Dutch Human Rights Commission rules that Sarah Izat should be allowed to wear a headscarf with her uniform.
In Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta, medicine is being rationed and people are dying due to a lack of medical care.
Germany chancellor says she would prefer a snap election than lead minority government after coalition talks break down.
The embattled President Robert Mugabe is clinging to power and faces impeachment.
In continuing war of words Nasrallah says no proof Hezbollah 'supporting terrorism and extremist groups' in Arab states.
Germany chancellor says she would prefer a snap election than lead minority government after coalition talks break down.
Nebraska landowners and environmental groups say proposed Keystone XL pipeline route threatens local water supplies.
Situation tense as thousands march in Harare to call for Robert Mugabe's resignation, days after military takeover.
Nebraska landowners and environmental groups say proposed Keystone XL pipeline route threatens local water supplies.
Conservative Sebastian Pinera will face socialist Alejandro Guiller after neither candidate wins 50 percent of the vote.
Activists and rights campaigners slam Myanmar's de facto leader for diverting attention from Rohingya crisis.
How did the 93-year-old Zimbabwean leader manage to hold on to power, defying his generals and ruling party?
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Human rights groups fear a law passed to curb hate in social media will silence anyone critical of Maduro's government.
Americans continue celebrating a holiday that whitewashes the mass killing of millions of Native Americans.
Egypt opened the Gaza border on Saturday after Hamas handed control of the crossing over to the Palestinian Authority.
Chancellor Merkel announces the failure of talks, as the EU's largest economy gets closer to a possible new election.
Nearly nine out of 10 Indians say they have a favourable view of Modi while critics question the timing of Pew poll.
An air, sea and land blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt is now in its fourth month.
Anxiety on the streets as a noon deadline for president to resign expires, as imposed by the ruling ZANU-PF party.
Downpour triggers flooding in the storm-weary country, with with 182 millimetres of rain reported in Quy Nhon.
How have current events propelled Zimbabwe's economy into a Bitcoin-buyer zone and what does this mean for the currency?
Anxiety on the streets as a noon deadline for president to quit nears, as imposed by the ruling ZANU-PF party.
Egypt opened the Gaza border on Saturday after Hamas handed control of the crossing over to the Palestinian Authority.
Watchdog group finds that attacks by Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels killed more than 100 civilians in October.
