
HUMAN RIGHTS
'US undercounts drone civilian deaths'
International human rights organization Reprieve says the White House downplays civilian casualties from drone strikes.

International human rights organization Reprieve says the White House downplays civilian casualties from drone strikes.

The Bangladeshi army says 20 civilians, all of them foreigners, and six gunmen were killed after a hostage crisis at a cafe in the capital.

British Finance Minister George Osborne has abandoned the government’s promise to eliminate the budget deficit by 2020.

The United Nations (UN) says acts of terrorism and violence left more than 660 people dead in Iraq in the month of June.

People in Australia are going to polls to elect a new government for the next three years as polls show a close race.

Mexican authorities discover at least eight bodies in clandestine graves in central Zacatecas state.

A Turkish vessel carrying aid sets off for the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, days after the Turkish president criticized a similar trip by another aid convoy back in 2010.

Leaked private emails show NATO’s former supreme allied commander plotted against the White House to escalate military tensions with Russia.

The US State of California approves new gun laws that will expand background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines.

US Vice President Joe Biden has expressed "strong concerns" over the Bahraini regime's crackdown on dissent.

Israeli warplanes have launched several airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip.

A political commentator says the UK should keep its access to the common market to be able to secure its financial investments.

The UN has called on Myanmar to put an immediate end to “institutionalized discrimination” against Rohingya Muslims.

Four US children were fatally stabbed at an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee on Friday afternoon.

The family of a Russian pilot killed by Turkey says they have rejected an offer by Turkish authorities for a house in a resort as compensation for his death.

New poll reveals Hillary Clinton’s loss of double-digit lead over Donald Trump for the first time after nearly two weeks.

The Obama administration says up to 116 civilians have been killed in US drone strikes since 2009.

At least 30 people have been killed in northern India due to heavy flooding and landslides caused by torrential rain.