Human rights

Hundreds killed in Haiti drone strikes, including 60 civilians, Human Rights Watch says

FILE PHOTO: A member of the police attends the funeral of four Haitian police officers, two of whom were killed when an explosive drone accidentally detonated at a SWAT base in August, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, in Kenscoff, Haiti, September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Egeder Pq Fildor/File Photo

Iran players sing final anthem before bowing out of Women's Asian Cup

UN rights chief says US must probe Iran school strike ‘very quickly’

Coffins being transported before a funeral procession for the victims of astrike on a girls' school in the city of Minab, Iran, on March 3. Iran has placed the death toll at more than 150.

Indonesian court acquits four activists accused of inciting deadly 2025 student protests

University students hold a poster reading, \"Citizens guarding citizens\", and a picture depicting Affan Kurniawan, a ride-hailing motorbike driver who was killed after being hit and struck by a police armoured vehicle during protests over parliamentarians' extra pay and housing allowances, at a rally outside the Indonesian parliament building, in Jakarta, Indonesia September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

UN human rights chief to travel to Washington amid concerns over Middle East crisis

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, attends the Human Rights Council at the UN European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 8, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief

A damaged building after an Israeli strike, following renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

Belarus leader Lukashenko pardons 15 people jailed on political charges

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the summit of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 21, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS

Mexico court orders army to hand in missing documents on students that disappeared

Students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College take part in a march to demand justice in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College, in Mexico City, Mexico, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Henry Romero

UN 'deeply disturbed' by strike on Iran school that killed 160 children

FILE PHOTO: People mourn on the day of the funeral of the victims following a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 3, 2026. Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Tunisia jails tycoon Mabrouk for corruption

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