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Nalreaq's Qarsoq Hoeegh-Dam from Greenland, Inuti Ataqatigiit's Naaja H. Nathanielsen from Greenland and Minister of Health and Church Affairs Ida Auken during a meeting in the Folketing Hall at Christiansborg, Copenhagen, Thurdsay, Aug. 27, 2026. The meeting includes a vote on compentation in the so called "spiral case". (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and g

These women and their children were among Rohingya refugees evicted from their homes in Malaysia / (c) Reuters Not long ago, Malaysia's then-prime minister urged his country to protect Rohingya Muslims – a stateless minority that has fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar for decades. "We must defend them, not just because they are of the same faith, but [because] they are humans, their lives have value," Najib Razak said in 2017. Nine years on, a fierce new wave of host

Israel’s prime minister and defence minister praise the attack as Hamas calls for Israeli ‘crimes’ to stop. Israeli soldiers remove the body of a killed Palestinian from a house under construction in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on August 28, 2026 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP] The Israeli army has killed three Palestinians in Jenin in a rare air strike in the occupied West Bank, amid growing tensions in the territory. In a statement, the Israeli military said it “elimi

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has described the situation as an "unacceptable failure". Most of those who went missing are now 18 and over. File pic Forty people who went missing from asylum seeker hotels as children years ago have still not been found. All but two of them are now adults, parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights said in a new report. England's Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has described their ongoing disappearance as an "unac

Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide Bosnian Serb army commander Gen Ratko Mladić addresses his troops in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica in December 1995. Photograph: Oleg Stjepanovic/AP Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague. Mladić had been one of the main architects of the pol

In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban The diplomats’ letter states: ‘Nothing justifies Israel’s systematic policy of destruction of Gaza and its population.’ Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press

Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images It was during a ceremony at a settlement in the occupied West Bank last September that Israel's prime minister made his intentions clear. "We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state," said Benjamin Netanyahu. "This place belongs to us." He was signing an agreement to push ahead with the expansion of a settlement in an area known as E1, just to the east of Jerusalem. In recent days, the opening up of tende

The Trump administration has ramped up deportations to third countries in an apparent bid to deter cross-border immigration. US President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in his country's history [File: Moises Castillo/AP Photo] The United States has sent about 2,300 Mexican nationals to Guatemala, despite objections from the Mexican government, as President Donald Trump steps up deportations. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo confirm

Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, but the White House pressed ahead. Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague in 2024. Credit: Pool photo by Eva Plevier When the Trump administration escalated its attacks on the International Criminal Court last year, imposing sanctions on several judges, the court’s president, Judge Tomoko Akane, was distraught. Judge A

File photo of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank next to the so-called E1 project in East Jerusalem, taken in February 2026 Israel's plans to open up tenders for the construction of some 1,200 settlement homes in a strategically important part of the occupied West Bank have sparked fresh condemnation by major Western powers. In a joint statement, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada called the decision "unacceptable" and urged Israel to "ret