Netanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City
By Alice Speri and Lex McMenamin The Guardian September 25, 2026 Demonstrators gather to protest ahead of the address of Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, during the 81st session of the United Nations general assembly on 24 September 2026 in New York. Photograph: Madison Swart/AP More than 100 people were arrested outside the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City on Thursday as Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the general assembly, a speech that also prompted do
The Guardian
Sep 26
Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes amid unrest
By Abid Hussain September 24, 2026 Lawmakers will choose a president despite seven vacant seats in districts at the centre of months of unrest. A woman from Pakistan-administered Kashmir living in Karachi casts her ballot during the second phase of the region's general elections in Karachi, Pakistan, August 2, 2026. Credit: Al Jazeera, Shahzaib Akber, & EPA Islamabad, Pakistan – Legislators in Pakistan-administered Kashmir are voting on Thursday to elect a president, filling
Al Jazeera
Sep 26
South African anti-femicide funds not accounted for
South African government departments face questions over how funding for the national response to gender-based violence is being allocated and spent.
Kgomotso Modise
Sep 25
SALC Warns BILL Could Shut Migrants Out Of Rights Complaints
By Mfanufukile Khathwane September 25, 2026 Source: Independent News Eswatini Mbabane– Migrant workers, asylum seekers and immigration detainees could be left without access to the country’s human rights complaints mechanism under the proposed Commission on Human Rights and Public Administration Bill, according to the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC). Melusi Simelane of SALC, working with Lilungelo Lakho partners, raised the concern in a detailed section-by-section an
Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan
By Tinshui Yeung September 25, 2026 Credit: BBC Afghanistan's Taliban government said a wave of Pakistani air strikes had killed four civilians in the latest escalation between the two sides. The strikes hit provinces including Kandahar, the Taliban's base of power, sources told the BBC. A resident told AFP news agency they heard a jet, followed by a large explosion and then a fire in the city. Pakistan said its forces had struck 10 targets in Afghanistan, without specifying
BBC News
Sep 25
Seychelles and APRM: Ratings, Investment, Digital Governance
By: Office of the President of The Republic of Seychelles 23 September 2026 Credit: State House Discussions on strengthening Africa’s financial independence, improving governance and harnessing technology for development featured prominently in bilateral talks between President Dr Patrick Herminie and the leadership of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. CEO of the APRM, Marie Antoinet
greatlakes69
Sep 25
Bolivian indigenous communities protest illegal mining
Erbol September 18, 2026 Dredges operating in the Madre de Dios River, territory of TIM II. Photo: CEJIS. The lack of a resolution to the preventive environmental action presented by the Multiethnic Indigenous Territory TIM II and the Tacana, Kabineña and Ese Ejja captaincies in the face of mining pollution led the Central Indigenous of the Original Peoples of the Amazon of Pando (CIPOAP) to declare a state of emergency and give a deadline until September 30 for mining operat
Erbol
Sep 25
UN human rights chief alarmed over attacks on LGBTQ rights
By Michael K. Lavers 22 September 2026 Volker Türk on Monday spoke at UN LGBTI Core Group event. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk (Screen capture via UN Human Rights Council/YouTube) UNITED NATIONS — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday said there is a “comprehensive onslaught” against LGBTQ and intersex rights around the world. “We know that progress for human rights has never been linear … but today’s backlash is deep and it is co
Washington Blade
Sep 25
Tour Guide, Commune Councillor and Two Others Convicted of Plotting
By LICADHO 23 September 2026 Clockwise from top left: second deputy commune chief in Battambang’s Anlong Vil commune Rath Sothy, supporter the Cambodia National Rescue Party Suon Bunlor, second deputy commune chief for the Cambodia National Rescue Party Am Vong, tour guide Pin Poch. Photos supplied and from their Facebook pages. The Phnom Penh Capital Court convicted four Cambodians for plotting this morning and sentenced them each to seven years in prison allegedly over phon
LICADHO
Sep 25
Amnesty International USA: Abolish ICE
ABOLISH ICE. Our extensive investigation into ICE operations in cities across the country concludes that reform isn’t an option — the entire agency HAS TO GO. And we must demand it right now. Here are the most important highlights of our report: Human rights violations were repeatedly committed across enforcement operations in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C, including ICE and federal agents unlawfully using lethal force. The consistency of the
Amnesty International
Sep 25
Kuwait's Struggle To Resolve Its Long-Standing Bidoon Crisis
By Nirmalshankar M May 16, 2026 If Kuwait is paying international agencies millions of dollars to benefit refugees worldwide, why can't they handle their own refugees? One of the persistent issues in the Middle East is the status of the Bidoon (stateless) in Kuwait. This is one of the most enduring and complex cases of structural statelessness in the modern Middle East. Although Kuwait has been lauded for its economic contributions to international organisations, including be
The Week
Sep 25
UN Chief Condemns Mladic Glorification
By Dragana Erjavec September 21, 2026 At a meeting at UN headquarters with chair of Bosnia and Herzegovina's presidency, secretary-general Antonio Guterres says glorification of war criminals is a threat to regional reconciliation and stability. Credit: EPA/GEORGE CHRISTOPHOROU UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned the ongoing glorification of the late convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic during a meeting in New York with Denis Becirovic, chair
Balkan Insight
Sep 24
