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Responding to the collapse of the Afghan government following the seizure of power by the Taliban and the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as thousands of people attempt to leave the country, Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said that what they are witnessing in Afghanistan is a tragedy that should have been foreseen and averted.

As many Afghans were trying to escape the Taliban and board planes, during chaotic scenes at Kabul airport on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for international unity on Afghanistan, in a briefing to an emergency session of the Security Council.

China says it is willing to develop “friendly relations” with the Taliban after the armed group seize control of Afghanistan.

At least 1297 people have died and thousands injured in Haiti due to an earthquake on Saturday. Haiti's hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents as...

As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that Taliban armed group reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.”

President Ashraf Ghani has left Afghanistan for Tajikistan as Taliban closes in on Kabul, according to the country’s top peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah.

Indian diaspora and activists in the United Kingdom on Sunday dropped a banner from London's Westminster Bridge, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation, on 75th Independence Day.

The Taliban have begun entering Kabul, Afghanistan’s interior ministry and the armed group said.

UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights organization, in the occupied West Bank.

he Taliban armed group has captured the provincial capitals in Afghanistan, Qalat, Terenkot, Pul-e Alam, Feruz Koh, Qala-e Naw, and Lashkar Gah, hours after capturing Herat and Kandahar cities.

A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology, warning against the danger of allowing the sector to operate as “a human rights-free zone.” 

As warming continues, the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events are projected to increase almost everywhere in Africa.