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Nearly 900 desperate and hungry Gazans have been killed in recent weeks trying to fetch food, with most deaths linked to private aid hubs run by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday. more
Bangladesh: Hindu trader lynched to death in Dhaka, attackers jump on his body

At least seven people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu scrap trader in Bangladesh last week, an incident that triggered widespread protests in the South Asian c ...

Israeli strike leaves ten people, including children, fetching water in Gaza

At least ten people, including six children, died in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in central Gaza on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Police claim they averted mob attack on Ahmadi religious place in Karachi

Pakistani police have claimed they thwarted a mob attack on the worship place of the Ahmadi community in Lahore city.

Chaotic wave of returnees from Iran and Pakistan to Afghanistan is threatening broader regional stability, says UN

A chaotic wave of returnees from Iran and Pakistan is straining Afghanistan’s already fragile capacity under Taliban rule and threatening broader regional stability, said the UN ref ...

Prominent economist Abul Barkat, who once said there would be no Hindus will be left in Bangladesh if exodus continued, sent to jail in graft case

Prominent Bangladeshi economist Abul Barkat, who has been a critic of radical Islam, was sent to jail on Friday over a graft case.

Pakistan: Father guns down daughter after she refuses to delete TikTok account

A Pakistani father has allegedly gunned down her daughter after she refused to delete her account on the popular video-sharing app TikTok.

Persecution of girls: ICC issues arrest warrant for two Taliban leaders

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for two Taliban leaders and accused them of persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan.

Pakistan: ATC sends Mahrang, other BYC activists on 10-day physical remand

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on Tuesday sent Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Dr Mahrang Baloch and other organisers of the group to 10 days police custody.

Human rights must anchor the digital age, says top UN official

As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation.