US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s Knesset Monday morning, announcing the “end of the war” in Gaza and the return of 20 Israelis who had been held by Hamas. “After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families…and today, the sun rises on a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on Italy to end its migration cooperation agreement with Libya, saying the arrangement “has proven to be a framework for violence and suffering, and should be revoked, not renewed.” The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the countries, first signed in February 2017, was part of Italy’s broader strategy [...]

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned on Monday that the nation faces a renewed wave of armed violence, deepening human rights violations, and mass displacement, stating that the country’s political leaders have “deliberately stalled progress and brought South Sudan to yet another precipice.” The Commission’s mission to the African Union revealed [...]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar released a statement on Sunday expressing concern over the rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, urging both countries to exercise restraint and resolve their differences through dialogue and diplomacy. According to a Sunday report by Pakistan’s Dawn news organization, the Afghan Taliban and affiliated militants launched an attack [...]

Following the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine that went into effect Friday, the Foreign Press Association (FPA) renewed its call for Israel to provide the international media with free and independent access to the Gaza Strip. In its statement, the FPA said journalists have unsuccessfully sought access to Gaza to report on [...]

United Kingdom Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced on Sunday that she had issued a letter to vice-chancellors across the country, calling for universities to intensify their policies and practices to counter antisemitism on campuses. “Universities, just like everyone else in the country, have a clear role to play: not just keeping Jewish students safe, but as [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the killing and injuring of scores of civilians in El Fasher, following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement,  Türk noted that the repeated calls to the RSF on protecting civilians have not been upheld by the paramilitary group that instead [...]

The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Dr. Morris Tidball-Binz, on Friday called on Lebanese authorities to carry out stronger victim-centered investigations into civilian killings from Israeli hostilities in Lebanon. Violence in the region substantially increased on September 23, 2024, when Israel began heavily striking Lebanon, killing and wounding thousands of [...]

The UN on Friday warned that millions of Haitians are facing severe food insecurity as armed groups continue to expand their territorial control around the country, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) hunger report. The data paints a dire picture: 5.7 million people, over half the population, are now classified in [...]

Computer scientist Stephen Thaler on Friday formally petitioned the US Supreme Court to decide whether creative works produced entirely by artificial intelligence can qualify for copyright protection. Thaler’s filing challenges the 2025 DC Circuit Court decision which reaffirmed that only works with human authorship are eligible for copyright under US law. In his petition for [...]