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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, a move human rights defenders say will leave victims of war crimes without access to justice. The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, as seen on 22 September, 2025. REUTERS - Piroschka Van De Wouw In a statement published on Wednesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had initiated the one-y

Health New Zealand plans to close a Wakari Hospital ward after the chief ombudsman uncovered potential human rights abuses.

Fiji’s constitutional protections for indigenous land are nothing more than an illusion, masking systemic human rights violations and colonial-era greed.

By Justin Salhani Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity. Civilians stand outside their homes destroyed in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in February 2025 [Raghed Waked/Al Jazeera] Beirut, Lebanon – In February 2025, Ali stood outside his house in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, and pointed at the crack in the foundation and fruit trees pulled up by the Israeli military. The Israeli military had recently withd

By Cassandra Vinograd and Marc Santora July 2, 2026 The site of a Russian attack on Kyiv on Thursday. (Credit: Alina Smutko/Reuters) The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones that lasted into Thursday morning, a deadly show of force after weeks of Ukrainian attacks in Russia that have heaped pressure on President Vladimir V. Putin. At least 27 people were killed and 85 injured in overnight attacks, Ukrainian officials sa

By: George Wright June 30, 2026 Right-wing extremists remain the greatest threat to German democracy and their number increased significantly to 58,700 last year, the country's domestic intelligence service says. That number is an increase of more than 8,000 on the previous year, the agency says in its annual report, adding that extreme left-wing violence is also on the rise and is an alarm-call for Germany's rule of law. German democracy was under "practically permanent atta