Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the first freely elected president in 2013, a human rights group alleged.

People living in 20 of the most run-down housing complexes in the country have taken a landmark fight for basic living conditions to Europe.

People living in 20 of the most run-down housing complexes in the country have taken a landmark fight for basic living conditions to Europe.

The appalling conditions in which many low-income families in Ireland live breaches their human rights, according to a number of organisations which have forwarded evidence to European Committee of Social Rights in Strasbourg.

Police have used tear gas and water cannon to push back crowds of protesters who defied a warning by Turkey’s prime minister and gathered in Istanbul and Ankara on the anniversary of last year’s nationwide anti-government demonstrations.