Footage of security officers dragging a pregnant black woman off a Stockholm subway train and pinning her to a bench has caused an outcry in Sweden, raising questions about the treatment of minorities in a country often seen as a beacon of tolerance.

Palestinians worshippers have managed to gain access to the Israeli-restricted Bab al-Rahma area of the al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds.

The number of babies in England that have suffered serious injury through abuse or neglect during the Covid pandemic is up by a fifth on the same period last year, and eight have died from their injuries, according to Ofsted.

The health status of jailed Saudi women’s right activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has been on hunger strike since last week, is rapidly worsening, UN experts said, calling for her “immediate” release.

The demolition of most structures within a Palestinian community in the Jordan Valley was shocking (Israeli forces leave 41 children homeless after razing Palestinian village, UN says, 5 November). Usually Israel only demolishes a few homes per day, which doesn’t get into the news.

Ahead of elections in Myanmar on 8 November, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated his hope that the vote would help advance “inclusive sustainable development” across the country.

Hotspots in four countries – Burkina Faso, Yemen, South Sudan and Nigeria – are on the brink of severe levels of food insecurity and could potentially fall into famine within three to six months as the coronavirus pandemic erodes people’s ability to access food, a new United Nations report warned on...

In a meeting held with the Afghan Ambassador to Tehran, Abdolghafoor Lival at the embassy of Afghanistan on Wednesday afternoon, the Secretary of High Council for Human Rights expressed his condolences with respect to the victims of the terrorist attack which occurred in Kabul and caused injuries to...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran wants the US government to abide by the laws and return to international treaties.

Solidarity around the world for people who are victims of political or human rights abuses should not know any boundaries. And those of us that spoke up for Aung San Suu Kyi when she was under house arrest – those of us who marched and called for her release – will also speak up for the Rohingya peo...