Belarus, under dictator Alexander Lukashenko, continued to descend into totalitarianism, imprisoning people at will and ...

The deadly blaze at New Lucky House that killed five people and injured 43 shows that fire safety laws will not save residents unless they are enforced. While amending the Fire Safety (Buildings ...

KANGPOKPI, India (AP) — Phalneivah Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighborhood in India’s restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that she and her ...

Kosovo’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to certify the main ethnic Serbian party, effectively barring it from competing in the February 9 parliamentary elections. The CEC said ...

It has been almost 15 years since the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) found in the Sejdic-Finci case blatant racial and ethnic discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitution.

The onslaught targeted Massalit and other non-Arab groups in a campaign of ethnic cleansing – with atrocities that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The European Union’s External Action Service, the bloc’s diplomatic corps, has called for the release of Mikalai Khilo, a local member of staff with the EU delegation to Belarus who faces up to 12 ...

Syria's population, comprising various ethnic and religious groups, makes it one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East. DW takes a closer look. One of the most popular chants in Syria ...

At launch, the Apple Maps web beta included basic functionality like searching for points of interest, seeing ratings, browsing area Guides, and getting directions. With Look Around, the web ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- When the lighting broke at one of the Tomei jewellery shops in Malaysia's northern Kedah state, company managing director Ng Yih Pyng, who is based in the capital Kuala Lumpur ...