Strikes on Saturday killed at least 10 people, raising the death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2 to 2,659, with 8,183 others injured. Smoke rises in Habboush following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon [Stringer/Reuters] Israel has launched multiple strikes across southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people in further violations of the “ceasefire” declared two weeks ago. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said the latest wave of attacks on Saturday

A recap of recent developments US President Donald Trump says he will “soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us” but does not think he can make a deal. The comments come after Iran sent a 14-point plan to the US, calling for guarantees of non-aggression, the lifting of a naval blockade and an end to the war “on all fronts," including in Lebanon. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it is on standby for a return to war with the US, saying a resumptio

Israel says it targeted Hezbollah, but experts say the evidence proves otherwise. A man who survived an Israeli air strike is rescued by a firefighter from a destroyed building in central Beirut, Lebanon, on April 8, 2026 [Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo] Beirut, Lebanon – On April 8, Ahmad Hamdi, 22, was sitting on his couch at home in Beirut’s Tallet el Khayat neighbourhood, hours after Israel had launched more than 100 attacks in under 10 minutes across Lebanon. Then he heard th

Credit: Phil Nijhuis/ANP via AFP LONDON, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) - Yasmin Ullah, from Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority, is determined to see justice. On 13 April, she filed a complaint alleging genocide against Myanmar’s president, Min Aung Hlaing, to Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office. Min Aung Hlaing led the 2021 coup that ousted a democratically elected government and this month was named president following a sham election held amid intense repression, rubber stamping

As Washington focuses on its push to topple Iran’s government, delaying talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, some in Moscow say the Kremlin must achieve its goals militarily. A damaged apartment after a strike by a Russian drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Feb. 26. (Kateryna Klochko/AP) Since the first missiles of the U.S.-Israeli campaign began striking Iran, Russian state media and political pundits have been mulling over a question: Do negotiations with the United States alw

OpinioJuris Sunday marked the 115th anniversary of International Women’s Day, and yesterday kicked off the annual forum for the Commission on the Status of Women, with the priority theme of strengthening access to justice for all women and girls. Despite the remarkable progress that has been made in women’s rights since the establishment of International Women’s Day, it is hard to be in a celebratory mood. Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented backlash against gender e

Group says its new public database reveals extent of broad crackdown on solidarity movement.

[The conflict in the Anglophone reasons has lasted for almost a decade | AFP via Getty Images] Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country's troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six years ago in the Northwest region, range from five to 10 years per person. A military court previously found the soldiers guilty of murder, arson and destruction - a rare occur

A UN fact-finding mission has determined that evidence of atrocities carried out during the siege and takeover of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher points to genocide.

Human rights report alleges record extrajudicial killings by Punjab’s police unit set up to combat organised crime. Pakistan's foremost rights group HRCP has alleged that Punjab's specialised police unit has killed more than 900 people in what it termed 'extrajudicial encounters' [Mohsin Raza/Reuters] Islamabad, Pakistan – When armed officers from Pakistan’s Crime Control Department raided Zubaida Bibi’s home in Bahawalpur city in southern Punjab province last November, they