NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Political candidates and their supporters should not incite violence along ethnic lines during the upcoming election campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged on Saturday.

The New Yo…

CAIRO (BNO NEWS) — Thousands of Egyptians on Friday gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest against the country’s military rulers, the Al-Ahram state-owned newspaper reported.

Protesters joined the rally dubbed “Friday for Defending the Revoluti…

SIDI BOUZID, TUNISIA (BNO NEWS) — Violent clashes broke out in Tunisia on Thursday and continued on Friday following the country’s first elections, local media reported.

The violence broke out in the central city of Sidi Bouzid after the Independent …

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Thursday voted unanimously to end its authorization of foreign military intervention in Libya, a week after the killing of ouster Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and the dec…

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — As the world population is projected to reach 7 billion next week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged the world to take actions to reduce the disparities in which hundreds of millions of people in developi…

SANAA (BNO NEWS) — Hundreds of women set fire to their veils in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on Wednesday to protest the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, the Yemen Post reported.

Women of all ages gathered in Sana’a to set fire to th…

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Tuesday renewed its call for the United States to end its long economic embargo imposed against Cuba for the past half century.

The UN resolution was adopted by 186 votes while t…

GLAND, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) on Tuesday confirmed the Javan rhinoceros have been driven to complete extinction in Vietnam, leaving only a few left alive in Indonesia.

WWF-V…

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations on Monday urged the government of Paraguay to enact new laws to protect the rights of minorities, in particular women and indigenous people.

During her visit to Paraguay, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Hu…

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Officials from the governments of Russia and Iceland signed an agreement on Monday morning to produce geothermal energy, local media reported.

The two European countries agreed to design and build geothermal energy-generat…