UN warns M23 advances threaten regional conflict in eastern DRC | Human Rights News
The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after taking two key cities, the United…
Bookstore raids in Kashmir by police prompt widespread criticism | Human Rights News
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir raided bookstores and seized 668 books linked to a major Islamic organisation in the disputed region, where strict controls on the…
M23 rebels tighten their grip on major city in eastern DRC | In Pictures News
Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have tightened their grip on Bukavu, the second major city to fall under M23 control…
Thousands mark Statehood Day of Serbia with anticorruption protest | Protests News
Thousands of Serbians blocked the main boulevard of the central city Kragujevac, the latest in a series of student-led protests over last November’s deadly collapse…
Gaza in need of shelter and supplies as winter storms hit | Israel-Palestine conflict News
As winter storms grip Gaza, the combination of severe weather, lack of shelter, and Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid has created an increasingly desperate…
Returning home to Tal Rifaat, Syrians find ruins and rubble | Syria’s War News
Streets strewn with rubble and piles of ruins where their homes once stood. This is what displaced residents are confronted with upon returning to their…
The Maronite community sheltering Lebanon’s displaced in Cyprus | Israel attacks Lebanon
‘Many arrived without even winter clothes’ “The majority of Lebanese that are living in Cyprus are settled around Larnaca, all along the gulf until Paralimni,”…
Violent Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Thousands of Palestinians have been displaced and dozens of homes have been demolished after more than two weeks of deadly Israeli siege and raids in…
Gaza transformed into rubble-strewn wasteland after Israeli bombardment | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israeli bombardment and ground operations in Gaza have transformed entire neighbourhoods into rubble-strewn wastelands, with blackened shells of buildings and mounds of debris stretching out…
Amid ceasefire, Goma residents race to bury 2,000 bodies | Conflict News
People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week’s battles for the city as they…
Businesses close in protest against Trump’s immigration policies | Donald Trump News
Several businesses from nurseries to grocery stores and salons closed for a day across the United States in a day of protest against President Donald…
More than 700 killed as DR Congo military fights M23 rebels | Conflict News
At least 773 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city of Goma and its vicinity in a week,…
Three million Hindus take ‘holy dip’ a day after fatal crowd crush | Religion News
Millions of Hindus have thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Mahakumbh Mela festival, a day after dozens died at a crowd crush…
American Airlines Plane, Black Hawk Helicopter crash at Reagan Airport | In Pictures News
An American Airlines passenger plane carrying 64 people has crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, DC after colliding midair with a military helicopter on…
Chinese Lunar New Year starts as millions celebrate the Year of the Snake | Arts and Culture News
The Chinese New Year festivals and prayers have marked the start of the Year of the Snake. Hundreds lined up in the hours before midnight…
Tyres burned, embassies attacked in DR Congo’s Kinshasa protests | Protests News
Vandalised embassies and piles of burning tyres marked chaotic demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital Kinshasa to denounce the “inaction” of the…
Bittersweet homecoming for Palestinians returning to Gaza City | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Columns of Palestinians carrying what belongings they can have headed to north Gaza, after Israel permitted their passage in accordance with the ongoing ceasefire. Israel…
Residents flee Goma as M23 rebels enter DRC’s largest eastern city | In Pictures News
Residents in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were fleeing on Monday after the Rwanda-backed M23…
Millions in China head home for Lunar New Year in ‘record high’ migration | In Pictures News
Railway stations and airports across China have seen the biggest peak in travellers in advance of the Lunar New Year as millions of people return…
Israel continues Jenin raid as two Palestinians killed in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israeli soldiers have killed two more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as they continue a military assault on the city of Jenin and its…