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‘They Stepped on Me’: Palestinian Teen in Viral Photo Released on Bail

“Then they blindfolded me and handcuffed me with a nylon cable tie and continued to step on me and beat me. My body and face were on the ground.” The kid continued to bleed from his lip until he was brought to a room at a nearby checkpoint where the soldiers began to beat him again, he told reporters.

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The Palestinian child was released on bail but will have to appear before the military court in 10 days over stone throwing charges. An Israeli court released on bail Palestinian teen Fawzi Junaidi, whose photo blindfolded and handcuffed as more than 20 Israeli soldiers arrested him went viral few weeks ago during protests over the U.S.

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UN Human Rights Commissioner Points to Genocide of Rohingya in Myanmar

“You cannot rule out the possibility that acts of genocide have been committed,” says United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

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A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, lies unconscious on the shore of the Bay of Bangal after the boat she was traveling in capsized at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, says “You cannot rule out the possibility that acts of genocide have been committed” against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Around 650,000 have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh since August where most have no other option than to remain in refugee camps at the Bangladesh

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Hernandez Declared Honduran President-Elect in Scandal-Plagued Election

Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla has accused the government of committing a major fraud and “whitewashing” of a corrupt electoral process.

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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez gives a nationally broadcast speech from the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Dec. 4, 2017. (AP/Fernando Antonio)

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Honduras or TSE has officially declared that lawyer and incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez has won the country's scandal-plagued presidential elections which resulted in weeks of unrest and accusations of fraud by the country's broad leftist popular forces who united behind contender Salvador

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Doctors Without Borders: Myanmar Military Killed Over 700 Rohingya Children

59 percent of the children were shot, while 15 percent burned to death in their homes, 7 percent succumbed to beatings and 2 percent were killed by landmines.

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Rohingya woman Dildar Begum and her daughter Noor Kalima, who crossed over to Bangladesh recover at Sadar Hospital in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Begum said she and her daughter Noor Kalima, got stabbed by Myanmar soldiers and her husband was killed. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

An estimate from Doctors Without Borders shows that at least 6,700 refugees have been killed during the first month of militarized persecution. At least 730 Rohingya children under the age of five have been mercilessly slaughtered by Myanmar police forces in an almost six-month crusade against the Muslim community, Doctors Without Borders

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UN Official: African-American Areas Have “Worst Poverty” in Industrialized World

During a tour one community, the UN investigator witnessed “raw sewage flows from homes through exposed PVC pipes and into open trenches and pits,” with one home’s water line running straight through the fetid outdoor pool.

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Living in Poverty

Environmental racism, extreme poverty, and disease thrive on a breathtaking scale in U.S. Black communities in the South, shocking a UN investigator. Extreme poverty, environmental degradation and toxic hazards in poor communities in the United States are facing increased international scrutiny following an inspection of rural Alabama

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Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh Killed in Sanaa

Video footage of a body resembling Ali Abdullah Saleh has been circulating on social media.

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Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed near the country's capital of Sanaa. His death was confirmed by his political party, the General People's Congress, according to Al-Jazeera. Video footage of a body resembling Saleh has been circulating on social media. One image depicted how armed men used blankets to transport his

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Former Israeli Minister Brags About Killing the Most Palestinians

Known for his macabre statements, Ya’alon spoke to Haaretz newspaper back in August 2002 where he referred to Palestinians as harboring “cancer-like attributes.”

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Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Moshe Ya'alon, Israeli Defense Minister from 2002 to 2005, said that he is “proud” of being the official that killed the most Palestinians, according to Safa News agency. After characterizing Palestinians and Arabs as “terrorists,” according to the Middle East Monitor, Ya'alon added that he topped the list among all Israeli government officials

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