• UN to deploy human rights observers to South Sudan and CAR

    Jan 31
    The United Nations said today that it was prepared to launch a new program aimed at monitoring violations of human rights in South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

    Speaking at the African Union headquarters, the UN Deputy Secretary General, Jan Eliasson, outlined that the organisation must work to end the conflicts in the CAR and South Sudan by sending observers to monitor the situation.
  • Palestinian man killed by Israeli soldiers

    Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied territory of the West Bank.

    22 year old Mohammed Mubarak was unarmed and had been harassed by the soldiers who forced him to remove his clothes, witnesses told AFP news agency.

    The Palestinian Red Cross said Mubarak was found with three bullet wounds to his back.

  • Syria destroys entire neighbourhoods - HRW
    The Syrian government has demolished thousands of buildings and entire neighbourhoods in a series of reprisals against residents in rebel-held areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) concluded in a report released today.

    Using satellite images of the cities Damascus and Hama, HRW found that at least 7 residential neighbourhoods were either totally or partially destroyed.
  • Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam over Israeli settlement row
    Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has quit her role as an Oxfam ambassador, after facing criticism for her endorsement of an Israeli company based in settlements declared illegal under international law.
  • Croatia to investigate former Nazi guard for war crimes
    Croatian prosecutors announced today the commencement a war crimes investigation into a suspected former guard of several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
  • Hollywood star causes controversy over Israeli settlements

    Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has courted controversy after advertising for an Israeli firm operating in a West Bank settlement, declared illegal under international law.

  • US criticises Syrian regime's siege tactics
    The US State Department condemned the Assad regime's siege of Homs in order to exert leverage as peace talks take place in Geneva, reports the Washington Post.
  • UK agrees to accept Syrian refugees
    The British government today, reached a compromise with the United Nations and agreed to provide refuge for 500 of the most vulnerable refugees from the Syrian conflict.

    The deal ends weeks of an UN initiative to encourage Britain to sign up to the UN refugee quota programme for Syria.
    The chief executive of the Refugee Council, Maurice Wren, welcomed the news, stating,
  • Ukraine repeals anti-protest laws
    The Ukraine’s parliament overwhelmingly voted to repeal the anti-protest laws, that sparked the recent unrest and protests in Ukraine.
  • Mladic denounces 'satanic' court at Karadzic trial

    Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic refused to testify at The Hague earlier today, after he was called in to testify as a witness for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

  • Kosovo Serb politician arrested for war crimes

    Oliver Ivanovic, a leading Kosovo Serb politician was arrested on Monday on suspicion of war crimes.

    EU officials said that Ivanovic had been identified as a suspect in the war crimes investigation that took place after the 1990s Kosovo conflict ended.

  • 12 killed in Xinjiang violence‏

    12 people have been killed by explosions and gunshots in the Xinjiang province, stated Chinese officials, as they blamed the flare up in violence on “terrorists”.

    The province, home to mainly Muslin ethnic Uigurs, saw 6 killed by explosions in a market and hairdressers, whilst 6 more were shot dead by police. 

  • Al-Shabab chief targeted in US drone strike

    A drone strike by the US military is said to have killed a suspected Al-Shabab commander, along with four others, reported the BBC.

    US officials could not confirm that the attack was successful, however local residents said that local Al-Shabab leader Sahal Iskudhuq and the others were killed when their convoy was struck by a missile.

  • Peace deal to create autonomous region in Philippines
    A long awaited peace deal has been agreed by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, signalling what many hope will be the end to a 40-year-long violent conflict.
     
  • Women and children allowed to leave besieged Syrian city
    Women and children are to be allowed to leave the besieged Syrian city of Homs, after negotiators reached their first deal in peace talks in Geneva.

    According to the UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, a relief corridor could be opened up as early as Monday, although the government did not conceed to allowing food and other supplies to be allowed in.

    Men who are deemed to be 'non-combatants' after government scrutiny will also be allowed to leave.
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