UN Calls for Peace and Reduction of Hunger in Yemen
By the United Nations June 16, 2026 Top UN officials called for bolstered efforts to stave off rising hunger and foster a path towards permanent peace in Yemen as they briefed the Security Council Tuesday morning. Displaced women and girls attend a class in Yemen. Credit: UNDP Addressing the 15-member Council about the current situation on the ground, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that while the 2022 truce between the Houthi rebels and the government continue
United Nations
14 minutes ago
Delhi Court Grants Bail to Rights Activist Khurram Parvez
By Kashmir Times June 10, 2026 Second NIA case still pending; his release from custody depends on a hearing listed next month Credit: Kashmir Times NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in the terror-conspiracy and terror-funding case registered against him by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), more than four and a half years after his arr
Kashmir Times
1 hour ago
US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe
US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate The outgoing High Representative, Christian Schmidt, left, at a meeting of the Peace Implementation Council in Sarajevo this week. Photograph: Elvis Barukčić/AFP/Getty Images A deepening US-European rift over the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina has broken open with a dispute over a top administrative post, leading to a US threat to “reconsider” its role in int
Julian Borger | The Guardian
1 day ago
Russia Uses Education to Sustain Influence in Central Asia
By Farangis Najibullah June 2, 2026 Students attend the Russian school in the southern Tajik city of Bokhtar (Facebook). When a new Russian-language school opened its doors in Tajikistan's southern city of Bokhtar in 2022, thousands of locals flocked to enroll. Named after the 18th-century Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, it was one of five Russia-funded schools that popped up across the impoverished Central Asia country that year. Part of a $150 million Russian state pro
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1 day ago
Qatar: New Efforts to Deport Baha’i Leaders
By Human Rights Watch June 14, 2026 Longstanding Repression of Religious Minority The Ministry of Interior Office in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2021. Credit: Shutterstock (Beirut) – The Qatari authorities since March 2026 have ordered at least four people with roles in key institutions of the minority Baha’i religion to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said today, based on information from informed sources. The four were ordered to leave without due process and with no legal pa
Human Rights Watch
1 day ago
Russian artist and Putin critic Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland, officials say
Copyright AP Photo 16 July 2026 Skrepetsky was known for his sometimes provocative caricatures, which targeted prominent Russian political figures ranging from Putin and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. A Russian artist well-known for satirising President Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in eastern Poland, officials said on Tuesday. "An investigation is being conducted...into the murder of a 44-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation...known in the media as Semyon Skrepetsky,
