Security forces in Myanmar have reportedly burned down most of a village in the center of the country after clashing with local opponents .

A young Shia prisoner has lost his life after being infected with COVID-19 in the notorious Jau Prison in Bahrain.

Over a third of summer heat-related fatalities are due to climate change, a new study suggests.

The UN rights chief voices alarm over the ongoing violence in Colombia, calling for an independent investigation into the recent deadly clashes in the country.

At least 13 people die in the Colombian city of Cali, and many of those deaths may have been linked to protests, mayor says.

Malta is included among the culprits mentioned in the report along with Greece, Croatia, Italy and Spain, as well as the EU border agency Frontex.

Thirty years after sweeping reforms were recommended to end the injustice of Indigenous deaths in Australian custody, a spate of recent fatalities and soaring rates of Aboriginal incarceration have highlighted failures to act.

The COVID-19 infections in the United States surpass 28.48 million with deaths topping 510,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society says 80 percent of Ethiopia’s northern, conflict-torn Tigray region has been completely cut off from humanitarian aid.

Iran’s petroleum minister says the US is responsible for coronavirus deaths in Iran as Washington prevents Tehran's access to revenues it needs to fight the pandemic.