The world has entered a ¡°new dark age of abuses,¡± with the United States ¡°raining death¡± on Iran and Venezuela, a U.N. special rapporteur said Thursday.

Ben Saul, the United Nations¡¯ special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, said the war in the Middle East would not improve global security.

¡°We have entered a new dark age of abuses in the name of countering terrorism,¡± he told a news conference in Geneva.