• Week of violence in Nigeria

    Jul 04

    A suicide bomb in a church in the northeast of Nigeria has capped a week in which almost every day saw deaths due to violence by Boko Haram militants.

    At least 5 people were killed in the latest attack in Potiskum, in Yobe state.

    Recent attacks include:

  • Sinai militants fire rockets into Israel
     Militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula launched rockets into southern Israel on Friday, reports Reuters.

    The incidents caused no casualties, however a high way was closed by the Israeli military within close vicinity of the rocket remnants.
  • Iran and world powers agree preliminary sanctions relief process
    Iran and world powers have reached a preliminary agreement on sanctions relief announced diplomats on Saturday.

    Speaking from Vienna, officials said that the sanctions annex was completed during negotiations between Iran, US, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.

    Negotiators are looking to finalise the deal by July 7 reports the Guardian.
  • Protest in The Hague after death in police custody

    The Dutch city of The Hague has seen 4 consecutive nights of protests, triggered by the death of a man in police custody.

    Mitch Henriquez, 42, from the Caribbean island of Aruba, died in police custody last Sunday.

  • South Sudan criticises UN sanctions
    The UN Security Council decision to impose sanctions on military commanders from both sides of South Sudan’s conflict could derail the peace process, said the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson.

    Questioning the effectiveness sanctions, Mawien Makol Ari, said,

  • UNHRC passes resolution calling on Israel-Palestine parties to cooperate with ICC to end impunity
    The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on “ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalam,” with 41 votes in favour, 5 abstentions and one vote against.
  • Islamic State destroys ancient artefacts from Palmyra

    Islamic State has been destroying statues and artefacts from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra which the group captured in May.

    A 2000 year old lion statue outside of the city's museum was destroyed on Saturday, reported Syria's antiquities director, Maamoun Abdelkarim.

  • Malaysia seeks UN-backed tribunal to prosecute downing of airliner in Eastern Ukraine

    On Thursday Malaysia informed the UN Security Council that it would be seeking a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of being responsible for shooting down a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine.

  • UK defends draft resolution on Srebrenica genocide at UN
    Britain defended a draft United Nations Security Council resolution commemorating the Srebrenica massacre of 1995 at the UN on Wednesday.
  • UN finds mass rights violations in South Sudan, calls for unfettered access and accountability
    South Sudanese armed forces could have committed widespread human rights abuses in recent intensified fighting across the region, found a new report by the United Nations mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS).

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  • Islamic State launches escalated attacks in Egypt’s Sinai province

    The Islamic State appears to have escalated its attacks in Sinai, launching simultaneous attacks on multiple military checkpoints Wednesday morning. Egyptian military officials claimed that 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed in the attacks but local newspapers reported much higher numbers for soldier casualties.

  • Islamic State threatens Hamas
    Islamic State militants threatened to overrun the Gaza Strip after accusing Hamas of being insufficient in enforcing religion, reports Reuters.

    In a statement released on Tuesday, the Islamic State militants said,

  • ICC Prosecutor restates commitment to bringing justice in Sudan

    In a briefing to the UN Security Council on Monday, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda restated her office’s “unshakeable” commitment to bringing “independent and impartial justice” for the people of Sudan. This statement comes six years after the first issuance of a warrant by the ICC for the arrest of Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir, for alleged war crimes including genocide in Darfur.

  • Islamic State behead two civilian women

    Two women, accused of "sorcery", in Syria have been beheaded by Islamic State, in the first such executions of female civilians by the group.

    “The Islamic State group executed two women by beheading them in Deir Ezzor province, and this is the first time the Observatory has documented women being killed by the group in this manner,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, chief of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

  • Somalian troops killed in Al Shabab attack

    At least five Somalian soldiers were killed in an attack on their base by Al Shabab militants in Kismayo.

    Some of the soldiers were beheaded after the militants briefly took control of the camp, witnesses told AFP.

    Last week over 50 Burundian peacekeepers from the African Union were killed in an attack by the militant group.

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