Human Rights Watch

A white UN vehicle travels a paved desert road toward rocky hills in northern Mali

Mali’s Army Shot Five Girls in a Rice Field, Rights Group Says

Human Rights Watch says Malian soldiers shot five girls in a rice field in July, and that by mid-September it knew of no investigation. Its report also documents drone strikes on a

October 19, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez waving on stage at a transfer-of-power ceremony

Costa Rica Opens a 5,100-Inmate Mega-Prison, and a Court Challenge Follows

A prisoners' rights association asked Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber on Thursday to halt transfers into CACCO, the 5,100-inmate prison President Laura Fernández opened a day earlier on El Salvador's model. The challenge

October 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Judges and court officials seated at the bench during a hearing in the coastal events case at the court in Aleppo, Syria

Aleppo Court Sentences Two to Death, Clears Two Defence Ministry Members

A military court in Aleppo sentenced two men to death on Thursday and cleared two Defence Ministry members of homicide over Syria's March 2025 coastal violence. Ten defendants were ruled on, against

October 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Bukele Would Free Up to Half His Emergency Detainees, Not the Emergency

El Salvador's president proposed conditional early release for up to half of the roughly 90,000 people held under his state of emergency, while calling them criminals and defending keeping the emergency in

October 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A Year After Trump’s Gaza “Ceasefire,” Board of Peace Has Little to Show but Pledges

One year on, the last living hostages are home, but Trump's Board of Peace has delivered no reconstruction, no disarmament deal and no end to Israeli strikes, rights groups and AFP report.

October 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Rodrigo Duterte appearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the first time on September 16 2026

Rodrigo Duterte Appears at ICC for First Time, Silent as November Trial Looms

Rodrigo Duterte appeared at the ICC in The Hague on Tuesday, his first in-person hearing in 18 months. He sat in silence as Trial Chamber III ordered continued detention and confirmed November

September 17, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Iranian coastal area near Sirik in Hormozgan province, site of projectile strikes on September 10, 2026

Enemy Projectiles Hit Iran’s Sirik, Qeshm and Minab as Tanker War Spreads Along Hormuz Coast

Enemy projectiles struck Sirik, Qeshm Island, and Minab County on Wednesday as Iran's state media reported attacks from the direction of the sea, widening a conflict that has already killed 120 schoolchildren

September 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Human Rights Watch

Mali’s Army Shot Five Girls in a Rice Field, Rights Group Says

Costa Rica Opens a 5,100-Inmate Mega-Prison, and a Court Challenge Follows

Aleppo Court Sentences Two to Death, Clears Two Defence Ministry Members

Bukele Would Free Up to Half His Emergency Detainees, Not the Emergency

A Year After Trump’s Gaza “Ceasefire,” Board of Peace Has Little to Show but Pledges

Rodrigo Duterte Appears at ICC for First Time, Silent as November Trial Looms

Enemy Projectiles Hit Iran’s Sirik, Qeshm and Minab as Tanker War Spreads Along Hormuz Coast

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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