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Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

Saudi Arabia is washing its image with diplomacy. This week's top meeting on the Ukraine war highlights the dictatorship's striving to become a political power player to be reckoned with.

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

Nigeria's military killed civilians again

A fighter plane has bombed a group of civilians in northern Nigeria. Similar accidents have occurred on several occasions during the recent past.

Nigeria's military killed civilians again

IS executed the men and enslaved the women

Men were massacred, boys were forced to become child soldiers and girls and women were sold as sex slaves. Testimonies from IS atrocities against the Yazidis paint a picture of almost unimaginable brutality.

IS executed the men and enslaved the women

Amnesty criticizes treatment of Sami people

The green transition's demands on energy and metals threaten the Sami people's living conditions and Swedish decisions trample on Sami rights, according to a new report from Amnesty International. .

Amnesty criticizes treatment of Sami people

The Democratic Republic of the Congo takes a seat on the Security Council

The UN Security Council meets as early as Sunday about the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The meeting is being brought forward a day due to the acute situation in the country.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo takes a seat on the Security Council

Palestinian released from prison: Very happy

On the West Bank, parents, siblings, and friends waited for their loved ones. Joyful scenes unfolded when busloads of former prisoners finally arrived.

Palestinian released from prison: Very happy

Female Activist Released from Iranian Prison

The German-Iranian activist Nahid Taghavi has been released after more than four years in an Iranian prison, her family reports. She landed in Germany on Sunday, according to the human rights organization Amnesty International.

Female Activist Released from Iranian Prison

600 deported to dangerous desert road – criticism of EU

600 Nigerians have been deported from Libya. The group was forced to make a dangerous and traumatic journey through the desert, writes The Guardian.

600 deported to dangerous desert road – criticism of EU

UN: Over 900 Executions in Iran Last Year

Over 900 people are reported to have been executed in Iran last year, among them 40 during a single week in December. The information comes from the UN's human rights chief Volker Türk, who says he is deeply concerned about the development.

UN: Over 900 Executions in Iran Last Year

Migrants who don't leave "are sabotaging the system"

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is pushing for return hubs for migrants who do not leave the EU despite rejection. It will reduce the very will to seek asylum altogether, he says to TT in Vienna.

Migrants who don't leave "are sabotaging the system"

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty, nearly 20 years after the penalty was last carried out in the country. .

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians on the run may return home in the coming months, according to the UN. But for this to happen, political stability and reconstruction of the country are required, says Annika Sandlund at UNHCR.

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Syrian chief responsible for death sentences arrested

A former officer loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad and who issued death sentences in the notorious Saydnaya prison has been arrested. .

Syrian chief responsible for death sentences arrested

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Missing"

In prisons and morgues, Syrians desperately search for husbands, brothers, and sons. Nameless bodies bear witness to the regime's brutality.

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Missing"

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have been executed, tortured or starved to death in Assad's regime's notorious prisons. For the relatives, the wait for answers is unbearable.

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Turkish search effort in notorious prison yields nothing

Turkish rescue workers who searched through the notorious Saydnaya prison north of Damascus are ending the search. No prisoners have been found alive.

Turkish search effort in notorious prison yields nothing

Amnesty: Serbia monitors with spy programs

Serbian authorities are using advanced digital surveillance technology to spy on journalists and opposition activists through their mobile phones, according to Amnesty International. .

Amnesty: Serbia monitors with spy programs

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Disappeared"

In prisons and morgues, Syrians desperately search for husbands, brothers, and sons. Nameless bodies bear witness to the regime's brutality.

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Disappeared"

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

For several years, the Islamist movement HTS planned how they would overthrow the Assad regime. The only thing they were waiting for was the right moment, according to the military chief Abu Hassan al-Hamwi.

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

Singer sang without hijab in Iran – risks prosecution

Without the mandatory headscarf and wearing a black sleeveless dress, the Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi sang in a concert released on the internet. For that, she now risks legal consequences, at the same time as the country tightens its already strict chastity laws.

Singer sang without hijab in Iran – risks prosecution

Batoul: Savoring the Freedom We've Always Dreamed Of

The news spreads like wildfire: Bashar al-Assad has fled the country – the regime has fallen. Batoul Ward cannot believe it.

Batoul: Savoring the Freedom We've Always Dreamed Of

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

All religious communities will be allowed to exist and operate in Syria, promises the country's new government in a charm offensive. Syrians who fled the bloody war are being urged to return and participate in the reconstruction.

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

After the Regime: Hope and Anxiety for Syrians in the EU

Ten years after the major refugee crisis, EU countries are hoping for a stream in the opposite direction. The regime's fall in Syria raises hopes that more will return – but also concern about what the new leadership really means.

After the Regime: Hope and Anxiety for Syrians in the EU

Saudi Arabia has bought the world's silence

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has created a police state where over 300 people have been executed just this year. Can the 2034 World Championship get Saudi Arabia to reform? If one applauds the oppressor, there is no possibility of change, says the Saudi activist Lina al-Hathloul.

Saudi Arabia has bought the world's silence