Yemeni Journalist Killed in Car Bombing Following Warnings
By Fatma Khaled June 25, 2026 This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. Credit: AP Photo CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni journalist was killed in a car bombing in southeastern Yemen and investigators have been ordered to search for the culprits, the government said Thursday. Mohamed Eida, a correspondent for the Saudi-backed television networks Al-Arabiya and Al- Hadath, was killed late Wednesday when an explosive device planted in his car detonated in the port city of M
AP News
Jun 29
Gulf States: Migrant Workers’ Heat Protections Fall Short
By Human Rights Watch June 23, 2026 Exposure to Extreme Temperatures, Health Risks, Death Construction workers in Doha, Qatar, November 16, 2022. Credit: Human Rights Watch, © 2022 ddp images via AP Photo (Beirut) – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer without adequate occupational health and safety protections as temperatures soar to dangerous levels, Human Rights Watch said today. Migrant workers, particularly o
Human Rights Watch
Jun 29
China's ethnic unity law puts Australian citizens at risk
The Australian government says it has raised concerns directly with China over the country's new ethnic unity law.
Under a clause in the law, people outside of China can be held legally accountable for undermining "ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism".
UN Urges Niger’s Junta to Free Leading Human Rights Defender
18 months ago, Niger’s military junta arrested and detained Moussa Tiangari, a prominent human rights defender in the country. Following an investigation, the United Nations is now calling for his release.
Child-marriage trial of four men in Sierra Leone begins
For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime are being brought to trial.
Umaru Fofana | BBC
Jun 26
Rohingya starvation is Myanmar's genocidal state policy
Rohingya Hunger as State Policy: Food Deprivation and the Question of Genocide
Yousuf Syed Khan
Jun 26
