AI generated misinformation turns migrants into targets
By International Organization for Migration (IOM) November 2, 2026 IOM Director General Amy Pope addresses the International Dialogue on Migration in Geneva, highlighting the need to rebuild trust in migration governance. Photo: IOM/Burak Cerci Geneva, 2 November 2026 – Misinformation about migration is spreading fast, increasingly amplified by artificial intelligence. It is turning anxiety into suspicion and people into targets, the head of the UN Migration agency warned tod
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Armenian Genocide denial in Turkey & Azerbaijan continues
Special Report, November 2026 By Taiga Sarli MERIP. The Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory. Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) The Armenian Genocide was the persecution and partial destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. From 1915 to 1916, Armenians, a mostly Christian ethnic group, were discriminated against, persecuted, and oppressed before the genocide began. During the rule of the Committee of Union an
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Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to 10 Years
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP, AP and Reuters November 5, 2026 Wong, in prison since 2020, was found guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of the city’s national security law. Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was first imprisoned in 2020 [File: AFP] Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who has been in prison since 2020, has been jailed for an additional 10 years. Hong Kong’s High Court found Wong guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of
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The D.R.Congo Case Against Rwanda at the ICJ
Special Report, October 2026 By Grace Harris and Erik Heyman UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Wiebe Kiestra Judges hold hearings at the International Court of Justice. UN News. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have experienced decades of atrocities stemming from unresolved ethnic conflicts since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the subsequent Congo Wars. The DRC has now brought a case against Rwanda in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the crime of genocide
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UN: AI Has Amplified Hate Narratives
By UN Meetings Coverage an Press Releases (GA/SHC/4455) November 2, 2026 General Assembly/ Third Committee, Eighty-First Session, 37th & 38th Meetings (AM & PM): Racism and xenophobia are resurging worldwide, as artificial intelligence threatens to entrench discrimination and digital platforms amplify hatred, United Nations experts warned the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, calling for urgent action to confront racial injustice and the enduring lega
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US State Dept. contractor gave Ethiopia secrets for Tigray war
By Wycliffe Muia November 4, 2026 The devastating two-year civil war killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. AFP via Getty Images; Credits: BBC An Ethiopian-born American citizen has pleaded guilty to passing highly classified intelligence to Ethiopia, including information he hoped would help target and kill fighters from the Tigray region during the country's 2020-22 civil war. Abraham Teklu Lemma, a former US contractor, admitte
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