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 t ...
World Court stops short of Gaza ceasefire order for Israel
The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short ...
Israel defends itself at the UN’s top court against allegations of genocide against Palestinians
 Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel insisted at the United Nations’ highest court Friday that its war in Gaza w ...
World Economic Forum: Global Risks Report 2024
The Global Risks Report explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, ...
Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters block Westminster Bridge to demand ceasefire in Gaza war
In London, hundreds of protesters blocked roads outside the British Parliament and staged a sit-in at Westminster Bridge, to demand an immediate ce ...
Taliban Arrests Scores Of Women In Dress-Code Crackdown
Afghanistan's Taliban-led government has arrested dozens of women for failing to observe its strict dress code, which requires women to wear head-t ...
103 Killed in two Blasts at ceremony to mark death of Iranian Guards commander Soleimani
Two explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran on Wednesday to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who ...
Japan earthquake: Fires hit quake zone as rescuers race to reach survivors
Rescue efforts continue in Japan after 55 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year's Day. Homes collaps ...
Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 21,320
The number of Palestinian deaths due to Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 21,320 with 55,603 injured, said the Gaza Health Ministry o ...
Israel finds 5 hostages' bodies in Hamas tunnel, 78 dead in Gaza strikes
Palestinian health officials said air strikes killed at least 78 people on Christmas Eve in one of Gaza’s deadliest nights in Israel’s ...
US joint statement on Yemen: Houthi attacks in Red Sea threaten international commerce and maritime security
 A joint statement was issued today, Wednesday, by the US State Department, High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the European Union, ...
US Jewish group protests in eight cities for Gaza ceasefire
A Jewish group demanding a ceasefire in Israel's war in Gaza held protests on Thursday in eight U.S. cities on the eighth night of Hanukkah, blocki ...
Multi-day Israeli raid kills 11 in Jenin in occupied West Bank: Palestinian health ministry
The latest death was a 17-year-old boy who the ministry said was shot in the chest by the Israeli army in Jenin. In addition to 11 killed b ...
Russia-Ukraine war: Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said peace with Ukraine will only take place "when we achieve our objectives". He was fielding questio ...
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot
German prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against 27 people, including a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, in connection wi ...
UN: 70% victims of Gaza bombing are women and children
The United Nations Population Fund announced that about 70% of the victims in Gaza Strip are women and children. UNPFA wrote in a blog post ...
A split emerges as Biden struggles to deter attacks on U.S. troops
A surge in attacks on deployed U.S. forces has roiled some within the Defense Department, where officials, frustrated by what they consider an inco ...
Occupying Gaza would be ‘big mistake,’ Biden tells Israel’s Netanyahu
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he had made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a two-state solution was the only a ...
Blinken in Jordan seeking to contain Hamas-Israel war
The Israeli army said its ground forces had operated in southern Gaza overnight, after deadly strikes hit an ambulance convoy and a school-turned-r ...