The United Nations has urged the warring sides in Yemen to seize the opportunity created by the UN-brokered truce and take more serious steps toward realization of a permanent peace in the war-ravaged country.

British pro-Palestinian activists held rallies across the UK, with protesters calling for closure of Israeli weapons factories there.

Hundreds of complaints were filed because of arbitrary arrests during protests in France, lawyers said at a news conference Friday, according to media reports.

The United Nations called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of Bahrain’s leading pro-democracy activist Naji Fateel and launch of torture investigations about him.

The International Court of Justice ruling on the US’ illegal move to confiscate Iran’s assets has proved the Islamic Republic’s righteousness and the violations committed by the American government, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights published a report named “Discrimination, Inequality & Violence Against Women in Canada” to review violations of women’s rights and violence against them in this country.

Police in France have responded to a wave of recent protests with heavy-handed and sometimes brutal tactics, according to local and international rights groups, prompting calls for an independent investigation into allegations of police brutality as the country grapples with its worst unrest in year...

United Nations investigators said there is evidence that crimes against humanity have been committed against Libyans and migrants stuck in Libya, including women being forced into sexual slavery.

An official report accuses police of the widespread abuse of their power to strip-search children, with black children 11 times more likely than their white peers to be selected by officers for the ordeal.

Akbar Khazaei, the first and only Iranian international professional bodybuilding judge, has blamed “US obstructionism” for his absence at the 2022 Las Vegas Mr. Olympia contest.