Libyan experts have discovered 17 bodies in several mass graves in the west of the North African country’s Tarhuna region, from where rebel forces under the command of renegade general Khalifa Haftar launched an aborted assault last year to seize the capital, Tripoli.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says several mass graves with dozens of bodies have been found in a northern town in Burkina Faso.

The prosecutor said the conscripts were shot while fleeing the Ailafoon camp fearing they would be sent to southern Sudan.

Human Rights Watch says Daesh terrorists used a deep gorge near the Syrian city of Raqqah as a dumping ground and mass grave for bodies of the people it killed.

The US state of New York is digging mass graves as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take lives in the country.

Officials said the burials have been ramping up at the site.

A video has emerged showing bodies being buried in a mass grave on Hart Island.

The Washington Post has turned to publishing fake news about Iran’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, claiming that Iran has dug mass "burial pits" for victims of the disease.

Syrian army forces intercept and shoot down a militant drone laden with explosives while flying in the skies near Homs refinery.

More than 6,000 bodies are found in six mass graves in Burundi, the largest finding since the government launched a nationwide excavation in January.