• Azerbaijan's president pledges to help French territories secure independence

    Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pledged  to help France's overseas territories secure independence, 

    Aliyev accuses France of interfering in its affairs over its contacts with Armenia, against which it has waged two wars in 30 years linked to disputes over Baku's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

  • Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

    Britain said on Friday it would not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

    In May, the ICC's prosecutor said he had requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

  • MPs call for Cornwall to get greater devolution of powers from Westminster

    Cornish lawmakers called on Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer to allow the devolution powers to Cornwall, citing its "unique" historical and cultural identity this month.

  • China brokers agreement between Palestinian factions

    In a landmark diplomatic achievement, China has brokered an agreement to form an interim “national reconciliation government” with 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas.

  • ICJ find Israel responsible for apartheid

    The UN’s International Court of justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories “as rapidly as possible” and make full reparations for its “internationally wrongful acts”.

  • More than 10 million people displaced by Sudan war

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    More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20% of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday

  • International tribunal demands end to Indonesia’s 'cold genocide' in West Papua

    The “Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on State and Environmental Violence in West Papua” took place last month at Queen Mary University of London.

  • Israeli airstrike hits UN school in Gaza

    Two Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people in separate parts of Gaza on Tuesday, one of which targeted a United Nations school turned shelter.

    Palestinian paramedics evacuated at least five killed and eight wounded at the school building, in Nuseirat, in central Gaza, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society emergency service.

  • Modi receives Russia’s highest civilian award for promoting bilateral ties

    Narendra Modi received Russia’s highest civilian award for “exceptional service” in promoting bilateral ties on Tuesday, as both states look to strengthen military cooperation and deepen economic ties. 

  • Turkey mediating Somalia-Ethiopia talks on port deal


    Turkey has begun mediating talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year. 

    The relationship between Somalia and Ethiopia became strained in January when Ethiopia agreed to lease 20 km of coastline from Somaliland, in exchange for recognition of its independence.

  • Bolivian general arrested and accused of coup

    A senior Bolivian general was arrested after armoured vehicles rammed the doors of the government palace in La Paz on Wednesay in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup.

    Forces led by army chief General Juan Jose Zuniga appeared to take control of Mr Arce’s government as they vowed to “restore democracy” but the president vowed to hold firm and swiftly named a new military commander, who immediately ordered the troops to stand down.

  • Rohingya targeted in ‘intensifying genocidal campaign’ in Myanmar - BROUK


    The UK-based rights group, Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (BROUK) has warned in a new report that the 600,000 Muslim Rohingya remaining in Rakhine State have been subject to an “intensifying genocide” since the armed conflict between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) resumed last October. 

  • Assange arrives in Australia following release on US plea deal

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrived in Australia today after he was freed by a United States court in Saipan under a plea deal. 

    Assange’s plane landed in Canberra on Wednesday, hours after the 52-year-old pleaded guilty in a court in Saipan to a charge of espionage, related to obtaining and publishing US military secrets.

  • Russia committed multiple human rights violations in Crimea - European Court of Human Rights

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Russia guilty of committing multiple human rights violations in Ukraine’s occupied Crimea peninsula.

  • EU adopts sanctions against six over Sudan conflict

    The European Council adopted sanctions against six individuals responsible for atrocities in the ongoing conflict in Sudan. 

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