Amnesty International yesterday accused Ukrainian forces of torture and pro-Russian rebels of even more serious war crimes such as

A Tibetan father-of-four set himself on fire in protest at China's rule over the Himalayan region, overseas media and rights groups said,

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker lived up to his reputation for straight talking yesterday when he hailed Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban as "dictator" on his arrival at an EU summit in Riga.

The Gaza Strip has the world's highest unemployment and Palestinians, Israelis and donors must take action to avoid a "dangerous fiscal crisis," the World Bank said yesterday.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to make a bid to head the United Nations' Human Rights Council, in a move that has been described as the "final nail in the coffin for the credibility" of the HRC.

A bus with 22 government officials led by Azharul Islam Khan, joint secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division, left Dhaka for Guwahati

With twelve towers, 10,000 rooms, 70 restaurants, plus helipads and a full-size convention center, Abraj Kudai in Mecca is set to become the largest hotel in the world when it opens in 2017.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been closed to the public as staff stage a walk-out to protest against a surge in pickpocketing gangs.

A suicide bomber kills 21 worshipers during Friday prayers in a packed Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.

As the trade in human beings becomes more and more profitable, the BBC's Jonathan Head discovers that entire communities in Thailand are helping the traffickers.

Leading authors, including Salman Rushdie and fellow Booker prize winners Margaret Atwood and Yann Martell, call on Bangladesh's government to put an end to a spate of deadly attacks on atheist bloggers.

Myanmar has rescued two migrant boats holding more than 200 people in its waters near the border with Bangladesh.

European Union lawmakers are calling on Myanmar to end the persecution of Rohingya Muslims and for Thailand to launch investigations into reports of mass graves of the Muslim minority.

The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is willing to host Rohingyas, who fled the massive persecution and human rights abuses they suffered in Myanmar (Burma), Gov.

George W Bush has gone down in history as one of the world's most evil people, just behind Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.

White House hopeful Rand Paul theatrically brought the Senate to a standstill Wednesday, delivering a 10-hour, 30-minute speech seeking to end intelligence agency bulk telephone data collection from millions of Americans.

The gap between the rich and poor in most of the world's advanced economies is at record levels, according to an OECD study that also

China's land reclamation around reefs in the disputed South China Sea is undermining freedom and stability, and risks provoking

Kiev lawmakers yesterday annulled five crucial security agreements with Moscow that had allowed Russia to transport troops to a

Protesters in Burundi battled police yesterday in violent anti-government demonstrations against a third term bid for power by the