UN Human Rights Office

A court on the island of Lesvos on Friday rejected charges against a group of aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations, ruling on procedural grounds to return the case to the prosecution for refiling.

The UN on Friday strongly condemned US President Donald Trump's reported description of African countries and Haiti as "shithole countries."

Beta reported this, citing AFP.

Beta reported this, citing AFP.

"If confirmed, these are shocking and shameful comments from the President of the United States. Sorry, but there is no other word one can use but 'racist'," said UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Rupert Colville.

Yemeni rebels on Saturday targeted an airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.

But the missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, the Saudi Ministry of Defense said in a statement carried on government-backed Al-Arabiya television.

The Syrian Army is entering houses in East Aleppo and "killing everyone in their way, including women and children," says the UN Human Rights Office.

It is added that there is evidence that 82 persons have been killed in the town, as it is stressed, "on the spot."

US State Secretary John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Geneva on Monday, as the UN Human Rights Office released its latest report on the death toll in Ukraine.

According to the report, the number of people killed in eastern Ukraine since April 2014 surpassed the 6000 mark, despite the successive ceasefire agreements.

From mid-April to 6 October, at least 3,660 people were killed and 8,756 wounded in eastern Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Office said in a report, Wednesday.

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