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November 09, 2018

Kenya launches internal police probe to help reform force

Kenya's internal security minister Friday launched a police internal affairs unit to investigate allegations of abuses in the ...

November 08, 2018

US, rights groups pressure Mauritania over slavery

International rights groups are urging Mauritania to release anti-slavery activists, as the United States has announced it ...

November 07, 2018

Massachusetts backs transgender rights; Michigan OKs pot use

In the first statewide referendum on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters on Tuesday beat back a repeal attempt and ...

November 06, 2018

Ukraine's top prosecutor to resign over acid attack scandal

Ukraine's top prosecutor says he will resign amid outrage over an investigation into the killing of an outspoken activist in ...

November 05, 2018

Iran blames Denmark plot on alleged Israeli conspiracy

Iran's intelligence minister claims that an alleged Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark was an Israeli ...

November 04, 2018

Hundreds rally in Kiev after activist's acid attack death

Several hundred people have gathered outside the Ukrainian Interior Ministry headquarters after the death of an ...

November 01, 2018

Norway summons Iranian ambassador over Denmark plot

Norway's foreign minister has summoned Iran's ambassador to Norway in for talks in connection with Danish allegations about ...

October 31, 2018

Greece: Tear gas fired at protest of Albania police shooting

Police in northern Greece have set off tear gas and flash grenades during a rally to protest the fatal police shooting of a ...

October 31, 2018

Iran summons Danish envoy over alleged deadly Tehran plot

Iran on Wednesday summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran over Copenhagen's allegations about an Iranian plot to kill an ...

October 30, 2018

Denmark alleges Iran plotted to kill activist on Danish soil

A police operation last month that briefly cut off Copenhagen from the rest of Denmark stemmed from an alleged Iranian plot ...

October 26, 2018

Report: Syrian troops shell northern villages, kill 7

Syrian government forces shelled rebel-held villages in the country's northwest on Friday, killing seven people in violation ...

October 23, 2018

Human Rights Watch: Palestinians crush dissent with torture

Security forces of the rival Palestinian governments routinely use torture and arbitrary arrests, among other tactics, to ...

October 23, 2018

UK attorney general to consider case of far-right activist

A judge on Tuesday referred a contempt-of-court case involving far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to Britain's attorney ...

October 22, 2018

Turkey, where Saudi writer died, has culture of surveillance

One mystery surrounding the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is the existence ...

October 20, 2018

IS frees 6 hostages in exchange with Syrian government

The Islamic State group early Saturday released two women and four children they had been holding since July in the first ...

October 17, 2018

West Ham suspends coach after marching with right-wing group

Premier League club West Ham has suspended a youth team coach after he took part in march organized by a right-wing political ...

October 17, 2018

Egyptian ex-lawmaker goes missing, may have been detained

A former Egyptian lawmaker went missing nearly three weeks ago and may have been detained by security forces, his wife said ...

October 16, 2018

Spain pressured to free imprisoned Catalan activists

Politicians and human rights groups urged the Spanish government Tuesday to release imprisoned separatists facing rebellion ...

October 15, 2018

Amnesty rights worker is abducted, beaten in southern Russia

An Amnesty International researcher was abducted and beaten while reporting on protests in Russia's volatile North Caucasus ...