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Search and rescue operations continued in Venezuela on Tuesday as thousands of displaced survivors struggled to find shelter and humanitarians issued an alert over the spread of infectious disease.
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As European transport officials scramble to deal with melting train tracks and buckling roads amid a crushing heatwave, a UN report released Tuesday warns of more extreme weather in the decades ahead for Europe, Central Asia and North America.
Perrine Fournier is a trade, mining, and forest campaigner at Fern. The threat that mining critical raw materials poses to some of the planet’s most important ecosystems is beyond dispute. To prevent it, some places on Earth must be declared off-limits for mining under any circumstances. Work has already began to identify them. A global power struggle to secure […]
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Search and rescue operations continued in Venezuela on Tuesday as thousands of displaced survivors struggled to find shelter and humanitarians issued an alert over the spread of infectious disease.
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As European transport officials scramble to deal with melting train tracks and buckling roads amid a crushing heatwave, a UN report released Tuesday warns of more extreme weather in the…
Perrine Fournier is a trade, mining, and forest campaigner at Fern. The threat that mining critical raw materials poses to some of the planet’s most important ecosystems is beyond dispute. To prevent it,…
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Following the forced closure of at least six media outlets in Uganda on 28 June 2026 and the arbitrary arrest and detention of scores of human rights activists on the…
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Visitors to Saudi Arabia, including those travelling for tourism and religious pilgrimages such as Hajj and Umrah, risk being detained, subjected to grossly unfair trials, and sentenced to lengthy prison…
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DR Congo and M23 agree to new framework for peace deal
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebels have signed another framework agreement outlining future steps towards a peace deal. Qatar and the US have continued to mediate in the conflict.
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Ukraine announces energy shake-up after corruption scandal
Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a new board at state nuclear operator Energoatom after the company was found at the center of a major corruption scandal. More than $100 million was embezzled, according to investigators.
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‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza
Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes and property, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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Hormuz 14 November 2025 #1
Hormuz 14 November 2025 #1 nrafati Fri, 11/14/2025 – 22:11 Strait of Hormuz Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:00 14 November 2025 Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker sailing from the UAE to Singapore in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Tehran 14 November 2025 #1
Tehran 14 November 2025 #1 nrafati Fri, 11/14/2025 – 22:10 Tehran Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:00 14 November 2025 Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker sailing from the UAE to Singapore in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Tehran 12 November 2025 #2
Tehran 12 November 2025 #2 nrafati Fri, 11/14/2025 – 22:09 Tehran Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:00 12 November 2025 G7 foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, jointly urged Iran to “fully implement its obligations both under UN Security Council resolutions and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons”. They also called on Tehran […]
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Washington 12 November 2025 #3
Washington 12 November 2025 #3 nrafati Fri, 11/14/2025 – 22:03 Washington Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:00 12 November 2025 G7 foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, jointly urged Iran to “fully implement its obligations both under UN Security Council resolutions and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons”. They also called on Tehran […]
After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War
After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War emactaggart Fri, 11/14/2025 – 16:34 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List Screenshot of a video released by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces […]
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council emactaggart Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:26 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List A Palestinian man […]
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Israel 13 November 2025
Israel 13 November 2025 nrafati Thu, 11/13/2025 – 22:34 Israel Thu, 11/13/2025 – 12:00 13 November 2025 The Israeli military reported striking what it described as “a weapons storage facility and an underground terror infrastructure site used by Hizbollah in southern Lebanon”.