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UN Special Envoy Huang Xia called for greater coordination of efforts to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday, amid escalating violence by the M23 rebel group and a deepening humanitarian crisis. Huang Xia, special envoy for the Great Lakes Region, stressed the urgent need to resolve the root causes [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the EU on Monday to focus on the protection of Palestinians’ rights in light of the first EU-Palestine High-Level Political Dialogue of April 14. HRW claimed the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, and other Commissioners must address the repression, arbitrary arrests [...]

Israel’s Supreme Court issued an injunction on Friday, temporarily freezing the dismissal of Ronen Bar, the head of the domestic intelligence service, known as Shin Bet. This comes hours after the Israeli cabinet voted unanimously to dismiss Ronen Bar by April 10 at the latest. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement, Ronen Bar’s “directives [...]

The Belgian Prosecutor’s Office conducted 21 searches in the Brussels Capital, along with several regions in Flanders and Portugal on Thursday. The Brussels Examining Magistrate initiated an investigation into corruption allegations within the European Parliament and the Chinese technological company Huawei. According to the statement, the prosecutor’s office alleged that up to 15 former and [...]

The UN and several Arab states condemned Israel on Monday for blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, calling its actions a violation of human rights and international law. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher called Israel’s decision “alarming,” given that it reverses the progress made so far and breaches international humanitarian law. [...]

Israeli ministers passed a ceasefire deal with Hamas in a 24-8 vote hours after the deal was approved by the country’s security cabinet, local media reported early Saturday. The deal—mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US—was initially announced on Wednesday but hit road bumps as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that final details had [...]

The Palestinian Authorities (PA) decided Wednesday to temporarily suspend the broadcasting activity of the Qatar-based media network Al Jazeera and close its office in the occupied West Bank for reporting content that promotes division and instability, according to a statement published by Palestine’s official news agency, the Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA). The decision [...]

The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks a turning point for the country, but the path forward will require a carefully managed political transition, accountability for war crimes, and implementation of UN Resolution 2254 to ensure a stable and representative government. The end of an era The fall of Bashar al-Assad was [...]

US president-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to head the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday, hours after controversial former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination to the post. Bondi previously joined President Trump’s defense in his 2019 impeachment trial. Announcing his new pick, Trump touted Bondi as being “very tough [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the 2034 World Cup overlooked international standards and previous labor rights abuses in the country. The rights group also accused FIFA of ignoring its human rights policy by accepting Saudi Arabia’s bid that does not prevent future abuses against workers. HRW explained [...]