One of the biggest challenges of recent times has been putting an end to the impunity for crimes against journalists, as well as protecting their rights while doing their job. Ensuring that all citizens have access to information and freedom of expre...

The United States continues to experience outbreaks of mass shootings, withsome occurring in public settings, terrorizing the areas that Americans visit every day, while others take place in a residence's private environment.BackgroundStatistics indi...

By AFPIsrael's finance minister said Saturday he had chosen his words poorly when he called for a Palestinian town to be "wiped out" after two Israeli settlers were killed there.The two young settlers were shot dead on February 26 in their car in Huw...

In order to increase international cooperation and raise awareness of the risks associated with violent extremism and terrorism, the United Nations General Assembly decided to declare February 12 as the International Day for the Prevention of Violent...

By AFPEl Salvador's legislature on Wednesday extended a state of emergency for 30 days, a measure taken as part of President Nayib Bukele's "war" against gang-related violence, which has seen at least 61,000 arrests.The measure extends "the emergency...

By AFPIn Belgium's port city of Antwerp, residents live in fear of eruptions of violence between the gangs that control Europe's vast cocaine trade.The city is the main port of entry into Europe for Latin American cocaine, a business controlled by tr...

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...

By AFPTen Yemeni soldiers were killed in an overnight rebel attack near the blockaded city of Taez, Yemen's government said on Monday, calling it a "dangerous escalation" after a months-long ceasefire.The assault, which also left several soldiers wou...

By AFPThe Mexican border city of Juarez saw a rash of violence on Thursday that left businesses burned and at least eight people dead, including a local radio presenter, authorities and witnesses said.In the first incident, two inmates died and four...

By AFPUN investigators said Tuesday there was mountingevidence of crimes being committed in Myanmar, including since a military coup last year.The United Nations' Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said it had gathered lots of evi...

The image of a mother standing between the coffins of her two daughters who were shot dead by their father expresses the tragic and violent reality of women in Libya.While the cycle of armed violence is claiming the lives of Libyan men, women and chi...