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In 2025, Brazil’s deadliest police raid killed 120 people and exposed a pattern of mishandled evidence and impunity. On October 28, 2025, more than 2,500 police officers launched a massive raid on two favelas in Rio de Janeiro. They were targeting leaders of Red Command, one of Brazil’s largest drug trafficking groups. By the end…
For many Muslims in the Middle East, another Eid arrived this week with little joy, under the shadow of war. Eid al-Adha, which marks the sacred Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, began on Wednesday. In a region battered by conflict, the festive holiday — known to some as the “Big Eid,” compared with Eid al-Fitr, which…
Officials have indicated that negotiators for the US and Iran have agreed a framework of a deal that would extend their ceasefire for 60 days and launch negotiations on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. The agreement is yet to be approved by Donald Trump or Iranian leadership. This announcement follows weeks of conflicting reports…
EU says the sanctioned individuals and groups violated a range of rights, from the right to physical and mental integrity, to the right to education. Published On 28 May 202628 May 2026 The European Union has sanctioned four entities and three individuals it says are “extremist Israeli settlers” responsible for “serious” human rights abuses against…
Israel has intensified its strikes on Lebanon, saying it has hit hundreds of Hezbollah targets in the last few days. Verified videos show strikes on densely populated neighbourhoods in southern Lebanon along with the destruction caused. The Lebanese health ministry has said more than 3,000 people have been killed since the start of the war….
For the second time in three days, American forces conducted what a U.S. official said on Wednesday were self-defense strikes in southern Iran. The United States knocked down four one-way attack drones that the official said Iran launched over the Strait of Hormuz. The drones, according to the official, threatened U.S. forces in the region…
Amid all the backstabbing and plotting in Britain’s beleaguered Labour Party, one crucial fact can easily become lost in the twists and turns of the saga – embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not even faced a formal challenge to his leadership yet. Instead, he is facing a slow-motion coup that could drag on for…
Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through Jerusalem’s Old City, captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem is not recognised by many of its allies, including the UK. The annual march is frequently accompanied by racist chants and violence towards Palestinian residents and businesses. The BBC’s Middle…
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen, the United Arab Emirates remains one of the leading Arab countries providing large-scale assistance to Palestinian civilians. The arrival this Thursday of the final aircraft from the “Hamid Air Bridge” at Egypt’s El Arish International Airport highlights the scale of an operation that has continued uninterrupted…
The British energy giant Shell reported robust profits following the surge in oil prices prompted by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The company, based in London, said Thursday that its adjusted profit soared 24 percent, to $6.92 billion, in the first three months of the year from the same time last year, higher than analysts…
