The State Attorney’s Office has filed indictments against a resident of Shfaram, three residents of Yarka, and three residents of the village of Khadr in Syria for importing, possessing, and trafficking in weapons while taking advantage of the fighting in Syria to smuggle weapons into Israeli territory. According to the Attorney General’s Office’s statement, “Rami … Read more
Venezuela’s opposition leader on life in hiding, and her movement’s fight for transition and change. Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader and now Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks from hiding about the cost of resistance and the hope driving millions demanding democracy. Barred from elections and under threat of arrest, she discusses the country’s deepening … Read more
Mazhar al-Wais on Syria’s transitional justice process and the fight for truth after Bashar al-Assad’s fall. As Syria turns the page after Bashar al-Assad’s fall, the transitional government promises justice, truth, and rule of law. In his first interview since taking office, Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais tells Talk to Al Jazeera how his ministry preserved … Read more
Caught between two worlds, migrants in Tunisia fight the elements and the authorities as they strive to reach Europe. Thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa wait near the coast in Tunisia for an opportunity to make the treacherous voyage across the Mediterranean. Under an agreement signed with the European Union, the Tunisian government does what … Read more
Chinese leader’s remarks come amid renewed hopes of a trade deal between Washington and Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that tariffs threaten the interests of all countries amid an ongoing de facto trade embargo between China and the United States. During a meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday, Xi said trade … Read more
Israeli forces have deployed their tanks in the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years as part of an intensified military offensive that has displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the north. Israel said on Sunday its troops would stay in the West Bank refugee camps for the coming … Read more
The global institutions meant to safeguard a rules-based order and respect for international law are in peril. Amnesty International is raising the alarm, saying the system is failing and the notion of human rights may be under threat. United States President Donald Trump has made it clear he intends to write his own rules, leaving … Read more
The killings are a personal vendetta of a gang boss who believed witchcraft caused his son’s death, according to RNDDH. At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Haiti’s capital, a leading human rights group has said, attributing the killings to a personal vendetta by a local … Read more
Marc Lamont Hill in conversation with activist Nick Estes about Indigenous rights and the need for climate justice. Across the globe, Indigenous peoples are grappling with the devastating effects of a rapidly escalating climate crisis, yet they remain sidelined in environmental decision-making. So how can meaningful change happen when those most affected aren’t part of … Read more
Thousands of women have rallied in Washington, DC, in support of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and reproductive rights. The vice president has made abortion rights a central plank of her White House bid against Republican Donald Trump, who appeared to have publicly backed the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that took away the constitutional right … Read more