UNSC meet on Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa compound ends with calls for maintaining status quo
China and Russia have blamed Israel for provoking violence in the region. Palestinians also slammed the UNSC for failing to take any concrete action despite Israel’s repeated violations of international law
Turkish court suspends public funding to left-wing HDP, the third-largest party in parliament
The move is being seen as part of the larger political persecution unleashed by Erdoğan’s government, which is likely to face a stiff challenge in the upcoming national elections
Hundreds of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta face forced displacement by Israel
The UN and other human rights bodies have previously termed Israel’s forced displacement of communities from Masafer Yatta a “serious breach of international humanitarian law” and a “war crime”
Ukraine’s glorification of Stepan Bandera draws criticism even from key ally
Since 2014, the post-Maidan regime in Ukraine and its far-right militias have been glorifying the far-right, hyper-nationalist legacy of World War II Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera
Tribals forced to flee after right-wing violence in India’s Chhattisgarh State
At least 1,000 Christian tribals from Chhattisgarh were subjected to violence in what is allegedly an organized campaign by right-wing Hindu forces
Over 3,000 Yemenis were killed or injured in 2022, says report
According to the report of Eye for Humanity, in the last seven years of the Yemen war, bombings carried out by the Saudi-led coalition have killed 17,734 people and injured close to 30,000. According to its data, at least 4,017 deaths were of children
Healthcare now and then: Why no one wants to be a nurse anymore
In the second and last part of this series, Sopiko Japaridze focuses on the conditions of nurses and other healthcare stuff in recent times.
Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storms Al-Aqsa mosque compound
Ben-Gvir, who has stormed the mosque compound several times in the past, ignored warnings from both his colleagues in the Israeli parliament and Palestinians who called it an act of provocation