The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has suspended a planned visit to Argentina and postponed other upcoming missions amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a statement on Wednesday

Thailand, whose economy is heavily reliant on tourism, has canceled its visa-on-arrival policy as a measure to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), media reported Wednesday

Abkhaz Foreign Minister Daur Kove has accused Ilia II, the catholicos-patriarch of All Georgia, of being a hypocrite for implying that Abkhazia is occupied

The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, the Central African Republic, Croatia, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nauru and Paraguay in 2020, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a press release on Monday

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Abkhazian counterpart, Raul Khajimba, on Abkhazia's Independence Day, stressing that Russia will continue assisting the country in ensuring its national security, the Kremlin said on Monday

Russian President Vladimir Putin has requested signing an agreement under which Russia will fund modernization of Abkhazia's Armed Forces, according to a relevant decree published on Russia's legal information portal

Abkhazia's opposition calls on its supporters to gather for a "public meeting" in the capital of the breakaway country, Sukhum, on Tuesday, during a Supreme Court hearing on a candidate's lawsuit to cancel the presidential election results, the Abkhaz opposition party Amtsakhara said Saturday