IOM warns AI and digital disinformation are being weaponized against migrants and refugees
By Sou-Jie van Brunnersum October 4, 2026 AI, misinformation and disinformation are increasingly being used to spread anti-migrant narratives, encourage hostility and expose migrants to a greater risk of discrimination and violence, warns the UN Migration Agency IOM. Various studies exploring the links between technology, migration and the far-right show how online hate and misinformation can lead to real-world harm against migrants. Credit: Simon Chapman/London News Pictures
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Russian Strikes Leave Over 600,000 Without Power
By Ray Furlong and RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service November 08, 2026 10:47 CET Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze following a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on November 7. Russian attacks on the power system in Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region have left 600,000 people without electricity as the Kremlin's campaign against energy targets continued on November 8. Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said his country would be taking part in Ru
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Another Ahmadi man attacked in Pakistan as violence rises
IANS September 23, 2026 Credit: Vividh Barathi Islamabad, Sep 23 (IANS) As violence against the Ahmadiyya community continues unabated in Pakistan, another Ahmadi Muslim man was attacked in Punjab province, leaving him seriously injured, a leading minority rights organisation highlighted on Wednesday. According to Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), Hamid Javed was attacked with a knife by an unidentified man in the Lathianwala area of Faisalabad district on September 21, whil
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Pakistan: Detention of Imran Khan's family violates rights
Amnesty International September 21, 2026 Credit: WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images Responding to the arbitrary detention of members of former prime minister Imran Khan’s family, including his three sisters, as well as activists from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ahead of the party’s planned protests and march on 27 September, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The targeting of Imran Khan’s family and PTI party activists is
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UN experts urge Pakistan to free rearrested rights lawyers
JURIST October 1, 2026 Credit: Aerra Carnicom, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons UN experts on Wednesday called on Pakistan to immediately release human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and to drop all charges against them, which they say have no justifiable basis. Mazari-Hazir and Chattha were re-arrested on September 17 on charges relating to an alleged illegal protest in March 2025. The arrest took place hours after the Supreme Court of Pakistan gra
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UN: Pakistani airstrikes kill 10 civilians in Afghanistan
Sami Yousafzai October 1, 2026 Credit: Aimal ZAHIR/AFP/Getty Islamabad — Pakistan launched new airstrikes in Afghanistan overnight, killing at least 10 people, most of them children, the United Nations mission in the country said Thursday. Islamabad claimed the attacks targeted militants with Pakistani insurgent groups who have mounted attacks on the country, but Afghanistan's Taliban government accused the neighboring nation of aggression, saying the strikes hit civilian hom
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