50 Houthis, 16 Yemen Gov't troops killed in battles
By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP July 5, 2026 Yemeni minister says more than 50 Houthi fighters were killed in the Hodeidah clashes. Yemenis fire a heavy machinegun during a rally in solidarity with Lebanon and Iran on the outskirts of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on July 2, 2026. Credit: Al Jazeera, AFP Sixteen government troops have been killed in by Houthi rebels in western Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, officials and medics say, in the most violent clashes in years. Wali
African Women Held For Years in India’s Detention Centres
By Pari Saikia July 2, 2026 Rounded up in raids and with no access to lawyers, 22 women including trafficking victims and refugees speak of filthy conditions and beatings while stuck in legal limbo Mary, who is being held indefinitely in an immigrant detention centre in India. Credit: The Guardian Nine months without the antiretroviral drugs that keep her alive has caused Mary’s* health to decline. For 29 years, the Kenyan mother of four had managed her HIV. Now she is being
The Guardian
Jul 7
Bangladesh Landslides Kill Eight Rohingya Refugees
By Ruma Paul July 6, 2026 A drone view of Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, April 17, 2026. Credit: Reuters, Sam Jahan, File Photo DHAKA, July 6 (Reuters) - At least eight Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, were killed and several others injured early on Monday after heavy monsoon rains triggered multiple landslides at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said. More than 1.2 million Rohingya live in overcrowded camps in Cox’s Baz
Reuters
Jul 7
Fire surge in 2025 threatened isolated peoples in Brazil
June 24, 2026 Aimee Gabay Firefighters from the Chico Mendes Institute work to contain a forest fire and prevent it from reaching Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in Brazil’s northern Goiás state in 2025. Image by AP Photo / Eraldo Peres. In 2025, fires were responsible for a significant spike in forest loss in three territories in Brazil that are home to Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation, according to Global Forest Watch data analyzed by Mongabay. Indigeno
Mongabay
Jul 6
Somalia peacekeeping mission at risk as US blocks UN support
By Faisal Ali, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini July 2, 202610:42 AM PDTUpdated July 2, 2026 African union peacekeepers provide security during the Somali presidential elections, in Mogadishu, Somalia. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar Summary The 12,000-strong AUSSOM mission would likely collapse without UN logistics, diplomatic sources say UN backing covers food, fuel, medical services and transport for the force US note said Somalia had failed to sustain gains or reform i
AFP, AP and Reuters
Jul 5
Demolition of Uzbek Properties in Kyrgyzstan
By: Kristie Moore The Mothers’ Tears Monument located in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The inscription is written in Kyrgyz, English, and Russian, but not Uzbek. Source: Kristie Moore (author) Kyrgyzstan has navigated a difficult path since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. While working to develop an economically and politically robust society, Kyrgyzstan has attempted to construct a Kyrgyz identity. A significant remnant of the Soviet Union is the presence of non-dem
Genocide Watch
Jul 5
As 3 Sahel states withdraw from ICC, NGOs warn of ‘impunity’
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, a move human rights defenders say will leave victims of war crimes without access to justice. The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, as seen on 22 September, 2025. REUTERS - Piroschka Van De Wouw In a statement published on Wednesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had initiated the one-y
Rights abuses at New Zealand's Wakari Hospital
Health New Zealand plans to close a Wakari Hospital ward after the chief ombudsman uncovered potential human rights abuses.
Lydia Anderson | RNZ
Jul 3
Land rights protection an illusion – Vuki
Fiji’s constitutional protections for indigenous land are nothing more than an illusion, masking systemic human rights violations and colonial-era greed.
Psychological Toll as Israel Erases Lebanese Villages
By Justin Salhani Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity. Civilians stand outside their homes destroyed in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in February 2025 [Raghed Waked/Al Jazeera] Beirut, Lebanon – In February 2025, Ali stood outside his house in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, and pointed at the crack in the foundation and fruit trees pulled up by the Israeli military. The Israeli military had recently withd
Al Jazeera
Jul 3
Russia Bombards Ukrainian Capital With Deadly Attacks
By Cassandra Vinograd and Marc Santora July 2, 2026 The site of a Russian attack on Kyiv on Thursday. (Credit: Alina Smutko/Reuters) The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones that lasted into Thursday morning, a deadly show of force after weeks of Ukrainian attacks in Russia that have heaped pressure on President Vladimir V. Putin. At least 27 people were killed and 85 injured in overnight attacks, Ukrainian officials sa
The New York Times
Jul 2
60,000 far-right extremists in Germany, government says
By: George Wright June 30, 2026 Right-wing extremists remain the greatest threat to German democracy and their number increased significantly to 58,700 last year, the country's domestic intelligence service says. That number is an increase of more than 8,000 on the previous year, the agency says in its annual report, adding that extreme left-wing violence is also on the rise and is an alarm-call for Germany's rule of law. German democracy was under "practically permanent atta
BBC News
Jul 2
