On September 12, the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council held a workshop to discuss the unilateral coercive measures related to human rights.

Saudi authorities have transferred three prominent dissident clerics to the capital ahead of their trials, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the ultra-conservative kingdom.

A human rights group has documented dozens of cases of gross violations against children’s rights in Bahrain during the first half of this year alone, as the ruling Al Khalifa regime relentlessly continues with a crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the country.

Asked if buying his memoir would get one on a spy list, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden chillingly replied that everyone in the world is on the “list” and there are no innocents in the age of mass surveillance.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton took aim at the Donald Trump administration's foreign policy strategy on Wednesday at a closed-door lunch, reportedly ripping the US president in all but name.

Amnesty International slams the fatal shooting of a Palestinian woman by the Israeli military, saying she “did not pose any immediate danger” to the regime’s forces and that her death underscores the need for international justice.

At least 20 people have been killed and nearly 100 others wounded after a Taliban bomb attack targeted a building of the intelligence services in southern Afghanistan, officials say.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has described the attack on Saudi oil facilities as "an act of war" that knocked out more than half the kingdom’s oil production.

According to the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain that released a damning report on September 11, Bahrain’s political allies in the west are failing to hold the oil-rich nation accountable for multiple reports of human rights abuse.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has recorded a total of 10,015 "anti-Muslim bias incidents" since 2014, according to a report.

The Taliban says its “doors are open” to resuming talks with the United States following the collapse of negotiations between Washington and the Afghan militant group earlier this month.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has ruled out the possibility of talks with India over Kashmir until the curfew imposed on the disputed region is lifted.

Two separate explosions in Afghanistan have killed a total of 46 people and wounded dozens of others, including during one event attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

A political analyst says the United States is in “delusional denial” of Yemen’s military power after Washington sought to pin the blame for the recent Yemeni army raids on Saudi Arabia’s key oil facilities on Iran.

Director of the Fund for Research of Problems of Democracy, Maxim Grigoryev, says members of the so-called civil defense group White Helmets have deliberately executed women and children for the purpose of disseminating false information about the situation in Syria.

Ringleader of the terrorist organization ISIL Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has released a new audio message inviting militants to join the ISIL, trying to boost their morale, the Arabic-language media outlets said.

Israel is reportedly stuck in a political deadlock following general elections as neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main challenger Benny Gantz have managed to secure a parliamentary majority, raising the possibility of fresh coalition talks or the end of the premier’s rule.

Saudi Arabia has sold the building housing its diplomatic mission in Istanbul where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed last year, a Turkish broadcaster reported.

A political commentator says the United States’ move to falsely blame Iran for the recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities is in line with Washington’s policy of containing Iranian power and influence.

Saudi Arabia has joined a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in Middle Eastern waterways as Washington and Riyadh engage in another blame game against Iran following massive Yemeni drone attacks on key Saudi oil facilities.