Participants at a UN session have called for greater solidarity within the international community amid growing threats to human rights safeguards.At a side event themed "Human Rights in Global Governance" during the 62nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, panelists noted that at

For millions of Afghans returning home after years or even decades abroad, the end of exile has marked the beginning of a new struggle.Faced with shortages of shelter, jobs and basic services, and with limited support for reintegration, many returnees are finding it

A Yingge dance team from south China's Guangdong Province performs traditional Yingge dance in Singapore on June 20, 2026.

The technical talks between the United States and Iran will be held on Sunday in Switzerland, said a statement from the Pakistani foreign ministry.

At least 16 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday, said the Lebanese Civil Defense, hours after a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel took effect.Sixteen bodies and 12 injured people had been transported to hospitals, and 47 residents in the Nabatieh region had

The cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 4,057, with 12,121 people wounded, the Lebanese Health Ministry's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said Saturday.

A displaced family sits in a tent at a displacement camp near the border town Al-Tina in western Sudan, on June 19, 2026. According to the International Organization for Migration, Sudan had about 2.8 million internally displaced people before the war broke out in April 2023. The figure peaked at

China-Europe freight train services have expanded rapidly over the past decade, with the annual number of trips increasing 10.8-fold since the launch of the unified China-Europe Railway Express brand in 2016, according to data released by China State Railway Group on Thursday.

Vance says Witkoff, Kushner already arrived in Switzerland for Iran talks: Fox News

Iran says closed Hormuz Strait due to U.S., Israeli "violations" of peace MoU -- Iran's Mehr news agency

Five people, including two girls, were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on an apartment and a group of Palestinians in central and northern Gaza City on Saturday, said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza.The Israeli military has not yet commented on the airstrikes.The

British Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to set a timetable for his departure on Friday, British media reported.Alexander told Starmer that it would be in the interests of the country and the Labour Party for him to step aside to allow an orderly transition to a

Switzerland on Saturday said that it continues to provide a "discreet and reliable setting" to facilitate talks at the central Swiss resort of Burgenstock on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran.The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said

This photo taken on June 19, 2026 shows a view of the Summer Night Concert 2026 presented by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, Austria.

This photo taken on June 17, 2026 shows children in Baqa'a refugee camp, about 20 kilometers north of Amman, Jordan. Commemorated annually on June 20, World Refugee Day honors and celebrates the strength and bravery of refugees, individuals forced to flee their homelands due to conflicts,