GENOCIDE IN THE NEWS

The sanctions are aimed at cutting the ICC off from the global financial system and include threats of punishment for countries that do business with the court. The International Criminal Court in The Hague. (Peter Dejong/AP) The Trump administration imposed aggressive sanctions on the International Criminal Court Friday, just hours after a former judge on the court was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. While the Trump administration has repeatedly clashed with the ICC, which it

'For LGBTIQ+ people, this matters enormously' The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers) The International Criminal Court this week unsealed arrest warrants for four Taliban officials in Afghanistan accused of targeting LGBTQ people, women, and others who defy the group’s strict gender norms. The warrants the ICC unsealed on Oct. 5 are for Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, and Chief Justice Abdu

A drone view of Oleshky, Ukraine. 34th Separate Marine Brigade (Photo: "Borysfen" / facebook.com/34obrmp) Lyudmila often has to call her sister about 40 times before the line connects. When she finally gets through, she can barely make out what her sister is saying. "I hear occasional words, sometimes they're incomplete. The main thing is that I hear her voice," Lyudmila, whose name has been changed for safety reasons, told The Moscow Times. A refugee now living in Europe, Ly

In June 2025, as hunger spread in the Gaza Strip, 5-year-old Abdullah Abu Zarqa was filmed crying, "I'm hungry." His malnutrition might very well have caused his rickets as well; his mother said he was too weak to hold a glass of water, and he asked why he couldn't walk like the other kids. His story quickly went viral, and under international pressure, he was evacuated to a hospital in Turkey. But it was too late – Abdullah died that August. In recent months, it has often be

A team of book enthusiasts in Gaza is trying to keep Palestine’s literary heritage alive amid a genocide. Omar Hamad salvages books from the library of the Islamic University of Gaza (Al Jazeera: Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed) Aya al-Shawa, 10, sits in sixth grade at a school in northern Gaza, holding a book she recently received and what is now one of her most treasured possessions. Before it reached Aya’s hands, it had a difficult journey. It once sat on a bookshelf before an Isra

Federal troops and allied fighters seen in control of the city after capturing main regional airport.

The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide.

Residents of the village of Mansouri are watching helplessly as the Israeli military methodically destroys their town

Judges have rejected Krautatungalung elder Robbie Thorpe's landmark bid to prosecute King Charles III over the alleged genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Critics say sitting down with Johnnie Moore normalised an organisation accused of complicity in high-profile atrocity crimes.