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In a joint report, two rights groups allege torture and coercion were used to obtain confessions.

Critical November vote will decide who controls Congress and determine the future of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Residents of Ukraine’s capital, who were used to a sense of relative calm, are once again hiding in shelters.

Publication by the UN, Red Cross says 38 heatwaves accounted for deaths of 70,000 people worldwide from 2010 to 2019.

Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed 25 Palestinians under 18 since the start of the year, a rights group says.

Moldova expresses outrage and summons Moscow’s envoy to demand an explanation after Russian attacks in Ukraine.

The US is facing rising recession fears even as economic indicators point to mixed signals.

Russia’s president threatens harsh response to further attacks after Moscow launched retaliatory attacks across Ukraine.

The All Basotho Convention party, which led the outgoing government, won only eight of 120 seats in parliament.

Filippo Grandi makes an appeal for at least $700m to help the 100 million people now displaced in the world.

Suicides among active-duty service members increased by more than 40% between 2015 and 2020

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said she is willing to talk to Beijing

Native Americans and other groups have long taken offense at the celebration of Columbus because of the Italian explorer’s legacy

Strikes follow attack on bridge linking Russia, Crimea

Mental health issues are acute in Africa, the world health body says

Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts have been locked because of antisemitic posts by the rapper, now known legally as Ye.