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US halts consular services in Brazil ahead of election, increasing tensions. October 2, 2026 By Lisandra Paraguassu and Doina Chiacu A U.S. flag flies outside the U.S. Embassy, after the United States suspended consular services at its embassy and consulates in Brazil ahead of general election, citing security concerns, in Brasilia, Brazil, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Purchase Licensing Rights WASHINGTON/SAO PAULO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Citing security concerns, the

The military leaders of Guinea-Bissau have decided to block former President Umaro Sissoco Embalo from returning ​to the West African country, citing national security ‌concerns and the need to preserve public order.

By Breaking Burundi August 21, 2026 CNIDH says its prison visits uncovered widespread violations, including unlawful detention and cases involving civilians held for non-criminal offenses. Martin Blaise Nyaboho says 135 detainees were held beyond legal limits / CNIDH Burundi’s National Independent Human Rights Commission has said violations of human rights persist in the country, citing arbitrary and prolonged detentions, abductions, enforced disappearances and alleged abuses

By Ryan Dubé 25 September 2026 U.S. Military Personnel and Ecuadorian Police in an operation to dismantle a gang in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Thursday. (© EPA/Shutterstock) Ecuador’s security forces carried out a series of raids this week around the country, killing three alleged drug traffickers and capturing dozens more. At their side was a contingent of heavily armed American soldiers. The operations, which were announced by the Ecuadorean government, signal a deepening of U.

By Angola24horas September 30, 2026 LUANDA — Opposition parties in Luanda advocated for the adoption of independent mechanisms to oversee voter registration and the counting of results for the 2027 general elections, an initiative that placed transparency, trust, and conflict prevention at the center of the political debate. The position was adopted during the National Conference on the Electoral Process in Angola, held on September 29 and 30, with the participation of politi

By: Darren Orf A 2017 nuclear test may have reactivated dormant faults under Mt. Mantap. Credit: Getty Images Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: North Korea’s Punggye-­ri nuclear test site is located at Mt. Mantap, in the reclusive nation’s rugged northeastern wilderness. Even though it sits on stable intraplate crust, the area has experienced increased seismicity since 2017, when North Korea conducted its last and largest nuclear bomb test there. A new study

By HUIZHONG WU Credit: Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP BANGKOK (AP) — Taiwan on Friday received the first two of 65 F-16V fighter jets ordered from the U.S., the island’s air force said, following years of delays. The two F-16V Block 70 jets landed at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung. There are 63 more to be delivered. The self-ruled island, which is also claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, placed an order for the F-16Vs in 2019. Taiwan largely purchases arms

Amnesty International reports that Rwanda-backed M23 fighters abused artisanal miners in eastern DRC while facilitating the trafficking of gold and coltan into Rwanda.

By Bethany Bell September 26, 2026 Credit : BBC There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis. Germany's Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a "scandal". Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims

Al Jazeera 29 Sep 2026 Picture by AJLabs Newly updated Google Maps satellite imagery shows the scale of destruction across the besieged Gaza Strip nearly three years into Israel’s genocidal war. With neighbourhood after neighbourhood reduced to rubble and little left but the faint outlines of main roads, it is now almost impossible to tell one part of Gaza from another. Farmland has been charred, and centuries-old places of worship have been damaged or wiped from the landscap

By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch October 2026 Palestinian woman in Gaza rubble credit:Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images Genocide is one of the most severe crimes in international law, defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This crime does not begin with mass graves. It begins with language, law, and the slow erasure of a people's humanity. Dr. Gregory Stanton maps that process in Ten

Israeli aid group opens medical clinic for 10,000 children in Gaza refugee camp The Times of Israel 25 August 2026 By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff Set to open September 1 in crowded Al-Mawasi, facility will provide vaccinations, consultations, rehab for children with disabilities, education services with anti-hate messaging A teacher educates children at the al-Mawasi camp in the Gaza Children's Village. (Courtesy) The Israeli humanitarian organization NATAN Worldwide Disaster R

By Adil Faouzi October 02, 2026 A Moroccan flag stands before the UN Security Council chamber, with desert dunes in the foreground. (Designed by MWN team) For Morocco, the task now is to consolidate the gains secured through Resolution 2797 adopted last year and translate that diplomatic momentum into a lasting settlement. Marrakech – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold two closed meetings on Morocco’s Western Sahara on October 7 and 8, ahead of the October 3

In a new report, Amnesty International documented widespread human rights violations committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies during the Trump administration’s large-scale, militarized immigration enforcement operations in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans and Washington, DC. The report, “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Oper

Amnesty International 15 September 2026 Photo by RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images Algeria’s authorities must immediately abandon any plans to expand the scope of the death penalty or resume executions after more than three decades without carrying one out, said Amnesty International as the government examines amendments to the penal code that would broaden the use of the death penalty. The organization calls on Algeria’s authorities to immediately establish an official morato

By Ghaya Ben Mbarek 20 Sep 2026 The protest comes as the health of one hunger-striking detainee deteriorates after more than a month on hunger strike. Tunisian protesters march in central Tunis calling for the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists detained in a financial investigation, on September 19, 2026 [Ghaya Ben Mbarek/Al Jazeera] Tunis, Tunisia – Dozens of people protested in Tunis on Saturday demanding the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists, as