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United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk warned on Thursday Iran is, "in a full-fledged human rights crisis." He was speaking at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on what it called "the deteriorating human rights…

Not content with showing Germany up on the pitch, Japan’s jubilant World Cup fans gave global viewers a lesson on citizenship after their team’s opening match. As the European giants of soccer trudged off the pitch following their 2-1…

Lebanese parliament failed to elect a president for the republic in its seventh session held today Thursday in the capital Beirut as the stance of political blocs did not change. A total of 119 deputies voted in the first round of the…

Regulators have said January 31 is the deadline for old notes to either be used or deposited at banks. Nigeria has launched newly designed currency notes, a move that the West African nation’s central bank says will help curb inflation…

Information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announces the appointment on Twitter, ending weeks of speculation over the powerful post. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has named Lieutenant General Asim Munir as the new army chief.…

Brazil's electoral court has rejected a challenge against the presidential election result made by the far-right party of President Jair Bolsonaro. He narrowly lost to the leftist former leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and…

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "crimes against humanity" after a new missile barrage caused blackouts across Ukraine. He told the UN Security Council via videolink that the Russian "formula of terror" had…

Malaysia's veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been named the country's new prime minister, after several days of post-election deadlock. The new leader was appointed by King Sultan Abdullah, after elections over the…

Japan is considering creating a new organization to lead the country's fight against cyberattacks, with control over units of its defense and police forces coping with such attacks, government sources said Wednesday. The government seeks…

The Malaysian King will be meeting his fellow rulers at a special gathering at the national palace on Thursday. Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah will be seeking the opinions of the rulers on the impasse in the formation of a federal government,…