Category: World

In a report released on Thursday, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said the evidence establishes that at least three underlying acts of genocide were committed: “killing members of a protected ethnic group; causing serious bodily and mental harm; and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the group’s physical destruction […]

We express grave concern over the continued deadly unlawful attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian operations as heavy fighting across the Kordofan and Darfur States continues. The recent severe escalation in drone and aerial attacks including those affecting displaced civilians, health facilities, food convoys and areas near humanitarian compounds have resulted in a significant […]

The report covers the period from 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025 and is based on monitoring conducted by OHCHR and information from governmental sources, other UN entities and non-governmental organizations.   “Intensified attacks, the methodical destruction of entire neighbourhoods and the denial of humanitarian assistance appeared to aim at a permanent demographic shift in Gaza,” it said.   “This, together with forcible transfers, which appear to […]

Notices Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office notices issued from 28 January 2026 about additions, revocations/delistings and variations/corrections to the UK Sanctions List. Previous notices See previous financial sanctions notices for Counter-terrorism issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation prior to 28 January 2026. Purposes of the Counter-terrorism sanctions The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations […]

A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, France. The crane whirs as it hauls waste from the seabed and, when the wire breaks the surface, the gripper at the end is clutching a rubber tyre covered in algae. As the day advances, rusted metal ship parts, fences […]

The findings of this UN report are truly horrific – atrocities including systematic starvation, torture, killings, rape and deliberate ethnic targeting used on the most horrendous scale during the Rapid Support Forces siege of El Fasher. The UK called for this report to be commissioned by the UN in November to hold perpetrators of these […]

MADRID — In a case that has sent shockwaves through the European hospitality sector, Spanish National Police have dismantled a sophisticated, first-of-its-kind booking scam. A 20-year-old man was arrested in Madrid after allegedly bypassing payment security systems to book luxury hotel suites—some priced at over €1,000 per night—for the nominal fee of just one euro […]

In a case that has become a lightning rod for the complexities of modern U.S. immigration enforcement, Seamus Culleton, an Irish national and long-term Boston resident, has secured a critical, eleventh-hour lifeline. On Friday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary 10-business-day stay on his deportation, pausing a removal process that was expected […]

Colleagues, let me begin by welcoming my fellow Ministers joining today’s session and also by thanking Under-Secretary-General Di Carlo for her briefing, as well as Hiba Qasas and Nadav Tamir for their powerful remarks which remind us of the opportunity that lies before us, an opportunity to end the cycle of violence and suffering, and […]