Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke about human rights concerns around the world, highlighting in particular the targeting of Myanmar's Rohingya minority.

U.N. reports the safe withdrawal of people from the besieged area was now "imminent."

The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said that multiple sources reported that tens of civilians were shot dead on Monday.

Libyan smuggling gangs appear to be using even riskier tactics to profit off migrants.

"Ambient air pollution...is the greatest environmental risk to health—causing more than 3 million premature deaths worldwide ever year,"

The tragedy ranks among the deadliest in recent years on the often-treacherous sea voyage along the central Mediterranean by refugees and migrants.

Report notes "reasonable grounds" to consider that crimes against humanity had been committed

The U.N. agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive evidence proving the mosquito-borne virus is causing a surge in babies born with brain defects and abnormally small heads in Brazil and following a 2013-14 outbreak in French Polynesia.