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  U.N. Special Rapporteur Tomás Ojea Quintana said Friday activists like North Korean defector Park Sang-hak are being unfairly targeted for his activism in South Korea. File Photo by Jeon Heon-kyun/EPA-EFE NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) — A recent South Korean government decision to audit North Korean defector-led human rights groups has led to the increased […]

A protestor holds a flare on Malmö’s Amiralsgatan street. Photo: TT The violent riots in Malmö over night on Friday prompted by videos of far-right protesters burning the Koran divided Muslims in the city, but there are fears the incidents will only deepen tensions, writes Richard Orange. The disorderly phalanx of young men and teenagers, […]

A doctor collects a swab sample from a doctor that came out positive in the COVID-19 rapid test at a comprehensive diagnosis center that set is up to attend patients with new coronavirus in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug 27, 2020. (AP Photo)  Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as countries around the […]

Most countries have reported a higher number of deaths from the new coronavirus among men than women [File: Phil Noble/Reuters] Women are more likely to develop a stronger immune response to the novel coronavirus compared with men, a new study has found, offering a possible explanation for the more severe illness of COVID-19 often observed in […]

In this Aug. 16, 2020, file photo Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags line a road in Netanya, Israel. (AFP Photo)  The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued Saturday a decree formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries. The deal opening up relations […]

Rioters burn tyres on Amiralsgatan, Malmö on Friday night. Photo: TT Protesters threw stones at police and burned tyres in southern Sweden late on Friday, authorities said, hours after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally nearby. Well over 300 rioters were on Malmö’s Amiralsgatan street, south of the Rosengård Centrum […]

EU foreign policy chief Borrell urges Ankara to ‘abstain from unilateral actions’ and allow dialogue to advance [File: Francois Lenoir/Reuters] The European Union has threatened Turkey with fresh sanctions – including tough economic measures – unless progress is made in reducing soaring tensions with Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. The EU’s top diplomat […]

Putin, right, and Lukashenko during the opening of a monument in their honour in the Russian village of Khoroshevo, June 30, 2020   –   Copyright   The European Union urged Russia on Friday not to intervene in Belarus after President Vladimir Putin said he would send in the military if protesters attempt to subvert the current political order. EU […]

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo delivers a speech during the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference at KICC in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 26, 2018. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP Concerned about a new media law that contains significant improvements but fails to prevent imprisonment for media-related offences, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Somalia’s most senior […]

North Korean authorities have released military rice and other reserves to Pyongyangites as part of an effort to make up for several months without rations, Daily NK has learned. “Rations for the months up to July were recently handed out all at once,” a source in Pyongyang informed Daily NK on Tuesday. “However, there is […]