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Nothing justifies Israel's collective punishment of the people of Gaza as they endure "unimaginable" suffering, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Monday.

Exclusive: Campaigners hit out at ‘missed opportunity’ to right wrongs of IPP sentence as inmates face heartbreak of watching other prisoners being freed early

Children’s lives in the UK are changing.

Equal internet access worth $500bn over five years says report, and warns child marriage may continue till 2092

The scale of the protest movement that erupted after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and the brutal repression of those demonstrations have left an indelible mark on Iranian society. More and more women are flouting the veil requirement when out in public in what one NGO has described as…

It follows a major dam collapse

Russian authorities have ordered the evacuation of “multiple” villages that border Ukraine in the Kursk region, a local governor said on Monday. The news comes as Moscow says its forces have wrested two more villages in the region out of Kyiv’s control. Ukraine’s foreign ministry has invited the UN and…

Kremlin slams invitation as ‘pure provocation’ as it prepares to welcome Red Cross chief.

Other cities have banned fossil fuel ads on city council-owned billboards. The question remains: will it have an impact on environmental efforts?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday to discuss tackling illegal immigration, a day after another Channel migrant shipwreck claimed eight lives.

The U.N. says the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan