LONDON (BNO NEWS) — Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Bangladesh authorities to honor their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by its special police force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

Amnesty International said in a ne…

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — A senior United Nations (UN) official on Wednesday condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Munir Shakar and urged justice be brought to his killers.

Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and…

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations (UN) has called on the U.S. Government to better protect women from domestic violence, saying there are ‘systemic failures’ which require investigation.

An independent UN human rights expert said U.S. of…

CHARIKAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Two German citizens have been missing since Friday when they went hiking in the Afghan province of Parwan, officials said on Tuesday.

The two mountain climbers disappeared in the Salang district, about 100 kilomete…

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — At least 600 people have reportedly been killed as a result of ongoing tribal clashes in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported on Monday.

UNMISS has called for an immediat…

TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iran has sentenced two American citizens to eight years in prison after they were convicted of espionage and illegal entry, prosecutors said on Sunday.

Several non-official Iranian media outlets had already reported on Saturday th…

OSLO (BNO NEWS) — Family members and friends of the nearly 70 Norwegians who were killed by a gunman on Utoya Island on July 22 visited the island on Friday.

An estimated 500 to 600 victim relatives were taken to the island by groups on a special cra…

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations human rights office on Friday urged the Pakistani government to investigate a series of killings and disappearances of journalists in the country, particularly in Balochistan province.

In the past week …

BELGRADE, MONTENEGRO (BNO NEWS) — More than 900 cars and motorcycles were set ablaze by an unidentified person in the tiny European country of Montenegro, local authorities said on Friday.

According to police, an individual started a fire in an open …

SYDNEY (BNO NEWS) — The Australian Border Protection Command on Friday intercepted a suspected people smuggling vessel carrying more than 70 people, the government said.

HMAS Ararat, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, intercept…