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What do Ukrainians want from a peace agreement?
Polls say that Ukrainians want peace, but not at any cost. What are the red lines and what would they be willing to compromise on?
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France court rejects request to suspend Shein
The French government aimed to suspend Shein after child-like sex dolls and other illicit items were found on the platform. The site instead has been ordered to implement age-verification measures.
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Rome to introduce entry fee for historic Trevi Fountain
Rome’s mayor said tourists will have to pay to get close to Trevi Fountain, one of the Italian capital’s most popular monuments, starting in February.
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Famine over in Gaza, situation still ‘critical’ — monitor
UN-backed hunger monitor IPC said Gaza was still facing "emergency" levels of hunger and called for increased aid deliveries despite improvements since an October 10 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
“Tell everyone we are being massacred”: overlooked war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), across a vast swathe of mountainous terrain, a conflict is raging that the world has forgotten. The Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamic State-linked armed group commonly called the ADF, are abducting and killing civilians with alarming frequency, and abusing women and girls as sexual slaves in North […]
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Ellinor: “While I still have power to fight for Indigenous rights in Norway, I will”
Ellinor Guttorm Utsi, 60, is a Sami reindeer herder from Norway. The Sami people are an Indigenous People with distinct culture, languages, and traditions who inhabit the northernmost regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Now, this land and way of life are under threat. The Norwegian Government is planning to build several hundred wind turbines, […]
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Aureja: “To claim our rights, first we must know them”
Aureja Ugne Mozeryte is the Policy and Advocacy Assistant at Amnesty International’s Europe Regional Office. She has a master of Human Rights. Following the Human Rights Education Youth Forum, which took place from 9 to 11 December in Budapest, she shares her story, her hopes, and the importance of human rights education for anyone thinking […]
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Tanzania: Security forces used unlawful lethal force in election protest crackdown and ‘took away’ dead bodies
Content warning: The following text contains descriptions and images depicting violence, death, police brutality, and police killings. Reader discretion is advised. Tanzanian security forces used unnecessary or disproportionate force, including lethal force, to suppress election protests between 29 October and 3 November 2025, showing a shocking disregard for the right to life and for freedom […]
“The most important thing is people’s health. I fight to save lives”
Cyrille Traoré Ndembi, 61, is the President of the Vindoulou Residents’ Collective, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo. This retired community development specialist has been fighting to defend the residents’ right to a healthy environment since he moved there in 2019. His house is located just ten metres from […]
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Trump Labels Fentanyl ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order classifying fentanyl as ‘weapon of mass destruction’ during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, December 15, 2025. © 2025 Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters A new executive order seeking to designate “illicit fentanyl” a “weapon […]