Category: Middle East and North Africa

Labour left urges Starmer to speak up for human rights on Saudi Arabia trip

Party figures have voiced concerns that next month’s visit will be dominated by the PM seeking investment Keir Starmer is being urged to speak up for human rights and push for cooperation over a Middle East peace deal when...

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohamed Deif – Middle East live

International criminal court issues warrants over alleged war crimesIn its announcement of the decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant of Israel, the International criminal court has said that...

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ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes

Move by international criminal court puts Israeli PM at risk of detention if he travels to certain other countriesThe international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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Rightwing settlers in Israel welcome ‘dream team’ of Trump and his hardline appointments

Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the regionRightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in...

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Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza

Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests ‘the war crime of forcible transfer’ of civiliansIsrael is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of...

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Middle East crisis live: US wants Gaza fighting pause, Blinken says, but will not limit arms transfers despite Israel missing aid deadline

Humanitarian groups say almost none of the US’s demands that Israel improve conditions in Gaza have been metThe US wants real and extended pauses in fighting in Gaza so assistance can get to people who need it, US...

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‘Almost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children

Head of the Norwegian Refugee Council calls for peace process to begin as new figures reveal civilians have borne the brunt of the warNearly 70% of the people killed in the ongoing Gaza conflict are women and children, according...

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