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Mexico: More than 100,000 people are now registered as “disappeared”
The news that more than 100,000 people in Mexico are now officially registered as “disappeared” is a tragedy, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday, in a call for action to tackle the country’s longstanding problem.
India
Gyanvapi mosque has long been on the hit list of the Hindu rightwing: IAMC
Indian American Muslim Council on Tuesday released a statement strongly condemning Varanasai court's order to seal parts of the historic Gyanvapi mosque over "Shiva Linga" claims by the Hindu...
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First commercial flight in 6 years takes off from Yemen’s capital Sanaa
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, on Monday welcomed the resumption of commercial flights from the capital city’s main airport after six years, as a potential game changer for citizens needing lifesaving medical treatment.
Opinion
Sri Lanka’s protests show a fragile unity – for now
Andreas Johansson, Lund University
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since winning independence from Britain in 1948. Inflation is at an all-time high and protests are spreading around...
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World
Israel: UN rights chief calls for end to ‘culture of impunity’
Investigations must be held into the actions of the Israeli security forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Saturday, calling for accountability and an end to impunity.
Sports
Australian cricket has lost another of its very best
People all across the world are shocked and mourning the loss of the cricket legend Andrew Symonds. The devastating news triggered a wave of reactions from the cricket fraternity.
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World
NATO expansion: Russia cuts off electricity to Finland
JON QUEALLY
The small portion of electricity supplied to Finland by Russia was cut off Saturday just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart directly that it would...
World
“Racially motived violent extremism”: 10 killed in US supermarket mass shooting
A gunman with a rifle and body armour on Saturday opened fire in a supermarket in the US city of Buffalo, New York, killing at least 10 people and...
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Opinion
Right to roam: why activists are reviving the mass trespass protests of the 1930s
Ben Mayfield, Lancaster University
By ascending the plateau of Kinder Scout – a mountain in England’s Peak District-owned at the time by the 10th Duke of Devonshire and guarded by...
World
UN Security Council condemns killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned the killing of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank.
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World
Ukraine war squeezes food supplies, drives up prices, threatens vulnerable nations
Based on the Global Food Crises Report released on 4 May, last year around 193 million people in 53 countries/territories were officially in the Crisis phase, or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above).
World
Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing a blow to the world: Palestinian lawyer
Palestinian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu has called Al Jazeera's veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing "a blow to the world."
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