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Photograph: Screenshot/ BLA video A fresh wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances has been documented across Balochistan this month, as Baloch rights groups recorded the recovery of several bodies of men who had earlier been forcibly taken, and appealed once more to international institutions that have largely ignored the province. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC)…

Mass killings in Darfur as RSF capture El Fasher

Tens of thousands of civilians have fled El Fasher in Darfur, after the Rapid Support Forces (RSD) captured the city from the  Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) last week, with dozens of videos emerging showing atrocities and massacres.

‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher

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Fears are mounting of mass killings in the city of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured it from government forces. 

In a address on Monday evening, Sudan's military chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he had approved the withdrawal of troops in response to the "systematic destruction and killing of civilians".

The UN said there were credible reports of "summary executions", while Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab referred to satellite imagery of "piles of bodies executed en masse".

UK soldier cleared in Bloody Sunday murder trial

A former British Army soldier known as "Soldier F" has been acquitted of two murders and five attempted murders related to the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry on January 30, 1972.

Microsoft curbs Israeli access after spying exposed

The tech giant Microsoft announced last week that it had cut off a set of cloud and AI services to a division of Israel's Ministry of Defence, after discovering their tools had been used to spy on the Palestinians. The decision was made official by Brad Smith, the company’s president and vice chair, after weeks of scrutiny following reports that the Israeli military was heavily reliant on Microsoft's Azure technology to monitor and store millions of Palestinian communications. 

UN Commission calls on Israel to end its genocide in Gaza

A UN commission has recently concluded that Israel bears responsibility for “the commission of genocide” in the Gaza strip and has called on all member states to end the transfer of arms to Israel; support the prosecution of war criminals; and consider the imposition of sanctions on Israel.

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars group say

Leading genocide scholars formally declare that Israel's war in Gaza meets the UN definition of genocide. The world’s top genocide scholars have formally declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide, marking a landmark intervention from leading experts in the field of international law.

Israel kills five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza City

Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed late on Sunday in what the network has described as a deliberate, targeted Israeli strike on a tent outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.

Central African Republic militia leaders convicted of war crimes by ICC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted two senior commanders of the anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) for multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Muslim civilians during the 2013–2014 conflict.

UK to recognise Palestinian state by September unless Israel meets conditions, says Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the United Kingdom will formally recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, unless Israel takes urgent action to halt its military assault on Gaza and commits to a sustainable peace.

Kurdish-led SDF resists pressure to disarm amid push for integration into Syria

As pressure mounts for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate into the Syrian military, representatives have rejected demands to disarm and surrender key regions in the northeast, calling it a “red line”.