Bosnia Dismisses Two Soldiers for Glorifying Ratko Mladic
By Dragana Erjavec September 24, 2026 Defence Ministry terminates contracts of two soldiers who honoured the legacy of convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal. Credit: EPA/FEHIM DEMIR. Bosnia’s Defence Minister Zukan Helez on Thursday officially signed the dismissal papers of two soldiers following an internal probe into “ethno-nationalist misconduct” within the Armed Forces. The two were part of a broader group of 37 military personnel Helez reported to the Prosecutor’s Office o
Balkan Insight
Sep 24
UN Extends Partial Sudan Arms Embargo For A Month
By Edith M. Lederer September 11, 2026 Credit: AP Photo/Mohnd Blal UNITED NATiONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to briefly extend the arms embargo on Sudan’s western Darfur region while negotiations continue on a contentious U.S. proposal to expand the embargo throughout the country to pressure the warring parties to end their more than three-year conflict. The uphill struggle the United States and its allies face during the monthlong extension was
AP News
Sep 24
Super El Niño May Push 26,000 Somalians Into Hunger
By Save the Children September 24, 2026 Source: Save the Children More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as families already struggling with drought brace for heavy rains and flooding. MOGADISHU, 24 September 2026 – More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as
Save the Children
Sep 24
‘We Fled With Nothing’: People Escaping Violence In The DRC
More than a year after a peace deal was signed, those fleeing fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are finding refuge in camps that are already home to hundreds of thousands living in dire conditions By Hugh Kinsella Cunningham September 24, 2026 Displaced people close to the town of Kalemie, Tanganyika province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham A cry of panic erupts across the camp as several shelters are engulfed in flam
The Guardian
Sep 24
Panama Homicides Rise 6% as Femicides Jump 78%
By Balboa News Desk 20 September 2026 photo: Martin Podsiad Panama recorded 406 homicide victims during the first eight months of 2026, an increase of 6% from the same period last year, according to preliminary figures from the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The comparable total for January through August 2025 was 384. April was the deadliest month this year, with 63 victims, followed by May with 58 and August with 54. Violence remained concentrated in the country’s largest urba
Balboa News Desk
Sep 24
Arakan Army Expands Influence along the Bangladesh Border
By Md. Abu Saim September 23, 2026 On March 14, 2025, Bangladesh’s interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, visited Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, raising hopes among the Rohingya community that they could eventually return to their homeland. Back in 2017, the Rohingya population in Rakhine State faced a genocide perpetrated by the Myanmar junta. Behind the scenes, however, another force, the Arakan Army, was also positioning its
Geopolitical Monitor
Sep 23
Reports of violence against women in Gaza surge
By Yolande Knell, Middle East correspondent and Malak Hassouneh, Reporting from Jerusalem 23 September 2026 Reuters There has been a sharp rise in reports of violence against women and girls in the Gaza Strip, including early and forced marriage, according to a series of recent reports from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). One report, which analyses data collected by 10 organisations, says, external the protracted crisis in war-torn Gaza has "created conditions in which women
BBC News
Sep 23
Pavel at the UN: Russia threatens Europe; AI needs rules
September 24, 2026 By: Vit Pohanka Petr Pavel|Photo: Mehmet Eser, Reuters Czech President Petr Pavel used his address to the UN General Assembly to warn that Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens European security and has consequences far beyond the continent. He urged continued pressure on Moscow alongside serious diplomatic efforts. Pavel also backed Czechia’s bid for a Security Council seat and called for international oversight of artificial intelligence. Russia’s aggres
Malaysia: Forcibly Returning Myanmar Refugees Risks Lives
Human Rights Watch August 3, 2026 Provide Legal Status to Asylum Seekers; Ensure Safety of Rohingya Une réfugiée rohingya donne à manger à un enfant devant les locaux de l'Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés à Kuala Lumpur, en Malaisie, le 27 juillet 2026. © 2026 Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters (Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should reverse plans that would permit the forced return of refugees to Myanmar, where they face persecution and other rights abuses, Human Rights W
Human Rights Watch
Sep 23
Calling for Urgent Action to End Red-Tagging
Commission on Human Rights May 5, 2026 Statement of the Commission on Human Rights calling for urgent action to end red-tagging and protect human rights defenders The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reiterates its call to eliminate the practice of red-tagging and urges all branches of government to take urgent action to protect fundamental freedoms in the country. The CHR’s findings and recommendations are drawn from the National Inquiry on the Current Situation of Human Rig
Burundian Groups Urge AU Action On Xenophobia
By Francine Iradukunda September 16, 2026 The appeal follows a crackdown on small-scale foreign traders in Kenya that affected mostly Burundian nationals and was followed by reports of violence, prompting the groups to demand stronger regional safeguards for Africans moving across the continent. Four Burundian civil society groups call for stronger action against xenophobia in Africa / Jimbere A group of Burundian civil society organisations has called on the African Union to
Breaking Burundi
Sep 23
Why do AI models struggle with online hate speech detection?
By Hanna Duggal and Mohammed Haddad June 18, 2026 As the United Nations marks the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, Al Jazeera examines how AI handles it – and where it falls short. A man uses a smartphone as various social media apps are displayed on screen on June 12, 2026 [AFP] Hate speech that once circulated in person now travels farther and faster via anonymous online accounts behind a screen. As the United Nations marks the International Day for Countering
Al Jazeera
Sep 23
