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As climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future.
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More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping plot is another character facing an odyssey of its own: the Mediterranean Sea.
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More than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling for renewed action to end the conflict.
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As climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future.
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More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping…
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More than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling…
Steven Stone is acting director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Office of Science In 1934, American economist Simon Kuznets presented a paper to Congress advocating for a new way…
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Reacting to the acting Venezuelan government’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as confirmed on 6 August, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director,…
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Three seafarers killed in Hormuz strike as UN warns of widening fallout
Three seafarers were killed in an attack on an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in one of the world’s most critical shipping corridors once again heightened concern over food security, fuel prices and broken global supply chains.
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Spain prodigy Lamine Yamal named UN Goodwill Ambassador on World Cup opening day
The biggest-ever football World Cup begins on Thursday, across three countries and two continents, with over 100 games. The UN is raising awareness of the game’s powerful capacity to serve as a platform for sustainable development and social justice.
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Refugee numbers drop for first time in a decade, but millions remain trapped
Global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday, though the figure remains unacceptably high and tens of millions of people are still trapped in prolonged exile with little prospect of rebuilding their lives.
Brazil jostles for rare earths share as US-China rivalry heats up
Brazil is rushing to regulate its critical minerals industry and unlock its vast untapped reserves of rare earths, aiming to position itself as a strategic producer with Chinese and US companies competing for fresh supplies. Despite opposition from some environmental and Indigenous rights groups, lawmakers in Brazil’s lower house of Congress passed the government’s critical […]
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Afghanistan: New code enabling child marriage compounds dismal situation for women’s and girls’ rights
A new decree from the Taliban enabling child marriage is the latest salvo in an ongoing assault on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, Amnesty International said in a new legal analysis. The Decree No. 18 “Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses”, published by the Taliban in an official gazette on 14 May […]
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“This World Cup has disenfranchised LGBT+ fans like no other”
A member of Three Lions Pride explains why they won’t be attending the World Cup this year Robert*, 33, is part of Three Lions Pride, the official LGBT+ supporters’ group for the England national football team. The group serves to provide a safe, inclusive, and highly visible space for queer football fans and their allies. […]
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Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation
Significant escalation in speed and scale of annexation measures under Israel’s current government Ethnic cleansing campaign is state-led, and state-sponsored, not driven by rogue settlers or so-called extremist ministers Exponential rise in state-backed settler violence terrorizing and expelling thousands of Palestinians to annex land Communities still at critical risk of displacement, those uprooted must be protected States must halt trade, cooperation and investment relations enabling unlawful occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and impose sanctions on implicated officials The international community’s tacit or explicit […]
Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities
Erasing anything Palestinian MDE 15/1103/2026 download report Executive summary Background: Israel’s policies Annex the land, remove Palestinians Settler violence as state policy Forced displacement: three case studies Violations of international law Conclusions and recommendations PreviousNext Executive summary © ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images Download in arabic download in french Download in spanish What is happening […]
What are ‘critical minerals’ and why do they matter for human rights?
Global demand for minerals is rising fast. This is being driven by the shift to renewable energy and electric vehicles, and increasingly by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres. Minerals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt are essential for these technologies, but extracting them often comes at a high cost to people and planet. Amnesty International’s research, spanning more than a decade and many countries, shows that […]
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Why is Hezbollah still important for Iran?
Although weakened, the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group remains a central piece of Iran’s power projection in the Middle East. Tehran has insisted they be included in any peace deal with the US and Israel.