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01/09/2026

Amnesty International reported that Ugandan security forces have unlawfully targeted opposition rallies with excessive force and arbitrary arrests, with some detainees subject to torture and other mistreatment. Protests have mounted nationwide in the lead-up to this month's election, in which Presid...

01/08/2026

Civilians fled Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Aleppo after the Syrian army declared them "closed military zones" and began shelling the areas. Some 300 homes are reported destroyed in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh, which have long been under the... Read moreSyria: army shells....

01/07/2026

As Nicolás Maduro appeared in federal court in New York, Trump made explicit military threats against Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Greenland—prompting protests from those countries' leaders. In defense of his bellicosity, Trump invoked the notion of Latin America as a US influence sphere that was.....

01/06/2026

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the Israeli government to abandon proposed legislation that would mandate death sentences exclusively for Palestinians in specific cases—for crimes committed both in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Türk stated that... Read mo...

01/05/2026

Trump announced that the US would "run" Venezuela, following a strike on the country that led to the capture and transfer to the US of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores. In a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago... Read moreTrump announces plan to ‘run’ Venezuela

01/05/2026

Israel has become the first country on Earth to recognize the de facto independent Republic of Somaliland, in exchange for a commitment from Somaliland to join the Abraham Accordsand recognize Israel. However, not three years ago, Israel joined the US... Read moreSomaliland and Western Sahara: forbi...

01/03/2026

Finnish authorities announced Dec. 31 that they are investigating damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland after seizing a vessel suspected of sabotage in the incident. According to a police statement, telecommunications authorities detected a fault in the... Read moreFi...

01/01/2026

Turkish police detained 357 people in large-scale, coordinated operations targeting the Islamic State group one day after a deadly clash between police and ISIS militants in Yalova, a small city south of Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara, amid heightened security ahead... Read moreTurkey detains ISIS s...

12/31/2025

On the third day of protests by Tehran bazaar merchants in response to the dire economic situation in Iran, the strike started to spread across the country. Shopkeepers in Isfahan, Ahvaz, Shiraz, Kermanshah and Najafabad closed their stalls and held... Read moreProtest wave spreads across Iran

12/30/2025

A group of 21 Arab, African and Islamic nations issued a joint statement formally rejecting Israel's recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. The statement asserted that recognizing Somaliland as a nation independent of Somalia constitutes a grave violation of international... Read moreWor...

12/29/2025

UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the deadly mosque bombing in Syria, urging that those responsible be swiftly identified and brought to justice. The explosion tore through the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in the city of Homs during Friday prayers, killing at least eight... Read moreUN co...

12/29/2025

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