‘I wish I was listened to’: NSW to respond to landmark birth trauma inquiry | Women News
Sydney, Australia – Sam Hall, an Aboriginal woman from Ormiston in southeast Queensland, was 40 weeks pregnant when she felt her baby’s movements slow. She…
Former Malaysian PM Muhyiddin charged with sedition over monarchy comments | Courts News
The now opposition leader is accused of insulting the previous king during an election campaign rally earlier this month.Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who…
Reuters safety adviser killed in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk hotel | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ryan Evans was staying at the hotel in Ukraine with a six-strong Reuters team. Two journalists were injured, one of them seriously.Ryan Evans, a safety…
‘Enough is enough’: Rohingya demand end to violence in Myanmar | Human Rights News
Rohingya seeking refuge in Bangladesh hold rallies marking the seventh anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar.Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have held…
Indonesian court orders cash payments to toxic cough syrup families | Courts News
Companies told to compensate families of the hundreds of children who were killed or badly injured after taking the medicine.An Indonesian court has ordered two…
‘I’ve never felt so worthless’: The pain of Deir el-Balah’s obliteration | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Like a scene from an endless horror movie, new orders for evacuations were issued on Wednesday morning for residential areas in…
Sudan: Thousands of civilians trapped in fighting have nowhere safe to go
Thousands of civilians remain trapped by heavy fighting in Al Fasher, Sudan, where Al Saudi, the only remaining hospital, has suffered repeated attacks, and the…
Putin inspects troops with Kadyrov on first Chechnya visit since 2011 | Vladimir Putin News
The Russian president heaps praise on Chechen fighters due to head to Ukraine to support the full-scale invasion.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan…
Canada refuses to comment on US sale of Canadian-made weapons to Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Montreal, Canada – Canada has refused to comment on a planned United States sale of Canadian-made weapons to Israel, after news of the deal drew…
Nicaragua bans 1,500 NGOs in latest crackdown against civil society | Human Rights News
The move is part of a crackdown against groups viewed as hostile to President Daniel Ortega.Nicaragua’s government has outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organisations, part of a…
‘Pure terrorism’: World reacts to Israeli settler attack in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are reeling after Israeli settlers ravaged a village overnight, killing a 23-year-old man and injuring several others in the…
Taliban ‘deliberately deprived’ 1.4 million girls of schooling: UN | Education News
As Afghanistan’s rulers mark three years in power, the future of an entire generation of girls is ‘in jeopardy’, UN says.Afghanistan’s Taliban government has “deliberately…
Protests escalate in India over rape and murder of doctor | Protests News
Thousands of women and men marched across several Indian cities as protests against the rape and murder of a doctor escalated. Holding candles and posters…
UN condemns Houthi seizure of office in Yemen’s Sanaa | Houthis News
The Yemeni group has seized the United Nations’ Human Rights Office in the capital Sanaa.The United Nations has condemned the seizure by the Houthis of…
Who is Thomas Kwoyelo, Ugandan LRA rebel commander on trial for war crimes? | Lord’s Resistance Army News
Uganda’s high court will on Tuesday deliver judgement on the case of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA),…
‘Not prisoners but students’: Inside Argentina’s in-prison universities | Prison News
But just as the education programmes were flourishing, so too was the need. According to the most recent government data, the nationwide prison population reached…
More injured Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh as Myanmar war intensifies | Rohingya News
Medical charity MSF warns of urgent need to protect civilians caught up in escalating conflict in western Rakhine State.More Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh from…
‘They rape us before we can cross’: Women, girls fleeing violence in Mali | Armed Groups
Ayourou, Niger – It was just a few minutes before 7 o’clock on a Friday evening in early June when Kani* and 10 others fleeing…
US declares controversial Israeli battalion eligible for assistance | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The United States has announced that Netzah Yehuda, a controversial Israeli battalion notorious among Palestinians for repressive activities in the occupied West Bank, is eligible…
‘Everything is legitimate’: Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape | Human Rights News
Video has emerged of a gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner by guards at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Negev desert, southern Israel.…