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Israeli limits on Gaza aid may be ‘war crime’, UN warns

Restricting aid could be seen as using starvation as a ‘weapon of war’, the UN’s human rights chief says.

Al Jazeera

Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian areas amounts to war crime: UN

UN rights chief says Israeli settler violence risks eliminating any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.

Al Jazeera

Africa-led mission to Haiti 'urgently needed', according to the UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in Haiti and called for more funding for the planned international police mission to be led by Kenya.

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UN rights chief says ‘powder keg’ Gaza could ignite wider war

Volker Turk says world must avoid conflagration of conflict, which could have repercussions for region and beyond.

Al Jazeera

Mediators Seek Gaza Truce As US Calls For 'Immediate Ceasefire'

The plan on the table aims for a six-week truce, the exchange of scores of remaining hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, and for more aid to enter Gaza -- but sticking points remain.

International Business Times

Israeli ground offensive in Rafah ‘aimed at making Gaza uninhabitable’

Israel has announced plans to launch a full-scale offensive on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, claiming it is the only way to "completely destroy" Hamas. But according to former French military officer and author Guillaume Ancel, a large-scale military operation in the city that is now…

France 24

More than 14 million people fled homes in Ukraine since Russia invasion: UN

As second anniversary of conflict nears, millions remain displaced at home and abroad, with ‘no end in sight’ to war.

Al Jazeera

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Channel boat pilot found guilty of manslaughter as UN rights chief slams UK's Rwanda plan

Four men drowned in December 2022 when their unseaworthy dinghy sank soon after leaving France

Evening Standard

EU’s Borrell suggests US stop arming Israel amid fears over Rafah assault

Josep Borrell says ‘too many people’ are being killed in Gaza as Israel pledges to press on with Rafah offensive.

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief decries death of 50 people in Mali attacks

The UN official said he was ‘appalled’ by the killings in central Mali.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals

Three years after 2021 coup, the resistance says it is gaining strength and taking territory from the military.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 91

Israel brings a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza and al-Arouri’s funeral is held. Here’s the latest:

Al Jazeera

End ‘unlawful killings’ in occupied West Bank, UN tells Israel

Latest UN report warns the situation in the territory is rapidly deteriorating and calls for accountability.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin claims Kyiv pulled out of peace talks last year ‘at Britain’s insistence’ – as it happened

Spokesperson for the Russian government claims UK ‘forbade’ negotiations with Russia

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 665

Volodymyr Zelenskiy insists US and European support for war will continue; Vladimir Putin says Moscow will ‘not give up what is ours’

Al Jazeera

Biden warns Israel risks losing support over ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing

US president offers his sharpest public criticism of Israel since the start of its war with Hamas.

International Business Times

UN Seeks Israel Access For Hamas Sexual Violence Investigation

The UN rights chief voiced deep concern on Wednesday over allegations of sexual violence by Hamas militants during their October 7 attack, calling on Israel to allow his team in to investigate.

International Business Times

Gazans Living In 'Utter, Deepening Horror': UN

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror", the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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Israel orders evacuation in parts of southern Gaza amid fears of escalation

Residents in east Khan Younis receive leaflets telling them to flee as UN rights chief warns there are no safe places.

Evening Standard

Outbreaks of disease and hunger ‘inevitable’ in Gaza, UN says

The World Health Organization has already warned about 'an unusually large number of cases of diarrhoeal disease in Gaza'

France 24

'We won't know if Israel has committed war crimes until end of conflict,' expert says

Has Israel breached international law in Gaza with its military response to Hamas's atrocities? The UN's human rights chief says that both sides have committed war crimes. Volker Turk pointed to Hamas's horrific attacks on October 7, as well as the militant group continuing to hold hostages. But he also…

The Independent UK

Both Israel and Hamas committing war crimes, says UN human rights chief

‘We have fallen off a precipice. This cannot continue’

Evening Standard

Israel-Hamas war: Pressure builds for truce as both side accused of war crimes

International pressure expected to redouble at conference in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu says Israel will have ‘overall security responsibility’ in Gaza after war

Prime minister rules out general ceasefire as Israel marks a month since Hamas attack

The Independent UK

Top official claims UN ‘failing in duty’ towards Palestinians in Gaza as he steps down

‘This will be my last communication to you,’ top official says in letter addressed to UN’s High Commissioner in Geneva

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