Today: November 02, 2026
Today: November 02, 2026

Human Rights

Africa|Economy

US to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free trade access

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Monday that Washington intends to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from its flagship duty-free trade initiative for sub-

Arts|World

As reparations debate grows, Caribbean campaigners point to one British family's example

When British journalist Laura Trevelyan travelled to Grenada in 2023 to apologise for her family's role in colonial slavery and pledge £100,000 ($134,000)

Arts|Political|World

Salvadoran families demand fair trials, mourn prison dead on Day of the Dead

Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's controversial state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to

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US plans to deport Afghans back to their home country through Pakistan, documents show

The Trump administration plans to deport Afghans detained in the U.S. back to Afghanistan via Pakistan

Arts

Evacuees reunite with family at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border after fleeing Oleshky

Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky have arrived in Ukrainian-held territory

Crime|World

Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling

The top Swiss court on Friday confirmed a guilty verdict against a Liberian warlord, upholding his 20 year sentence in the country's first ever war crimes

Arts|Crime|Political|World

Nigerian families and survivors seek justice over miners' deaths

Families of 37 artisinal miners who died in custody in Nigeria want swift justice and the return of property seized during their arrest,

Americas|Election|Europe|Political|US|World

Machado pushes for new elections in first news conference since returning to Venezuela

Machado pushes for new elections in first news conference since returning to Venezuela

Africa

UAE diplomat running for UN chief faces questions on her country's alleged support for Sudan rebels

Lana Nusseibeh, a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates, is the newest contender for United Nations secretary-general

Business|Science|Technology|World

US bans imports from 3 Chinese biotech companies over forced labor allegations

The Trump administration says it's blocking shipments from Chinese biotech company BGI and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labor

Arts

Indiana governor is urged to let death sentence proceed against man who killed 2 kids in fire

The Indiana Parole Board is recommending that the death penalty remain in place for a man who killed two children in a house fire

Arts|Crime|Europe|Interview

In Ukraine's Kherson, brief ceasefire brings rare respite

Years of near-daily Russian drone and artillery attacks have turned the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson into a battered urban landscape where

Uncategorized

Dolores Huerta, US labor leader and force for human rights, dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) with Cesar Chavez and fought legislators and powerful growers in the US to improve the lives

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Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders

Legal groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of hiding the locations of detainees with final deportation orders

Arts|Entertainment

Iran sentences acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi to new prison term after his return home

Iran has sentenced acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison, following his return to the country earlier this year, after the start of U.S. and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic

Arts|Business|Celebrity|Sports

Swatch to NBA: Brands that have faced backlash in China

Kylian Mbappe was dropped by multiple Chinese brands in late October over comments referring to the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, the

Arts|Crime|Health

Nigeria panel says 37 detained miners died from overcrowding and neglect

A group of 37 suspected illegal miners died in detention in Nigeria as a result of severe overcrowding, poor ventilation and neglect, according to a

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Attacks kill at least 60 Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, church says

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church reports that two attacks in Oromia have killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians

Europe|World

Spain deports African, Asian asylum seekers to Morocco amid rights group outcry

Spain has returned to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and were turned down for

Crime|Europe|World

Italian prosecutor seeks life term for US man accused of double murder

An Italian prosecutor requested a life sentence on Monday for a US citizen accused of murdering his partner and their 13-month-old daughter, whose bodies were discovered last

Arts|Crime|Food

Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban

A prisoner has lost his challenge to an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite after he argued in court that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breached his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.”

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Around 1,200 Palestinians are displaced in Hebron as Israel begins military operation

The Israeli military forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a

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Myanmar's detained leader Suu Kyi traded health concerns with her son in their first call in 5 years

Aung San Suu Kyi's son said that they spoke about health concerns when he spoke with the detained former leader of Myanmar by phone for the first time in five years

Arts|Business|Europe|MidEast

Italy calls for release of five activists held by Israel in West Bank

Italy has called for the immediate release of five Italian activists, all women, held by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday.