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Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration, lifting a lower-court order that had blocked the deportation of migrants to countries not listed in their removal orders. The unsigned, one-page emergency ruling allows rapid third-country removals to…
Myanmar airstrike on crowded Rakhine market kills at least 50
A Myanmar military fighter jet dropped two bombs on a crowded wholesale market and adjacent bridge in Kyauktaw township, western Rakhine state, around midday on Monday, killing at least 50 people and wounding 58 others in one of the deadliest…
UN mission says US strikes on Iran school constitute war crimes
A United Nations fact-finding mission said Thursday it had found "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States was responsible for two military strikes on a school and a sports facility in Iran in February that constituted war crimes, according to…
NBC News crew and Palestinian family beaten by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank
Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News Comcast Corporation team in the occupied West Bank town of Jalud on Saturday, in an assault captured on camera that drew condemnation from Prime Minister…
Chinese artist sentenced to 3 years for satirical Mao sculptures
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced Gao Zhen, a 70-year-old New York-based artist known for satirical sculptures of Mao Zedong, to the maximum three years in prison for "defaming national heroes and martyrs," drawing immediate condemnation from rights organizations and…
Hong Kong convicts Tiananmen vigil leaders of subversion
A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted two former organizers of the city's decades-old Tiananmen Square vigil of inciting subversion, in one of the most closely watched national security cases since Beijing imposed its sweeping security law on the territory…
Rights groups demand FIFA overhaul amid leadership crisis
A coalition of human rights organizations led by Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on FIFA to implement sweeping governance reforms, arguing that the world football body's ongoing leadership crisis exposes…
Mexico files criminal complaints in U.S. over 17 migrant deaths
Mexico's government has begun filing criminal complaints with U.S. state prosecutors and the Department of Justice over the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals in immigration custody or during enforcement operations, escalating what had been a diplomatic dispute into a legal…
FIFA allows rainbow flags at World Cup despite Iran, Egypt objections
FIFA has confirmed that fans will be permitted to bring rainbow flags into Seattle Stadium for Friday's World Cup match between Iran and Egypt, rejecting requests from both nations' football federations to restrict LGBTQ+-related displays at what local organizers have…
China defends right to target people abroad under new ethnic unity law
China asserted its right to target people beyond its borders under a new ethnic unity law set to take effect on July 1, with a senior official on Wednesday dismissing foreign criticism of the provision as "legally unfounded." The declaration…
Israeli envoy clashes with UN officials over child violations report
Nearly 25,000 children caught in armed conflict suffered a record number of grave violations in 2025, and for the first time in three decades of United Nations monitoring, government forces — not armed groups — were responsible for the majority…
Over 200 groups demand halt to AI in military kill chains
Access Now, Amnesty International, and more than 200 civil society organizations issued a joint statement on June 14 calling on governments and technology companies to immediately halt the use of artificial intelligence systems in military targeting, warning that AI-accelerated warfare…
Police fire tear gas as protesters clash outside World Cup opener
Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside Azteca Stadium on Thursday as Mexico hosted the opening ceremony and first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, clashing with riot police in chaotic scenes that underscored deep social tensions in the host country.
African fans rallied behind Mexico in World Cup opener over xenophobia anger
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off Thursday at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, a campaign spreading across African social media urged football fans on the continent to support Mexico over South Africa — turning the opening match into a…
Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ author, dies at 56
Franco-Iranian graphic novelist, filmmaker, and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, whose autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis became one of the most celebrated works of comics literature, has died in Paris at the age of 56. Her family announced her death on Thursday, June…
Cuba publishes names of 2,000 pardoned prisoners
Cuba on Monday disclosed the identities of more than 2,000 prisoners pardoned under a sweeping amnesty first announced in April, publishing their names in the country's official government gazette for the first time since the decree was signed nearly two…
Drone strike kills 28 at crowded market in Sudan
A drone strike hit a bustling market in the town of Ghabesh in Sudan's West Kordofan state on Tuesday, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens more, according to local rights monitors.
All 46 Council of Europe nations adopt migration declaration
All 46 Council of Europe member states adopted a political declaration on migration on Friday at a meeting in Chișinău, Moldova, setting out a new interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights that could make it easier to deport…
UN demands answers after Taliban detains three journalists
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Thursday expressed "serious concern" over the detention of at least three journalists by Taliban authorities on unspecified charges, calling for clarity on the legal basis for the arrests and urging due process…
ICC-wanted senator flees Philippine Senate after gunfire
Philippine Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity, escaped the Senate building early Thursday after a dramatic standoff that saw gunfire erupt inside the legislative chamber, sending journalists and staff…
Brazilian flotilla activist returns home alleging torture by Israel
Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila returned to São Paulo on Monday after being deported from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody following his arrest aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.
Bahrain arrests 41 over alleged links to Iran’s IRGC
Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced on Saturday the arrest of 41 individuals it described as members of a network linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, escalating a security crackdown that human rights groups say has disproportionately targeted the country's Shia…
Amnesty urges FIFA chief to reject repression at World Cup
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to kick off on June 11, two of the world's leading human rights organizations are sounding alarms about the conditions awaiting fans, players, and journalists — particularly in the United States, where 78…
Algeria sentences Kamel Daoud to 3 years over Goncourt-winning novel
French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud announced on Wednesday that an Algerian court has sentenced him to three years in prison and fined him 5 million Algerian dinars — roughly $38,000 — for his novel "Houris," winner of France's most prestigious literary…
France calls IOC’s Olympic gender testing a ‘backward step’
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced a sweeping new eligibility policy that bars transgender women and most intersex athletes from competing in women's events, effective at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The decision reinstates genetic testing that the IOC…
Iran women’s soccer captain withdraws asylum bid in Australia
Zahra Ghanbari, captain of Iran's women's national soccer team and the country's all-time leading female goal scorer, has withdrawn her asylum application in Australia and is preparing to return to Iran, state media reported on Sunday. Her decision makes her…
Panahi tells Stewart he’ll return to Iran after Oscars despite prison sentence
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that he plans to return to Iran immediately after the Academy Awards on March 15, even though a one-year prison sentence awaits him. During the interview, which aired March…
Oscar-nominated screenwriter released from Iran prison on bail
Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of the Palme d'Or-winning film "It Was Just an Accident," was released from prison in Iran on Tuesday after 17 days behind bars, according to multiple reports. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter was freed on bail alongside two other…
Activists urge Olympics, World Cup ban after Iran executes athletes
Prominent human rights activists and former Iranian sports officials are urging FIFA, the International Olympic Committee, and global sports federations to ban Iran from international competitions following the regime's execution of thousands of protesters, including dozens of athletes.
‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ gets record 24-minute ovation at Venice
"The Voice of Hind Rajab," a film recounting the harrowing story of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2025, receiving a record-breaking 24-minute standing ovation—the longest in…