Dozens of Western countries censure Saudi Arabia at the United Nations Human Rights Council over serious rights violations and call on Riyadh to punish those individuals involved in the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slams UN Human Rights Council for adopting a resolution against police brutality and racism.

Venezuela has won a seat in the UN Human Rights Council, hailing it as an important achievement.

Dozens of African migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia after setting of for Europe from Libya

At least 65 migrants hoping to reach Europe have drowned after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast.

UN Human Rights Council is to rebuke Saudi Arabia over its detention of women activists and murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

The UN refugee agency expresses deep concern over the fate of seven Rohingya men deported from India.

Nikki Haley says activist groups that sided with Russia and China against the US were to blame for the country’s exit from the UNHRC.

Russia says the move by Washington does not affect the job the UNHRC is doing and only hurts America itself.

An analyst says the US decision to withdraw from the UNHRC is foolish and it demonstrates that Washington is not interested in the welfare of the world’s population.