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Civilians Killed in Eastern Congo-Kinshasa Despite Peace Deal

Civilians Killed in Eastern Congo-Kinshasa Despite Peace Deal

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Violence against the civilian population continues in eastern Congo-Kinshasa – despite peace agreements and negotiations on ceasefire, show new reports.

Teenage Son Poised to Succeed Chechnya's Leader Amid Health Concerns

Teenage Son Poised to Succeed Chechnya's Leader Amid Health Concerns

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Chechnya's dictator Ramzan Kadyrov is said to have been close to drowning the other day, according to Turkish media. Mysterious health problems contribute to increasingly intense reports that "Putin's attack dog" is preparing his teenage son to take over power, writes The New York Times

Houthi Rebels Share Video of Missing Eternity C Crew Members

Houthi Rebels Share Video of Missing Eternity C Crew Members

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The Iran-backed Huthi movement has released video footage of people they claim are the missing crew members from the ship Eternity C that sank earlier this month.

Authors Urge Immediate Ceasefire and Aid in Gaza

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Authors Urge Immediate Ceasefire and Aid in Gaza

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Trump Sanctions Halt ICC's Work on Sudan War Crimes

Trump Sanctions Halt ICC's Work on Sudan War Crimes

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The USA's sanctions against the ICC's chief prosecutor have largely brought the court's work to a halt, reports the news agency AP. The sanctions are said to affect, among other things, the ICC's work for the war victims in Sudan

HRW Urges Action on Israel's Gaza Blockade Amid Humanitarian Crisis

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HRW Urges Action on Israel's Gaza Blockade Amid Humanitarian Crisis

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The international community must act due to the humanitarian situation under Israel's blockade of Gaza and the country's plans for the area, believes the human rights organization HRW. "Israel's blockade has exceeded military tactics and become a tool for extermination," says HRW chief Federico Borello

Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests

Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests

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Trials have been initiated against nearly 200 detainees, many of them students, who participated in regime-critical protests in Turkey.

Haiti's Security Crisis Worsens as Violence Spreads, Warns HRW

Haiti's Security Crisis Worsens as Violence Spreads, Warns HRW

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International efforts are required to avoid complete and devastating chaos in Haiti, reports a human rights group.

Tunisian Regime Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition Figures

Tunisian Regime Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition Figures

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The regime in Tunisia has significantly increased the number of politically motivated arrests.

Jörgen Persson's Saudi Role: More Than Just Sportswashing

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Jörgen Persson's Saudi Role: More Than Just Sportswashing

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Table tennis legend Jörgen Persson's new job in Saudi Arabia cannot solely be seen as "sportswashing". It is a side effect of the authoritarian regime's attempt to maintain its geopolitical power, according to researcher Anna Vidén

Israel Expands Control Over Half of Gaza, Reports Suggest

Israel Expands Control Over Half of Gaza, Reports Suggest

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Israel controls increasingly larger parts of Gaza – and two million Palestinians are crowded into ever smaller areas. According to calculations, Israel may already have taken over half of the Gaza Strip

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

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Hungary is expected to announce that the country is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), reports The Times of Israel. The message is believed to come in connection with war crime accused Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Budapest

Central Asian Workers Tricked into Ukraine Conflict by Russian Recruiters

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Central Asian Workers Tricked into Ukraine Conflict by Russian Recruiters

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The recruiters talked about high-paying construction jobs in Russia. Instead, the men were sent to dig trenches and collect the dead in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

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A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been victims of crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden

Cautious and sensitive when the EU met Israel

Cautious and sensitive when the EU met Israel

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Caution dominated when the EU and Israel met at the foreign minister level in Brussels. Criticism is heard – but primarily from the outside

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

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A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been subjected to crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

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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

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

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Soup kitchens that assist hundreds of thousands of starving people are being shut down. HIV-positive people around the world are potentially left without medicine

ICC Prosecutor: Arrest Taliban leaders for crimes against women

ICC Prosecutor: Arrest Taliban leaders for crimes against women

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) can issue an arrest warrant against two high-ranking Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. The Taliban's treatment of women and girls constitutes a crime, declares Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan

HRW fears it will get worse with Trump

HRW fears it will get worse with Trump

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The situation around the world is already dark. But with Donald Trump as the US president, it risks getting even worse, fears Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Over 120 dead in earthquake in Tibet

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Over 120 dead in earthquake in Tibet

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Houses have collapsed, roads blocked and ambulances have been forced to drive non-stop. Over 120 people have died in the powerful earthquake in a hard-to-reach region in the Himalayas in Tibet

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

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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

Israel guilty of genocide

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Israel guilty of genocide

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses Israel of committing "genocide acts" by intentionally depriving Palestinians in Gaza of adequate access to water. Israel claims it is pure lies

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

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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