Media Coverage

The UN’s Human Rights Office has condemned the high number of civilians killed in the war in Gaza, saying its analysis shows close to 70 percent of verified victims over a six-month period were women and children. The agency said the high number was largely due to Israel's use of weapons with wide...

More than 200 seriously injured and ill Palestinians and their carers have been evacuated from Gaza, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in months, Israel says. The operation, overseen by Cogat, the Israeli military body responsible for humanitarian affairs in Gaza, and the World Health...

A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into abuses committed by both sides of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon. Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have been fighting for more...

The legislative assembly in Indian-administered Kashmir has passed a resolution demanding the restoration of partial autonomy. The resolution comes a month after the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) won a regional election last month with promises to return self-rule to the disputed Muslim...

M23 rebels, reportedly backed by Rwanda, seized Sunday the strategic town of Kamandi Gîte, according to media reports. Local media cited sources on the ground to report that forced displacements were observed in the wake of the town's fall to the hands of the rebels. The fresh fighting comes when...

UNICEF says more than 50 children have been killed in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp in the past 48 hours, with the Save the Children charity saying the high number shows “the intensity of this conflict and this war on children.” More than 16,700 children have been killed in Israel’s assault on Gaza...

Russian authorities have committed torture as a crime against humanity, says the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine in its latest report to the UN General Assembly.  Previously, the Commission had concluded that the use of torture by Russian authorities constituted war crimes...

People in war-torn Gaza are already struggling with a deep humanitarian crisis—but now they fear it will get much more difficult because of Israel’s ban on the biggest UN agency which operates there. “UNRWA means everything to us: it is our life, our food, our drink and our medical care,” said...

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Karim Khan has asked the ICC's oversight mechanism to open an immediate investigation into allegations of misconduct made against him, he said on Monday. According to the prosecutor, the investigations should cover the allegations and disinformation...

The international criminal court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been accused of misconduct towards a member of his office, the court’s governing body has said. The unspecified allegation, which Khan said there is “no truth to”, comes as a panel of judges at the ICC considers applications for arrest...