NEW YORK/GENEVA/PARIS - More than 50 people have been killed and "massive violations of human rights" have taken place in Ivory Coast since Thursday, the UN human rights chief said Sunday as the West African nation swings closer to civil war.

KATHMANDU - The reason the number of Tibetan refugees fleeing to India dropped dramatically since 2008 is because China is paying money to Nepal police to arrest them from the border areas, says a US embassy cable released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

BEIJING - The US is among the five nations that have the most civil and commercial disputes with China, a senior official of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said. A total of 13,191 foreign-related cases went before the courts during the first 11 months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent.

KATHMANDU - The eight major trade unions in Nepal, including those close to the ruling parties and the opposition Maoists, have recommended to lawmakers drafting the new constitution that the right to strike be included as a fundamental right.