Palestine: Killings and forced displacement continues
18 May 2026, UN News © Adobe Stock/Michel Angelo Oprandi A barrier separates Israel from the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has reduced the scale of violence in the Gaza Strip but killings and destruction continue, while forced displacement in the occupied West Bank has reached a rate “unseen in decades”, a senior official with the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Monday in Geneva. Ajith Sunghay, Head of UN Human Rights in the Occ
Genocide Watch
May 19
ICC Prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israel's Smotrich
By Sondos Asem May 18, 2026 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich takes part in the annual Jerusalem Day march in the Old City of Jerusalem, 14 May 2026 (Reuters/Ammar Awad) The office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court last month filed a secret arrest warrant application for Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, sources briefed on the matte
Genocide Watch
May 18
Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
Peter Goodman traveled to Somalia, visiting camps for displaced people, schools, health centers and a hospital for the treatment of malnourished children. Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly.
Peter S. Goodman
May 18
The UAE must be held responsible for the Sudan crisis
The UAE must be held responsible for its part in Sudan’s crisis Letter to the Editor The Guardian 17 May 2026 Dr Lutz Oette and Anna Snowdon respond to an article by Nesrine Malik in which she calls out the primary sponsors of the calamity Nesrine Malik’s article is timely, highlighting how evidence of the United Arab Emirates’ complicity in Sudan’s war has begun to prompt calls for action to be taken (The UAE tries hard to keep its reputation spotless. But with the war in Su
The UAE is financing and arming genocide in Sudan
The UAE tries to keep its reputation. But with the war in Sudan, how can it? The Guardian 13 May 2026 Nesrine Malik Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Outrage is mounting about the Gulf country’s complicity in Sudan’s catastrophic civil war – and it might be starting to hit them where it hurts. There are certain states whose reputations in the global community are tainted. For habitual violations of international law, they are shunned, boycotted or slammed with economic sa
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian
May 18
40 Children Abducted as Boko Haram Kills Eight in Borno
Gunmen stormed a primary and junior secondary school in Mussa, while coordinated assaults on nearby Christian communities left eight people dead. By Luka Binniyat & Sulieman Ayuba Armed insurgents abducted 40 schoolchildren — including children under the age of five — during a Friday morning raid on Mussa town in Askira/Uba County, local officials told TruthNigeria. The attack came just hours after coordinated assaults on nearby Christian communities left eight people dead. T
TruthNigeria
May 17
