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Eritrea releases prisoners held for nearly two decades without trial Thirteen individuals, including a former Olympic cyclist and business figures, have been freed from Eritrea's Mai Serwa milita...
Western embassies urge Tanzania to return victims' bodies Seventeen diplomatic missions, including the UK and France, have pressed Tanzanian authorities to release the remains of those killed dur...
Updated 5 December 2025 - Hong Kong authorities have intensified scrutiny of public dissent following last week's deadly blaze, arresting a university student who launched a petition seeking accoun...
Updated 4 December 2025 - The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., will take on a distinctly political tone as U.S. President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino share the sta...
Parliamentary report details systemic rights violations by UK forces Kenya's parliament has accused British soldiers of committing sexual violence, unlawful killings, and environmental damage ove...
Indonesia approves return of elderly Dutch inmates Indonesia has finalized an agreement to send two ailing Dutch nationals back to the Netherlands after years of imprisonment for drug-related off...
Iranian director Jafar Panahi handed one-year prison term Acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to one year in prison and barred from traveling abroad, his lawyer confirmed...
Pope leads silent prayer at Beirut port explosion site Pope Leo XIV concluded his three-day trip to Lebanon on Tuesday by standing in silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion,...
UK Labour MP convicted in Bangladesh over land corruption allegations British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Bangladeshi court after being convicted in abse...
Cameroon opposition leader Anicet Ekane dies in military detention at 74 Anicet Ekane, a prominent left-wing opposition figure in Cameroon, died Monday in a military medical facility five weeks a...
US Confirms Second Strike on Venezuelan Vessel Amid Legal Concerns The White House acknowledged on Monday that a senior US Navy commander ordered a second airstrike on a suspected Venezuelan drug...
Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli dies by assisted suicide at 92 Ludwig Minelli, the Swiss lawyer and journalist who founded the right-to-die organization Dignitas, died by assisted suicide on Satu...
Singapore carries out three drug-related executions in one week Singapore executed three individuals for drug trafficking last week, bringing the total number of hangings this year to 17-the high...
Senior officer testifies to suppression of SAS war crime allegations A former high-ranking UK Special Forces officer has accused two ex-directors of suppressing evidence related to alleged war cr...
US Lawmakers Demand Answers Over Controversial Boat Strikes in Caribbean US lawmakers from both parties are calling for investigations into military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling...
Georgia Accused of Deploying Banned Chemical Agent Against Protesters Georgian authorities allegedly used bromobenzyl cyanide-a World War I-era chemical weapon-against anti-government demonstrato...
Survivors recount horrors after Sudan's el-Fasher falls to RSF paramilitaries Displaced civilians fleeing the captured Darfur city of el-Fasher describe mass killings, sexual violence, and extort...
UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced in absentia over Bangladesh land corruption claims A Bangladeshi court has sentenced British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison and a 100,000 taka f...
UN Committee Finds Evidence of Organized Torture by Israel The United Nations Committee Against Torture has concluded that Israel is operating a "de facto state policy of organized and widespread...
Quebec proposes expanded secularism laws, targeting public prayer and religious menus Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) unveiled a new bill on Thursday to further restrict religiou...
Tokyo court upholds same-sex marriage ban in landmark ruling A Tokyo high court ruled on Friday that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, marking a setback for LGBTQ+ rights activi...
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after apparent surrender in Jenin Footage released Thursday shows Israeli security personnel fatally shooting two Palestinian men who had emerged from a build...
24 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls freed after deadly raid Twenty-four girls kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria's Kebbi State have been released, President Bola Tinubu announced on Wednesd...
India's 'house of horrors' case ends as final convict walks free Nearly two decades after the discovery of 19 dismembered bodies near a bungalow in Noida, India, the last convicted man in the cas...
India-China Tensions Flare After Detention of Traveler from Disputed Region A diplomatic dispute has erupted between India and China after Pema Wangjom Thongdok, an Indian citizen residing in the...
Italy unanimously criminalizes femicide with life sentences in landmark law Italian lawmakers voted unanimously on Tuesday to classify femicide-the gender-motivated murder of women-as a distinct...
Tanzania cancels independence day events to fund unrest repairs Tanzania has called off its 9 December independence day celebrations, redirecting the budget toward repairing infrastructure damage...
British couple detained in Iran as family demands urgent action Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple arrested in Iran in January during a motorbike journey from Europe to Australia, remain...
Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia amid election dispute Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the Cameroonian opposition leader challenging President Paul Biya's re-election, has fled to The Gambia seek...
Fifty schoolchildren escape after mass kidnapping in Nigeria's Niger State Fifty of the 315 children abducted by armed gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger State on Friday have escape...
Families left shattered by Sierra Leone's ritual killings linked to black magic Warning: This report contains details some readers may find disturbing. Four years after her 11-year-old son, Pap...
Chechen woman found dead in Armenia after fleeing repression at home Aishat Baimuradova, a 23-year-old from Chechnya, was discovered murdered in a rented apartment in Yerevan, Armenia, last month...
Venezuelans focus on survival as US military tensions escalate While geopolitical tensions between Venezuela and the United States intensify, ordinary citizens in Caracas are more preoccupied wit...
Greenlandic families battle to reunite with children taken by Danish authorities When Keira's daughter Zammi was born last November in Denmark, she was granted just two hours before social servic...
Displaced Palestinians Face Uncertain Future After West Bank Camp Demolitions Nine months after fleeing their homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, 54-year-old Nehaya al-Jundi and her family remai...
Family of missing fisherman seeks truth after US strike off Venezuela Lizbeth Perez stares across the tranquil waters of Taganga Bay on Colombia's Caribbean coast, her voice trembling as she reca...
Venezuela Threatens Opposition Leader Machado with Fugitive Status Over Nobel Trip Venezuela's Attorney General Tarik William Saab warned Friday that opposition leader María Corina Machado would...
South Africa's Women Stage Nationwide Shutdown Over Gender-Based Violence Crisis Thousands of South African women took to the streets on Friday in a coordinated nationwide protest, demanding the...
Trump Administration Redefines Human Rights Criteria in Foreign Policy The U.S. State Department has directed all embassies and consulates to categorize countries enforcing diversity, equity, and...
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life for terrorism A Nigerian court has convicted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), on seven counts, includ...
Kenya Accused of Funding Troll Networks to Target Anti-Government Protesters Kenyan authorities paid online trolls to harass, threaten, and intimidate young protesters during recent anti-governme...
Tanzania's post-election unrest damages stability reputation, president admits Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan acknowledged on Tuesday that last month's deadly election protests have tarn...
Ronaldo joins Saudi crown prince at White House dinner hosted by Trump Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo attended a black-tie dinner at the White House on Tuesday alongside Saudi Crown Prince Moh...
Warning: This report contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence. Victims' names have been changed to protect their identities. Survivors recount brutal assaults amid Ethiopia's Amhara cra...
Trump clears Saudi crown prince of Khashoggi murder knowledge during White House talks US President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "knew nothing" abo...
Brazil establishes 10 new Indigenous territories during COP30 Brazil announced the creation of 10 new Indigenous territories on Monday, a move aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage and environm...
Israeli Human Rights Group Reports 94 Palestinian Deaths in Custody Since 2023 A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) claims at least 94 Palestinian prisoners and detainees hav...
Maduro signals openness to US negotiations amid rising tensions Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro indicated on Monday he would engage in direct discussions with Trump administration officials,...
US confirms F-35 fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will proceed with the sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, mark...
Bridge collapse at DR Congo cobalt mine leaves dozens dead At least 32 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday when a makeshift bridge collapsed at the Kalando cobalt m...
Colombia's unarmed Indigenous Guards risk lives to defend Amazon rainforest In 2013, after nine nights of sacred ceremonies along the remote Caquetá River, hundreds of Indigenous leaders from Col...
Bangladesh sentences ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death for protest crackdown A tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia for crimes against humanity...
Bangladesh tribunal sentences ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia A special tribunal in Dhaka delivered a death sentence on Sunday to Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, convic...
Hundreds killed in Tanzania's post-election unrest as police open fire on protesters Warning: This report contains graphic descriptions of violence. Tanzanian security forces used live ammunition...
Survivor recounts 2005 Haditha massacre as new evidence emerges Safa Younes, the sole survivor of a 2005 US marine attack in Haditha, Iraq, has spoken out as a BBC investigation uncovers fresh ev...
Federal agents launch 'Operation Charlotte's Web' in North Carolina immigration crackdown Federal authorities initiated Operation Charlotte's Web in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, target...
Tanzania's President Orders Probe Into Deadly Election Unrest Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced an official investigation into last month's election violence, which left hundr...
Canadian Woman at Center of CIA Mind Control Lawsuit After Decades of Silence Lana Ponting, now a grandmother in Manitoba, was just 16 when a judge sent her to Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute...
West Bank mosque torched as settler violence escalates Scorched debris and charred furniture littered the grounds of Hamida Mosque near Deir Istiya on Friday, a day after Jewish settlers allegedl...
Brazil's deadliest police raid questioned as targets evade capture New evidence challenges claims that Brazil's deadliest police operation successfully dismantled a major criminal gang, as none o...
US Demands International Crackdown on Sudan's RSF Over Alleged Genocide in Darfur US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged global partners on Wednesday to sever weapons supply lines to Sudan's Rap...
Sheikh Hasina denies crimes against humanity as tribunal verdict looms Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected allegations of crimes against humanity tied to a deadly crackd...
Taliban enforces burka rule at Herat hospitals, MSF reports drop in admissions Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have begun enforcing a requirement for female patients, caregivers, and medica...
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Makes Historic Visit to China King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, marking the first visit by a reigning Thai monarch to China...
Colombia air strike kills 19 in raid on Farc dissident camp A military air strike on a suspected rebel camp in Colombia's Guaviare province has killed at least 19 people, according to the country...
Italy opens murder probe into alleged sniper safaris in besieged Sarajevo Milan prosecutors have launched an investigation into accusations that Italian citizens paid to participate in "sniper sa...
Israeli settlers carry out arson attacks in West Bank amid surge in violence Dozens of Israeli settlers launched coordinated arson attacks on Tuesday, targeting a Palestinian warehouse, a Bedouin...
From Afghan child bride to European bodybuilding champion: Roya Karimi's rise Roya Karimi, a 30-year-old Afghan refugee turned elite bodybuilder, will compete in the World Bodybuilding Championsh...
Israeli parliament backs death penalty for Palestinian attackers in preliminary vote Israel's Knesset approved the first reading of a bill on Monday that would impose the death penalty on Palesti...
Migrant boat sinks near Malaysia's Langkawi, leaving 21 dead At least 21 people have died after a boat carrying undocumented migrants capsized near Malaysia's resort island of Langkawi, close to...
Indonesia names Suharto national hero despite rights abuses Indonesia conferred national hero status on former dictator Suharto on Monday, a move met with fierce opposition from activists who acc...
Masked gunmen target Syria's Christian and Alawite communities in wave of killings A spate of drive-by shootings by unidentified assailants on motorbikes has left Syria's religious minorities on...
Tanzania reels from election violence as international condemnation grows Tanzania is confronting its worst post-election crisis in decades, with deadly protests, disputed results, and rare rebuk...
Two Kenyan activists missing in Uganda resurface after five weeks Two Kenyan human rights activists who vanished in Uganda five weeks ago have been found alive and are being transported to Nairob...
US withdraws from G20 summit amid unproven claims of white persecution in South Africa The United States will not attend the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, President Do...
Ugandan LRA survivors back ICC charges against fugitive leader Joseph Kony Survivors of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda have expressed support for the International Criminal Court's (I...
British ex-soldier arrested over 2012 murder of Agnes Wanjiru in Kenya A former British soldier, Robert James Purkiss, 38, was arrested in Tidworth, Wiltshire, on 6 November in connection with th...
UK to adopt stricter asylum rules inspired by Denmark's hardline model Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will unveil sweeping reforms to the UK's immigration and asylum system later this month, draw...
Kenya demands protection for citizens amid Tanzania election crackdown Kenya's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi has urged Tanzanian authorities to guarantee the safety of Kenyan nationals caught...
Warning: This report contains graphic descriptions of violence and sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. Former hostage describes systematic abuse in Gaza Rom Braslavski, a 21-...
British Grandmother Freed After 12 Years on Indonesia's Death Row A 69-year-old British grandmother, Lindsay Sandiford, returned to the UK on Friday after spending over a decade on death row in I...
ICC launches investigation into Sudan's RSF over alleged war crimes in el-Fasher Warning: This report contains graphic descriptions of executions. The International Criminal Court (ICC) announc...
Trump Warns Nigeria Over Christian Killings as Data Accuracy Debated Former U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened retaliatory action against Nigeria, accusing its government of failing to st...
Tanzania opposition deputy faces terrorism charges after election unrest John Heche, deputy leader of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, has been formally charged with terrorism, his lawye...
Malaysian court rules state liable in pastor's 2017 abduction, awards record damages A Malaysian high court ruled Wednesday that the government and police were responsible for the 2017 abduction...
South African court halts anti-migrant group's blockade of health and education services A Johannesburg high court ruled Tuesday that Operation Dudula, a controversial anti-migrant movement, must...
US courts block deportation of exonerated man after 43 years in prison Two separate US courts have temporarily halted the deportation of Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man...
Guinea's military ruler enters presidential race, breaking transition pledge Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea's junta leader since a 2021 coup, formally registered as a presidential candidate on Mon...
Sudan's Hemedti consolidates power as RSF captures key Darfur stronghold Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, widely known as Hemedti, has solidified his dominance in Sudan after his paramilitary Rapid Support...
Israel's former top military lawyer arrested in escalating leak scandal Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned last week as the Israeli military's top legal officer, was arrested late Sunda...
South African app tackles gender-based violence with AI after family murder The brutal killing of a pregnant 19-year-old relative in 2020 near Cape Town drove Leonora Tima to create Grit, a digit...
Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in for second term amid election violence and opposition boycott Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated for a second term on Tuesday in a tig...
UK university halts Xinjiang research after alleged Chinese intimidation campaign Sheffield Hallam University abandoned research into alleged Uyghur forced labor in China's Xinjiang region follow...
Trump directs US military to prepare for possible Nigeria operation Former US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has instructed the Department of War to prepare for "possible actio...
US Strike Kills Three on Suspected Drug-Smuggling Vessel in Caribbean A US military strike killed three men aboard a boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean, US Defense Secre...
Xinjiang's tourism boom masks ongoing rights concerns, visitors say In 2015, Anna's friends questioned her decision to visit Xinjiang, then considered one of China's most volatile regions. One ev...
Irish deportations from US surge over 50% in 2025 amid stricter enforcement Deportations of Irish citizens from the United States have jumped by more than 50% in the first nine months of 2025 com...
Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan wins landslide reelection as protests turn deadly Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the overwhelming winner of Wednesday's presidential election...
UN Rights Chief Condemns US Lethal Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats as Illegal Volker Türk, the UN's top human rights official, denounced US military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking...
Manipur's displaced face uncertainty as relief camps set to close by December Two years after deadly ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities in India's northeastern state of Manipu...
Thousands of US adoptees face citizenship limbo amid deportation fears Shirley Chung, adopted from South Korea in 1966 by a Texas family, lived for decades believing she was a US citizen-until a...
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