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Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls

Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank must be investigated, a group of experts appointed...

UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights:’ UN rights chief

The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run contrary to the basic principles of the rule...

U.S. cuts African trade benefits, hurting poor

A trade preference program that lets African countries export products to the U.S. tariff-free has been suspended for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea. President Joe...

UK falls into recession in huge blow to PM Sunak

The United Kingdom has slipped into recession just months ahead of the country’s general election, reversing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to generate economic growth. As per...

Families of Indonesian activists tortured by soldiers 25 years ago shocked at general’s election win

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Families of Indonesian activists who were kidnapped and tortured by the military 25 years ago demanded justice in a protest and expressed shock...

Is there an election crisis brewing in Senegal?  

“A leap into the void,” is what human rights expert Alioune Tine said in response to Senegalese President Macky Sall’s “unconstitutional delay” of the...

UN’s political chief warns of escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine looms

With the war in Ukraine about to enter its third year, the damage wrought by the conflict to the country and to global peace...

Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan

With the war in Sudan triggering widespread violence and instability, youth-driven emergency response rooms (ERRs) are among a growing number of community-led initiatives reaching...

ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas in offshore area under dispute by Guyana and Venezuela

GEORGETOWN, Guyana—ExxonMobil said it plans to explore for oil and gas in a disputed area off South America’s coast where the Venezuelan military had previously expelled...

UNICEF condemns air strike on schools in Myanmar

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly condemned the Feb. 5 deadly airstrike on two schools in eastern Myanmar resulting in the deaths of...