Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians in old city of western Mosul at risk from fighting and use as human shields by Islamic State
A video on Facebook shows Somali and Ethiopian migrants being tortured to impress on their families the need to pay ransom for their release
$220 million urgently needed to prevent cuts in water and sanitation, health and education and other vital programs for Syrian children
More than a half-million trapped civilians are not getting aid because of fighting and bureaucratic impediments
One in five children live in poverty in rich countries; survey of 41 industrialized countries finds gap between poor and wealthy widening
Russian claims come amid event at UN Human Rights Council
Just more than 49 percent of women globally are in paid work, a rate nearly 27 percent lower than the rate for men
Investigators have documented a catalog of horrors in Syria, including genocide and crimes against humanity
Censorship and prohibition of independent news stifles freedom of expression and is no solution to problem of fake news, according to panel
Nearly 800 people have been sickened and at least two people have died
International Labor Organization report cites trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse on World Day Against Child Labor
Plans are being finalized for mass polio immunization campaign, targeting 90,000 children under five, in Deir Ezzor, Syria, an area controlled by Islamic State
Warnings of famine in the Horn of Africa have not materialized because of interventions by aid agencies, but the region is not out of danger
The call follows the discovery of dozens of mass graves and reports of summary executions, sexual violence and other abuse
Sioux activists are touring Europe in effort to get banks to divest from fossil fuel projects
Providing military aid and training violates provision in the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Report says institutional care for the mentally ill yields human rights violations
US, China and India are top prospects for foreign direct investment in 2017, but developing countries as a group expected to gain about 10 percent in FDI flows
US Ambassador Nikki Haley criticizes council for what she calls its 'anti-Israeli bias'
Some 70 countries reportedly criminalize sex between men and some 40 countries criminalize sexual relations between women
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