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Fighting In Gaza's Rafah As Tensions Soar On Israel-Lebanon Border

Israeli air strikes and clashes between troops and Palestinian militants rocked Gaza on Wednesday, as Israel's army warned it had readied an "offensive" against the Lebanese Hezbollah movement on the country's northern front.

International Business Times

UN rights chief warns situation in West Bank ‘dramatically deteriorating’

Volker Turk tells UN Human Rights Council there are concerns about unlawful killings of Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

Israeli killings of Gaza civilians during raid may be war crimes: UN

Palestinian officials say Israeli forces killed 274 people during the operation to rescue four captives held in Gaza.

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UN rights chief condemns ‘unprecedented bloodshed’ in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces kill and arrest dozens in the occupied territory as Volker Turk condemns impunity.

Al Jazeera

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar

UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees.

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Thousands Rally In Georgia Amid New Criticism Of 'Foreign Influence' Law

Thousands of Georgians took to the streets Wednesday in the latest round of a weeks-long mass protest against a "foreign influence" law whose adoption by Georgia has prompted a blizzard of international condemnation.

International Business Times

Western Allies Denounce Georgia 'Foreign Influence' Law

Georgia faced a blizzard of international condemnation Wednesday as the EU, NATO and UN slammed the adoption of a controversial "foreign influence" law targeting overseas-funded NGOs. Ruling party lawmakers voted through the legislation Tuesday in defiance of protesters worried the Caucasus country is shifting away from its pro-Western course towards…

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Tens Of Thousands Protest Against Georgia 'Foreign Influence' Bill

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Georgia on Thursday in a fresh night of protests against a "foreign influence" bill likened to Russian laws silencing dissent.

International Business Times

UN warns of possible imminent attack on city in Sudan’s North Darfur

Attack on al-Fashir would have ‘devastating consequences’ for civilians in area already on brink of famine, UN says.

Al Jazeera

Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves

Some victims found at two hospitals were ‘buried alive’ while others were ‘executed’ by the Israeli military.

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Middle East crisis: Germany to resume working with Unrwa after UN report finds Israel yet to supply evidence to back terror claims – as it happened

Government to resume cooperation with UN agency for Palestinians in Gaza after report finds Israel had yet to back up accusations on employees having terror ties

The Guardian - AU

As more bodies found, UN’s Turk ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass graves reports

Volker Turk calls for independent inquiry after Palestinian authorities uncover hundreds of bodies at hospital.

Al Jazeera

Uganda Court Throws Out Challenge To Harsh Anti-gay Law

Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to scrap a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world.

International Business Times

Israel’s largest land seizure since Oslo Accords deals fresh blow to Palestinian statehood

Israel declared 800 hectares of land in the West Bank as property of the state on Friday, a move that will facilitate use of the ground for settlement construction. The area covers large swaths of the Jordan Valley, a vital region for a future Palestinian state, and is the largest…

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EU says Hong Kong’s new security law could affect its status as a business hub

European Union joins chorus of criticism of Article 23, which includes harsh new penalties for offences such as insurrection, sedition and espionage

The Guardian - AU

Netanyahu ‘determined’ to carry out Rafah assault despite pleas from Biden

Israel’s PM says he does not see an alternative to a ground attack on Gaza’s southern city, in a sign of widening disagreement with the US president

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UN Warns Israel's Aid Restrictions In Gaza May Be War Crime

UN warns of potential war crime of starvation in Gaza due to Israel's aid restrictions.

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UN says Israeli restrictions on Gaza food aid may constitute a war crime

High commissioner for human rights describes crisis as human-made as hunger levels worsen

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Israeli limits on Gaza aid may be ‘war crime’, UN warns

Restricting aid could be seen as using starvation as a ‘weapon of war’, the UN’s human rights chief says.

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Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian areas amounts to war crime: UN

UN rights chief says Israeli settler violence risks eliminating any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.

Radio France Internationale

Africa-led mission to Haiti 'urgently needed', according to the UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in Haiti and called for more funding for the planned international police mission to be led by Kenya.

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief says ‘powder keg’ Gaza could ignite wider war

Volker Turk says world must avoid conflagration of conflict, which could have repercussions for region and beyond.

International Business Times

Mediators Seek Gaza Truce As US Calls For 'Immediate Ceasefire'

The plan on the table aims for a six-week truce, the exchange of scores of remaining hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, and for more aid to enter Gaza -- but sticking points remain.

France 24

Israeli ground offensive in Rafah ‘aimed at making Gaza uninhabitable’

Israel has announced plans to launch a full-scale offensive on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, claiming it is the only way to "completely destroy" Hamas. But according to former French military officer and author Guillaume Ancel, a large-scale military operation in the city that is now…

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More than 14 million people fled homes in Ukraine since Russia invasion: UN

As second anniversary of conflict nears, millions remain displaced at home and abroad, with ‘no end in sight’ to war.

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