Geneva-Paris-Lima, February 25, 2021 – In Peru, the defence of human rights is a high-risk activity. Since 2011, 220 human rights defenders have been murdered and 960 criminalised, said today Peruvian collective, the National Coordinator for Human Rights …

At least three people were seriously injured after hundreds of pro-military thugs attacked protesters in downtown Yangon this morning Hundreds of military supporters rushed a peaceful protest at about 9am near Yangon Railway Station,

Nearly one in 10 Victorian properties is at a very high risk of a climate hazard, new research has revealed, pinpointing the regions that face immediate danger.

A pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) was first reported to WHO on 31 December 2019. It was initially detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. The end of January 2021 marks one year since WHO’s Director-General declared a public health emergency of international concern over the outbreak of …

Veterinary professionals and volunteers rush to clean the beaches and rescue injured sea turtles, birds, lizards, snails and other wildlife.

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Wednesday emphasized establishing "the revolutionary moral discipline" within the Korean People's Army (KPA), the official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.

European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to try to speed up the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a race against the emergence of new variants that some fear could bring a third wave of the pandemic across the continent.

Supporters of the military have gathered in the streets before, especially in the days immediately before and after the coup on February 1, but had not used violence so openly. Fellow members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations are urging Myanmar's military to make concessions to help ease tensions.

Sheikha Latifa, one of the daughters of the ruler of Dubai, has written to British police asking them to reopen their investigation into the kidnap of her older sister from a street in Cambridge in 2000,

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warns of an attempted military coup against him after the army demanded he and his government resign.