Finance
Pakistan sentences human rights activist to 17 years over anti-state posts
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a human rights...
24th January, 2026
Human Rights
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China rejects UN experts' concerns for alleged forced labour in Xinjiang
BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters) - China defended its human rights record on Friday after UN experts said a...
23rd January, 2026
Headlines
UN rights body censures Iran's 'brutal repression' of protests
By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will h...
23rd January, 2026
Headlines
Portuguese police arrest 37 suspected ultra-right militants
LISBON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Portuguese police on Tuesday arrested 37 people suspected of belonging to...
20th January, 2026
Headlines
Spain opposes plan for asylum centres outside EU
By Joan Faus MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Spain opposes a push by some European Union countries to con...
20th January, 2026
Headlines
UN rights council to hold emergency session on Iran, document shows
GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Iran in t...
20th January, 2026
Finance
Two Lisbon policemen charged with torturing vagrants and migrants, and sharing images
LISBON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Two Lisbon police officers have been charged with torturing vagrants and...
16th January, 2026
Headlines
Myanmar tells World Court Gambia has not proven Rohingya genocide case
THE HAGUE, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar told the United Nations' top court on Friday that Gambia had n...
16th January, 2026
Headlines
Greek court acquits aid workers of migrant-smuggling charges
LESBOS, Greece, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Over two dozen aid workers involved in refugee rescues in Greece...
16th January, 2026
Headlines
Italy urges its citizens to leave Iran because of security concerns
ROME, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Italy has strongly renewed an appeal to its citizens to leave Iran because...
14th January, 2026
Headlines
Migrants using more distant, riskier departure points to Canaries after Mauritania crackdown, Red Cross finds
By Charlie Devereux and Borja Suarez MADRID, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Migrants crossing from West Africa t...
14th January, 2026
Finance
Why Iran’s clerical establishment still holds as protests rage
By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Despite Iran's nationwide protests and years of external...
13th January, 2026