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UN human rights chief Volker Turk issued the warning over growing fears of an imminent RSF assault. Women and children queue to receive free food being distributed in the al-Mohayra camp for displaced people, near the city of el-Obeid, in South Kordofan region, Sudan on June 29, 2026 [AFP] United Nations rights chief Volker Turk has warned that another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid, urging the world to act before a feared and imminent

In several cases, jurisdiction areas were also divided or reorganized, allowing separate settlements to be established under distinct municipal administrations. View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026. | (photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90) A June study from Bimkom showed an acceleration in the Israeli government’s use of settlement jurisdiction orders in the West Bank since October 2023. Israeli officials have issued 114 military orders establish

Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in ‘toxic’ climate Niger’s military leader, Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023. Photograph: AP A “witch-hunt” is under way in Niger, where dozens of people have been arrested for homosexuality in the west African state following the introduction of a new penal code earlier this year. Up to 40 people have been arrested and 16 men, including high-ranking military of

Rights groups have argued that the law could provide Beijing with more legal justification for pursuing overseas advocates for minorities, such as the Uyghurs or Tibetans, that the Chinese government is accused of repressing. China has the “legitimate” right to target people beyond its borders under a new “ethnic unity” law, a top judicial official said on Wednesday, after overseas rights advocates warned it could be used to further marginalise minority groups. Photo: Lukas M

Linda Joseph holds a candle during a vigil at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration status, or TPS, for Haitians, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in North Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more

Leaked letter to PM and military demands action to stop violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank The letter accuses the IDF of complicity in terrorism through a failure to intervene and active participation in violence. Photograph: Nasser Ishtayeh/Sopa Images/Shutterstock Dozens of Israelis from the country’s security, political and cultural elite have threatened legal action against their government over support for Jewish terrorism and an “ideology of ethnic clea

Leaked documents reveal how military contractors linked to Israeli intelligence secretly trained a special operations strike force in mineral-rich eastern Congo. A photograph of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein in an undated photograph released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak coordinated closely with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in pursuit of mineral, oil, and gas resources in Africa after Barak

A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel’s deliberate targeting of children is part of the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. In Bodies of Evidence, an Al Jazeera original investigative documentary, we examine the use of sexual violence, torture, and degradation against Palestinian detainees, practices that rights groups and experts say have been systematically employed by Israeli military, intelligence, and prison authorities for decades. A United Natio

A highway running through El Obeid links Darfur in west Sudan to the east, making it a strategically significant battleground. A camp for displaced persons in El Obeid, Sudan, in January. The crisis has forced around 14 million people from their homes. Credit: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters The U.S. State Department has warned that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces are massing near the city of El Obeid and that “mass atrocities” against civilians could occur if the city falls to the para

The exterior of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building is pictured on May 4, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Patrick Semansky/AP The Justice Department released a memo this week that quietly calls into question decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities and stirred fear and anger among advocates and families. The memo, an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel, argues that states do not have to provide in-home or community-based care to pe