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22 May 2014 – Despite repeated appeals by senior United Nations officials for accountability for crimes being committed in Syria,…

21 May 2014 – UN human rights experts today appealed to Iranian authorities to halt the scheduled execution of two…

21 May 2014 – The United Nations and Iran have agreed on additional practical measures aimed at allaying concerns about…

21 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the “flagrant disregard” for international human rights and…

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about…

The western zone of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (SSANU), has said the only way peace could return to…

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, May 29, 2014 as public holiday to mark the 2014 Democracy Day celebrations. Minister…

The Federal Government has accused the northern governors of not doing enough to end terrorism in the region. “They are…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it is looking to partner with Kano State Public Complaint and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday May 21, 2014 arraigned Ibrahim Yusuf and Mainasara Yusuf before Justice…

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State has convicted and sentenced Idris Abubakar and Ibrahim Hassan to three…

Discord is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State over the recommendation of Felix Tangwame as the…

Thailand’s new ruling junta on Friday warned it would block social media platforms in the country if they carry any content provoking violence or opposing their military coup. “If we find any to be in violation, we will suspend the service immediately…

Pro-Russian rebels firing mortar shells and grenades killed 14 Ukrainian soldiers on Thursday, the blackest day yet for the military and a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions just three days before a crunch election. The attacks in the eastern industrial…

More than 300 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the government’s retaliation for attacks blamed on a self-proclaimed “prophet” in the Democratic Republic of Congo in December, a rights group said Thursday. The government has previously denied…

A California man was charged Thursday with kidnapping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman for a decade while holding her captive with threats and coercion, police said. Isidro Medrano Garcia, 42, was indicted a day after police announced that…

Mali was in crisis Thursday after admitting it had lost the flashpoint town of Kidal to Tuareg separatists in a humiliating defeat forcing the government to call for an “immediate ceasefire”. Ministers have not revealed how many lives have been lost…

Floodwaters crept lower in the shellshocked Balkans Thursday to reveal widespread devastation after the region’s deadliest natural disaster since records began more than a century ago. As thousands of relief workers began an immense clean-up operation…

The leader of Thailand’s pro-government “Red Shirt” movement called Thursday for a national referendum to resolve a political deadlock that prompted the army chief to declare martial law. Jatuporn Prompan said he made the proposal a day earlier during…

England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Paul Downton gave his most detailed explanation yet on Thursday for the controversial decision to end the international career of the “frustrating” Kevin Pietersen. The South Africa-born batsman, England…