Mass Killings

Over 231 civilians attempting to flee western Mosul killed by Islamic State, says UN

The United Nations Human Rights Office said that more than 231 civilians attempting to flee western Mosul have been killed since 26 May by Islamic State

Photos: 1,30,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey after Islamic State seizes their town

Turkish soldiers stand guard as Syrians wait behind the border fences near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, on 18 September. Islamic State fighters besieged a Kurdish city in northern Syria on Thursday after seizing 21 villages in a major assault, prompting a call to arms from Kurds in neighbouring Turkey who urged followers to go and help resist the group's advance.

IS militants executing people of all ages in Syrian town, residents flee to Turkey

Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town on Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian Kurds fleeing into neighbouring Turkey may have topped 1,00,000 and was likely to go much higher.

Egypt says it deported HRW delegation as it had no 'legal basis'

Egypt has termed illegal and denied entry to the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) delegation to the country to release a report on the mass killing of protesters last year.