FORMER United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has been tasked with leading an open-ended commission of inquiry into “systematic abuses” in I

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden described a new raft of sanctions on Cuba as “just the beginning” on Thursday as Washington tightened the screws on the soci

THE Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) called for sanctions against the country’s military junta today as it bids to restore democracy

THE Taliban appears to have strategic momentum in Afghanistan, the US’s top general admitted on Wednesday as the Islamists continue to gain territo

IRAN opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman today, which President Hassan Rouhani said would allow tankers to avoid the strategically vu

INDIAN farmers held a sit-in protest close to the parliament in New Delhi today over the implementation of damaging new agricultural laws.

WEST Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda has called for urgent humanitarian assistance and direct vaccine supply for his people in the wake of a

TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dealt a bitter blow to the cause for a united Cyprus when he called for a two-state solution to the crisis d

CUBAN Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has accused the US of pressing members of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to sign a joint statemen

SYRIAN air defences have intercepted an Israeli missile strike on the western city of Homs, state media reported today — the second such attack lau