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Before the US strikes on targets in southern Iran, Tehran said a deal with Washington was not imminent. The US military has launched a series of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz as an Iranian delegation led by top officials travelled to Qatar to hold negotiations to end the US-Israel war on Iran. The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed it carried out the “self-defence strikes” to protect US troops from threats posed by Iranian forces. However, it did not provide

Fatou Bensouda says she 'felt left alone' and 'unsupported' as the Dutch government failed to protect her during intimidation campaign over Palestine case Then ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during the closing statements of the trial of former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda in the Hague, Netherlands, 28 August 2018 (AFP) Former International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has said the then-head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency pressured her

Findings show Israel holds 1,000sq km of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria under direct military rule. Israeli tanks drive along the road between destroyed houses in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel, on April 29, 2026 [Jalaa Marey/AFP] Since October 7, 2023, Israeli military control maps in its surrounding areas are no longer merely lines announced in official statements or drawn on military maps. After every ceasefire agreement, a map has emerged, and after every map, ques

Donegal student gets recognition for biodegradable plastic that breaks down safely Tala and Farah Mousa said they 'refused to see rubble only as destruction". Photograph: The Earth Prize Teenage sisters from Gaza have won a global environmental award for turning rubble into reusable bricks and are competing for the global award. Farah (15) and Tala (17) Mousa, who live in a tent and have been repeatedly displaced since their home was bombed, have been named the Middle East re

More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals Three Just Stop Oil protesters wearing orange hi-vis jackets speak with police in front of the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Britain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and the annihilation of Gaza, a report claims. The research

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on the Equality Act at the Capitol, April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Rod Lamkey Jr., File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressman returned home last Fourth of July to startling stories in Southern California as immigration patrols swept through communities and one constituent told him about starting to carry a passport as proof of the right to be in the country. Rep. Mark Takano, whose American-born parents were

Video shows moment activists clash with officers at Bilbao airport after being deported from Israel Four pro-Palestinian flotilla activists were allegedly beaten by police, dragged across the floor and detained at Bilbao airport after their deportation from Israel. Footage posted on X shows the moment activists clashed with police that resulted in the detention of three flotilla participants and one of their supporters. In a jibe at Spanish officials, the Israeli government,

Authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by authoritarianism, extractivism and climate breakdown Daria Egereva had played a key role at Cop30 in Brazil weeks before her arrest. [Photograph: DariaEgereva.org] The operation began at 9am Moscow time, but took place across all of Russia’s 11 time zones. Almost simultaneously, agents of the federal security service (FSB) raided the homes and workplaces of 17 Indigenous rights acti

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons. An illustration published in 1877 depicted a scene in southern India. Millions died from a famine that coincided with an El Niño that year. [Photo Credit: Dea/Biblioteca Ambrosiana, via Getty Images] Well before it was understood, the El Niño phenomenon was leaving its marks on humanity. El Niño is the name given to powerful shif

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian ​territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the ‌U.S. Treasury Department website. The removal co