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12/25/2025

Chinese officials condemned the US seizure of oil tankers headed from Venezuelan ports, calling the acts a "serious violation of international law." The protest came days after US troops boarded and seized the Panama-flagged tanker Centuries. According to the White House,... Read moreChina condemns....

12/24/2025

Amnesty International urged all states to prevent the Portuguese-flagged Holger G vessel, carrying munition components bound for Israel, from docking at their ports. Having departed from India in November, the cargo is destined for Israel's biggest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, and... Read moreA...

12/23/2025

Trouble-torn Burma is heading for the first general elections since the military coup of February 2021 that ousted a democratically elected government. The seating of a new parliament will mark the re-opening of the bicameral body which was suspended when... Read moreBURMA: JUNTA-CONTROLLED ELECTORA...

12/23/2025

The US government announced sanctions on two judges from the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court due to their "illegitimate targeting of Israel." The sanctions barthe named individuals from entry into the US, and extends to their family members.... Read moreUS imposes sanctions on tw...

12/22/2025

The rising wave of far-right populism has arrived in Chile with the victory in the presidential race of José Antonio Kast, an ultra-conservative who campaigned on fighting crime and carrying out mass deportations. Emulating Donald Trump, Kast exploited a backlash against migrants—especially Venez...

12/21/2025

Zohran Mamdani's Oval Office lovefest with Donald Trump was a dangerous legitimization of fascism, and has won New York no respite—as the city was targeted for ICE raids mere days later. These were happily met with a strong street response... Read moreNYC: did socialism really defeat fascism?

12/20/2025

The UN Human Rights Office published a report detailing its findings of atrocities committed during a three-day assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's Darfur region. The wave of attackstook... Read moreSudan: UN re...

12/19/2025

Satellite imagery analysis reveals widespread evidence of systematic mass killings and body disposal by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, Sudan, following the paramilitary group's capture of the North Darfur state capital in late October, according to a report... Read moreSudan: evidence....

12/19/2025

At least 22 ethnic Teke civilians were killed when militia fighters attacked a village in the western Democratic Republic of Congo. The massacre in Nkana village—located just some 75 kilometers northeast of the capital Kinshasa—was reportedly carried out by fighters... Read moreDRC: ethnic massa...

12/17/2025

Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council, which is said to be backed by the United Arab Emirates, has been rapidly advancing through large parts of the country's south and east, in Hadramawt, al-Mahra and Shabwa provinces. They are taking over control from groups... Read moreYemen: UAE-backe...

12/16/2025

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced a state of emergency following a wave of coups and attempted coups that have struck several member states of the regional bloc. The declaration was made during the 55th session of the ECOWAS Security... Read moreECOWAS declares regiona...

12/15/2025

On World Humanitarian Day in August, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus released a statement calling attention to intensifying attacks on healthcare workers and facilities, which constitute war crimes under international humanitarian law. "We must stop this becomin...

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