UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned accounts of “gruesome killings” of civilians in South Sudan, the destruction and poisoning of key water sources and fresh waves of mass ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries, saying Afghan authorities arrest people for violating laws not ...

Afghanistan is rarely associated with large scale infrastructure, yet a series of ambitious mega projects could reshape the country’s future. From the 285 km Kosh Tepa Canal designed to turn desert ...

Iran has accused the United States of bombing a desalination plant on Qeshm Island. The country was already facing a severe water shortage.