UN investigates deadly Afghanistan air strikes
The United Nations said it was investigating an incident in which more than 30 civilians were killed in US air strikes called in support of a special forces raid on suspected Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said at least 32 people had been killed and 19 wounded in […]
WHO: 7,000 killed and 37,000 wounded in Yemen conflict
World Health Organisation says at least 7,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s 20-month civil war with the UN peace envoy warning the country is teetering on the “brink of the abyss.” In a statement released on Monday, the WHO said “more than 7,070 people had been killed and over 36,818 injured” as of October […]
Soldiers Rapes Myanmar Muslim Women: Report
At least eight women in Myanmar belonging to the long-persecuted Muslim minority Rohingya say Burmese soldiers raped or sexually abused them. The claims have come amid a bloody crackdown by the Myanmar military on rural villages alleged to be harboring Rohingya militants who have killed dozens and left thousands of people displaced and living on […]
IS Militant Atrocities Mount Against Mosul Civilians
The U.N. human rights office says atrocities against civilians in Mosul by Islamic State militants reportedly are increasing as Iraqi soldiers close in on the embattled northern Iraqi city. The U.N. human rights office says it is receiving disturbing reports of the extra judicial and summary execution of children and women, as well as male […]
UN calls for probe into attacks on Rohingya in Myanmar
UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians, burned villages and made arbitrary arrests in a Muslim-majority region where a crackdown has followed attacks on border police. Aid agencies say up to 15,000 people, believed to be mostly Rohingya Muslims, have been displaced since armed […]
The frighteningly high human and financial costs of war
We have always known that war is dirty and destructive, but now a US-led international team of researchers is revealing precisely how destructive and expensive several wars have been for the United States and the countries it invades – and how the ravages and costs of war could persist for generations after the fighting and […]
Sanaa attack: Yemenis demand probe into air strikes
Thousands of Yemenis, many of them armed, gathered at the UN headquarters in Yemen’s capital Sanaa demanding for an international investigation into deadly air strikes on a funeral. Radios and mosque loudspeakers throughout the city played mourning verses on Sunday as demonstrators crowded the streets around the UN headquarters, many waving their rifles in the […]
Dozens killed in Central African Republic massacre
Rebels have killed dozens of villagers close to a town in the centre of the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a presidential spokesman. The incident marks the worst bloodshed in recent months in a country trying to draw a line under years of religious violence and political turmoil.
Why Japan’s Mass Killings Didn’t Make U.S. Headline News?
At least 19 people have been killed and another 26 injured some of them seriously at a residential care centre for the disabled in Japan. The attack happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the town of Sagamihara 40 km south west of Tokyo. 26 year old charged in one of the most […]
Afghanistan: Surge in civilian, children death tolls
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit a record high in the first half of 2016, the UN has said, with a particular surge in the number of children killed or wounded. The report, released by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday, said there were 5,166 documented civilian casualties in the first half of […]