Lawyers for victims of human rights abuses committed during Peru’s decades-long armed conflict have pledged to appeal to international bodies to overturn a law passed by the country’s Congress, which would grant amnesty to prosecuted military…
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UN warns Israeli strikes in West Bank escalate damage, hinder return of displaced Palestinians – Middle East Monitor
Ongoing Israeli attacks on towns in the occupied West Bank are causing widespread destruction and severely worsening the humanitarian situation, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…
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“Deep dehumanisation” of civilians similar in Srebrenica and Gaza
Dehumanising civilians made mass violence seem normal in Srebrenica and Gaza, says assistant professor Iva Vukusic.
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UN reports 798 deaths near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks – Middle East Monitor
Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International…Continue Reading
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Trump touts US arms to African leaders
The president claimed recent strikes in Iran were evidence of the reliability of American-made weapons
US President Donald Trump has urged African leaders to increase defense spending and buy more American weapons, claiming they…
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Iran Sets Conditions for Return to Nuclear Talks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that in order for the talks on Tehran’s nuclear program to restart, it must be guaranteed that the US does not take military action amid negotiations.
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Mystery interstellar object could be the oldest known comet
A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.
Named 3I/Atlas, it may be three billion years older than our own solar system, suggests the team from Oxford university.
It…
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PKK begins disarmament process after 40 years of armed struggle in Turkiye | PKK News
Fighters from PKK begin symbolic disarmament in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, ending decades-long battle with Turkiye.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun the first steps towards disarmament, closing a chapter on a four-decade armed…
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Nigeria can’t take Venezuelan deportees from US, says Yusuf Tuggar
Nigeria’s foreign minister says the country will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the US, following visa curbs and threats of tariff hikes.
Yusuf Tuggar told privately-owned Channels TV that…
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What’s life like for migrant children trying to come to the UK
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats, up by almost 50% from the same period last year.
BBC Newsround correspondent Jenny Lawrence went to Calais to find out why so…
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