Saudi Arabia has successfully lobbied against the establishment of a commission of inquiry into allegations of human rights violations in Yemen, where Riyadh’s war machine has been breathing fire during the past two-and-a-half years. The UN Human Rights Council adopted on Friday a last-minute compromise resolution by consensus after heavy ...
Six people were killed and 16 others wounded when a suicide attacker posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a Shiite mosque in Kabul on Friday, police said. “The bomber was grazing a herd of sheep and before reaching his target he detonated himself 140 meters from Hussainia mosque,” ...