By AFPThe UN rights chief urged Iran Thursday to immediately halt violence against protesters, as countries debated whether to launch an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown.Volker Turk opened an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Counc...

At least nine Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces sought to quash mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule, pro-democracy medics said.In one of the most violent days this year in an ongoing crackdown on...