat from Iran, condemning its drone and missile strikes on infrast...

The United Nations is urgently calling for an end to the escalating war in the Middle East. Fear and panic are spreading rapidly across the...

The United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has urged Iran to halt all executions. This call comes after a death sentence was issued ...

The UN rights chief lamented Monday the "meagre results" at the COP30 climate summit, warning that the "fatal inaction" of leaders might on...

The UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, has cautioned about the erosion of human rights and the international order due to the glorificatio...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk says Israel's plan for a complete military takeover of Gaza must stop. He mentions that the plan goes aga...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that "deadly attacks" on civilians around aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip consti...

The United Nations rights chief warned Monday of the risk of a return to an era of "dictators", calling for urgent efforts to avoid "very d...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Monday urged immediate de-escalation in the Middle East, fearing the Gaza conflict cou...

The United Nations' human rights chief, Volker Turk, has urged the government to end the "shocking violence" in Bangladesh, where protester...

The Israeli military said on Monday it had called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and was imposing a total blockade of the Gaza Stri...

The United Nations has criticised the UK’s new Illegal Migration Bill, stating it sets a worrying precedent for global migration. The Bill ...

The Islamist-aligned Allied Democratic Forces, a notorious militia called CODECO, and M23 insurgents, along with the Zaire and Nyatura arme...

In his letter, Turk urged Twitter to stand up for the rights to privacy and free expression to the full extent possible, under relevant law...