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U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to create a “small army to counter civil unrest across the United States,” according to The Washington Post, citing informed Pentagon sources.

Inmates burn themselves in protest at ‘inhumane’ Virginia prison conditions

Several incarcerated people in Virginia’s high-security Red Onion state prison have intentionally burned themselves in a protest against harsh conditions at the facility.

Australia Passes Harsh New Anti-Migration Laws

The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is deeply dismayed at the passage of the trio of brutal migration bills that the Albanese Government and the Opposition combined forces to ram through Parliament without proper consideration of the far-reaching...

Despair in Sweden as gangs recruit kids as contract killers

"Bro, I can't wait for my first dead body," wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps.

Former ICC chief prosecutor says she faced threats and ‘thug-style tactics’

The former chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda has said she was subjected to “thug-style tactics”, threats and intimidation while in office.

UK police complaints watchdog calls for measures to stop 'adultification' of Black children

Britain's police complaints watchdog has called on Wednesday for urgent measures to stop the "adultification" of Black children and young people during interactions with officers, including in cases of stop and search and use of force. ...

‘ICC arrest warrants can help save lives, must be respected and complied with’: UN experts

UN human rights’ experts today urged full compliance with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crime...

Report reveals 1 in 3 women in the EU have been victims of violence

Nearly one-third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at their work, or in public, according to a survey published Monday on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Don’t politicize OPCW, take actions against Zionist crimes: Gharibabadi

Iran's Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabad has called for preventing the efforts to politicize the works of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and urges global actions against the Zio...

One woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member: UN Women

A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday reveals that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every day at the hands of their partner or a close relative, which means one woman killed every 10 minutes. ...

Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges

Detainee, identified as Ana, mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a chair.