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11/27/2025

The UN decried a new attack on civilians by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN described the incident as "one of the most appalling attacks" ever recorded in the country,... Read moreISIS franchise in new DRC attacks

11/26/2025

The world's governments approved a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, adopting the so‑called Belém Package, a bundle of decisions that calls for tripling outlays to help vulnerable countries adapt to intensifying climate impacts. The package... Read moreCOP30 deal sidesteps f...

11/25/2025

The former Wales leader of right-wing populist political party Reform UK, Nathan Gill, was imprisoned after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from Kremlin-linked figures. The Central Criminal Court sentenced Gill to 10 years and six months under the Bribery Act of 2010.... Read moreEx-MEP imprison...

11/24/2025

Amnesty International denounced authorities in Chad for their failure to protect victims of armed clashes between herders and farmers. The group documented seven instances of herder-farmer violence in four provinces since 2022, which resulted in 98 people dead, at least 100... Read moreChad: herder-...

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11/24/2025

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UN endorses US-backed Gaza ‘peace’ resolution

11/24/2025

Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House meeting with Donald Trump followed the removal of his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the list of designated "terrorist organizations" both at the State Department and at the UN. It also coincided with... Read morePodcast: the new Syria in the G...

11/22/2025

Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report documenting the forced displacement of approximately 32,000 Palestinians from three refugee camps beginning in January 2025. The report charges... Read moreIsr...

11/21/2025

President Donald Trump praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as "incredible in terms of human rights" during an Oval Office meeting, preemptively deflecting questions about the kingdom's extensive record of abuses as the crown prince pledged $1 trillion in... Read moreTrump dismisses Saudi....

11/20/2025

The UN Security Council passed a US-backed resolution endorsing the Trump administration's 20-point Gaza peace plan. The resolution, passed by a vote of 13 members in favor with China and Russia abstaining, recognizes the proposal's "Board of Peace" (BOP) as... Read moreUN endorses US-backed Gaza .....

11/19/2025

In a decisive referendum, Ecuadoran citizens overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed foreign military bases on the country's soil. Early counts show nearly two-thirds of ballots cast opposed the measure. President Daniel Noboa introduced the referendum, arguing.......

11/17/2025

Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) released more than 2,700 New York Police Department (NYPD) documents obtained after a five-year lawsuit. The groups say that the documents reveal extensive and discriminatory surveillance practices. The records, ordered t...

11/17/2025

Zohran Mamdani hasn't even taken office, and already there has been a physical skirmish between ICE agents and NYPD cops in Washington Heights. This portends a full-on confrontation between federal and municipal power in the months to come—with the potential... Read morePodcast: NYC turns up the v...

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