Tunis: Citing security reasons, Tunisia government has banned wearing niqab, used by Muslim women to cover their entire face apart from the eyes, in government offices, media reports said ...

New York, July 6 (JEN): Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have drenched the Cox’s Bazar settlement, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters, and in ...

New York, July 5 (JEN): Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by ...

New York, July 4 (JEN): Marginalized communities in Myanmar still face “grievous human rights violations” at the hands of security forces, a UN-appointed independent expert sa ...

Beijing (Sputnik/UNI) Protesters in Hong Kong, who oppose amendments to the city's controversial extradition law, once again took to the streets on Monday, which marks the 22nd annive ...

Moscow (Sputnik/UNI) Nearly 1,600 children of migrant parents have been reported missing or dead between 2014 to 2018, a report released on Friday by the International Organization for Mi ...

New York, June 28 (JEN): The shocking image of a drowned Central American migrant and his infant daughter on the banks of the river dividing Mexico and the United States, continues to evo ...

New York, June 26 (JEN): The work of the UN body responsible for assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which has allowed millions of children to receive an education that promotes UN value ...

New York, June 26 (JEN): While women’s rights have advanced over the decades, gender inequalities and other fundamental human rights violations within families persist, according to ...