UN warns of deepening displacement ‘nightmare’ in Gaza
United Nations Palestine 02 November 2026 Photo: WFP/Ali Jadallah OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims to increase the area of military deployment to 70 per cent of Gaza’s territory. Israeli forces continue to push Palestinians into ever-smaller areas of the Gaza Strip while destroying civilian infrastructure and attacking displacement sites, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned amid concerns of ethnic cleansing. OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims
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US strikes Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz
By Michelle L. Price, Samy Magdy, and Elena Becatoros November 3, 2026 Credit: Amirhosein Khorgooi / ISNA via AP The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and in the nearby mainland area of Bandar Abbas. Unlike earlier in the war
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Tanzania: Abduction Of Human Rights Defender Twaha Mwaipaya
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Tanzania and Kenya. 11/02/2026 By: International Federation For Human Rights (FIDH) Twaha Mwaipaya Social Media Pages. Source: FIDH Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed about th
Genocide Denial on the Anniversary of Srebrenica
By: Sofia Gilmore and Alexander Smith Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery; Photo: Wikimedia July 11, 2026 marked the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, in which Bosnian Serb forces under the command of General Ratklo Mladić overran Srebrenica, a United Nations (UN)-designated “safe area,” and committed mass killings and genocide. There have been many attempts at memorializing the genocide at Srebrenica. In 2000, then-High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch de
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US strategy links Myanmar peace talks to rare-earth access
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UN's Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara Ends
The Associated Press November 2, 2026 FILE - A Sahrawi refugee boy stands in the shadow in the Boujdour refugee camp, Oct. 11, 2021. Bernat Armangue/AP CASABLANCA, Morocco — The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years, as a result of a U.S.-Russia standoff at U.N. headquarters over the territory's future. The end of the mission raises concerns about stability in the region. Rich in minerals and fisheries
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