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Pleas for global aid as Sudan’s civil war passes one year mark

After more than a year of brutal civil war in Sudan that has reduced cities to rubble and displaced millions, humanitarian groups warn the world is forgetting about the conflict just as international help is most needed.

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Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves

Palestinian officials in Gaza have been presenting evidence they say proves the Israeli military carried out torture and executions in Khan Younis. Nearly 400 bodies have been exhumed from two sites at the Nasser and al-Shifa hospital co...

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U.N. calls for inquiry after unmarked graves found in Gaza

The United Nations is calling for an inquiry after bodies were found beneath Gaza's Nasser Hospital, in the city of Khan Younis. The hospital was recently abandoned by Israeli troops who said they’d finished searching it for Hamas fighters.

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Extreme anti-LGBTQ+ law upheld in Uganda

Uganda's constitutional court has upheld a new law that strips LGBTQ+ people of their rights. Many in the community feel unsafe and some are choosing to leave the country.

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Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to ‘terrorism’

Israel has not presented credible evidence to support its claims that UNRWA staff were members of “terrorist” groups, an independent review for the United Nations led by a former French foreign minister has said. The claims against the U...

Al Jazeera

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How bakeries are keeping Gaza residents alive

Palestinians queued for bread at a reopened bakery in Gaza City, after fresh supplies arrived in a heavily blockaded area that has suffered months of deprivation. The bakery reopening after the World Food Programme was able to resupply it.

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Deportation from Pakistan puts Afghan girls at risk

Although they were born in Pakistan to Afghan families, many girls could be deported to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where they would not be allowed to attend school and would not enjoy equal rights.

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A year of Sudan war: Mass displacement, violence and violations

A year since it started, the war in Sudan has spiralled into one of the world’s largest and most complex displacement crises. Since April 15, 2023, more than 8.6 million people have fled their homes, with 1.8 million people, mostly women...

Al Jazeera

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European court forces Switzerland to strengthen climate policies

A landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights forces Switzerland’s government to strengthen its climate policies and creates a precedent that could pave the way for more climate change courtroom clashes.

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Escaping Gaza: One family's journey to Turkey

Palestinians seeking refuge in Europe from the Israel-Hamas conflict have mostly fled to Greece and Turkey, the two countries with the strongest ties to the Palestinian cuase. For one couple, it is a journey that has led to heartbreak.

Al Jazeera

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Israel mistook aid worker for Hamas militant

Israel says it has fired two military officers and reprimanded others after an Israeli drone killed a group of aid workers in Gaza. It released details about how the drone strikes played out, mistaking one of the aid workers as a Hamas m...

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Israel could send Palestinian cancer patients back to Gaza

The Israeli government wants to send Palestinian cancer patients back to Gaza. They arrived in Jerusalem before Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7th October, in order to get treatment not available in Gaza. Now that their cancer is i...

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Colombia, Panama 'failing to protect' migrants in Darien Gap

A new Human Rights Watch report says Colombia and Panama are failing to protect migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap. Hundreds of thousands of people flee through the natural divide between the two countries every year.

Al Jazeera

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More aid groups halt work in Gaza after foreign workers killed

After Israeli missile strikes killed seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen, some aid groups working in Gaza are halting deliveries because they're afraid their staff could be next.

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Malnutrition threatens future Afghan generations

Poor nutrition has become rife in Afghanistan with the country plagued by economic, humanitarian and climate crises. Ten percent of children under five are malnourished and 45 percent are stunted, meaning they are small for their age in ...

France 24

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Ugandan court upholds harsh anti-LGBTQ law

Uganda's constitutional court has refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights.

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Israeli strike kills aid workers from chef's NGO

Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, the NGO said.

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Reports of atrocities emerge from Israel's siege of Al-Shifa

Reports are emerging of atrocities committed by Israeli soldiers during their siege of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital. There've been unconfirmed eyewitness accounts of Palestinian civilians being shot dead. Others are said to have been buried ...

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Israel's parliament passes law which could ban foreign news

Israel's parliament has passed a law which could allow a potential shutdown of foreign broadcasters in the country - including Al Jazeera. The Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of the law, which Israel has been pushing since the begi...

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World Court orders Israel to halt Gaza famine

The World Court unanimously ordered Israel to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave's Palestinian population and halt spreading famine.

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Thirteen Indonesian soldiers arrested over torture video

Army commanders in Indonesia have apologised to the people of the Papua region - after video emerged of an indigenous man being tortured. 13 soldiers were arrested and questioned. Army commanders say the man in the video was a member of ...

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Julian Assange may still face U.S. extradition, U.K. court says

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a weeks-long wait to learn if he can make a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the U.S., after a U.K. court delayed a decision. The High Court in London gave the U.S. government three weeks to...

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Gaza's hungry forage for food as famine looms

The UN Security Council passed a resolution to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza amid growing concerns that famine may take hold, as the territory's hungry civilians are left with few options but to forage for a wild green plant call...

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Supreme Court to decide legal fate of abortion pill

The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S.. Abortion opponents want the high court to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called mife...

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Sudan pushed to famine by civil war, lack of aid

After nearly a year of civil war, the UN says the humanitarian crisis in Sudan has become one of the worst in recent history. More than 10 million people have been displaced, famine is looming and there is inadequate international aid.

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U.S drops thousands of meals to ease Gaza starvation

The U.S. Air Force airlifted 80,000 meals to famine-threatened Gaza from Doha, marking the largest US A-drop since the Gaza war began. This humanitarian effort aims to provide much-needed assistance to the people of Gaza.

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Supreme Court to hear case on abortion pill

The issue of abortion is back at the Supreme Court, but the case is about more than that. The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, and the court's decision could drastically chang...

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U.S. appeals court divided over controversial Texas border law

A U.S. appeals court panel seemed divided over whether to continue blocking a Republican-backed Texas law that would empower state authorities to arrest and prosecute migrants and asylum seekers suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-M...

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Supreme Court lets contentious Texas border law take effect

The U.S. Supreme Court let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, rejecting a bid to block it by President Joe Bide...

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Hong Kong's legislature passes new national security law

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council unanimously passed a new national security law that expands the government’s power to crush dissent. The law includes new measures on treason, espionage, external interference, state secrets and sedition. ...

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