By Volker Türk January 5, 2026 With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe. This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of law Volker Türk is UN high commissioner for human rights Donald Trump speaks about the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, in Palm Beach, Florida, 3 January 2026. Photograph: Nicole Combeau/UPI/Shutterstock he

By Cai Nebe January 5, 2026 Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt near Uvira and tensions spill into Burundi. Displaced people try to cross into Burundi at the Kavimvira border to escape the M23 advance | Image: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Image Violent fighting erupted on Saturday between pro-Kinshasa forces and M23 rebels near Uvira, a key border city connecting the Democratic Republic of Cong

International aid groups grapple with what Israel’s ban will mean for their work in Gaza By Sam Mednick and Julia Frankel January 4, 2026 TEL AVIV (AP) — Israel’s decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations this week has aid groups scrambling to grapple with what this means for their operations in Gaza and their ability to help tens of thousands of struggling Palestinians. The 37 groups represent some of the most prominent of the more

© WFP/Jaber Badwan | A mother in Gaza cares for her children in a temporary shelter. Humanitarian partners in the Gaza Strip are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people as winter storms batter damaged homes and temporary shelters. Since the fragile October ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed.  Yet partners estimate that over one million people – around ha

Mike Odeh James | Truth Nigeria Jun 6, 2025 Bishop Emmanuel Ande of UMC Credit Facebook of Bishop Ande . At least Fifty Christians Gunned Down by Fulani Militias. Dozens Killed in Coordinated Attacks in Taraba Farming Villages. Truth Nigeria First published June 6, 2025, taken down by hackers, republished December 24, 2025 By Mike Odeh James (Jalingo)  At  least 50 civilians—many of them Christians—have been confirmed dead and hundreds displaced after heavily armed militias,