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Gershon Baskin, a prominent Israeli peace negotiator who is currently conducting back-channel negotiations between Hamas and Israel to bring an end to the current offensive in Gaza, spoke to JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas about the complex obstacles preventing a ceasefire amid the conflict’s expansion into Lebanon and Iran, his unique [...]

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported Thursday that over 570,000 people are likely displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State due to ongoing conflict between the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and the rebel Arakan Army, with over 3 million people displaced by conflict and flooding across the country. Adding to the humanitarian [...]

Officials in Ukraine reported that Russia launched two drone attacks on the Saint Panteleimon hospital in Sumy on Saturday. The interior minister of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, reported that the first of two drones demolished several floors of the hospital, and the second attack occurred during the evacuation of patients and staff. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of [...]

The US Justice Department (DOJ) indicted three Iranian men on Friday, accusing them of orchestrating Iran’s alleged hack-and-leak operation targeting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The charges outline a sweeping effort to steal sensitive data from current and former government officials and to undermine trust in the presidential election. According to the indictment, the conspirators fixed [...]

Yemen is at risk of returning to full-scale war and the international community has a common interest and responsibility to stop this from happening, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council in July. For nearly a decade, Yemen has been gripped by one of the most severe humanitarian crises in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Monday detailing the influx of foreign-made weapons to the warring parties in Sudan. The report, titled “Fanning the Flames,” is based on a comprehensive analysis of photographs, videos, and satellite imagery, identifying the use of foreign-made weapons, including armed drones, rocket launchers, and anti-tank missiles, which have [...]

A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region killed two female journalists, Hero Baha’uddin and Golestan Tara, on Friday. Both journalists worked for a local Kurdish media company and were traveling near the village of Teperash in Sulaimaniyah province when the strike hit, according to reports from local media. The Kurdish Regional Government’s (KRG) counter-terrorism [...]

Human Rights Watch released a report Monday saying Israel’s “indiscriminate and disproportionate” July airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port violated laws of war. Yemeni civilians depend on receiving food and humanitarian aid at Yemen’s Hodeidah port in the city of Al Hudaydah, located on the Red Sea coast in western Yemen. On July 20, 2024, Israel [...]

The ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia have laid bare the country’s deep-seated divisions and the devastating toll of unchecked violence on civilian populations. From the Tigray region to the Amhara and Oromia areas, the people of Ethiopia have endured unimaginable suffering, with atrocities committed by all sides in flagrant violation of international law. At the heart of this [...]

In response to a potential threat, the Colombian government swiftly implemented a series of stringent security protocols Friday aimed at safeguarding the nation’s highest judicial body. According to a statement from the presidency, these measures include the installation of advanced surveillance systems, the deployment of anti-explosive teams, continuous monitoring through drones, and the engagement of [...]