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Olympians call on Iran to halt execution of boxing champion
BySarah Johnson November 11, 2025

Sports personalities including Martina Navratilova and the swimmer Sharron Davies sign letter condemning Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani’s death sentenceMore than 20 Olympic medallists, coaches and other international athletes, including the tennis player M…

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Olympians call on Iran to halt execution of boxing champion
BySarah Johnson November 11, 2025

Sports personalities including Martina Navratilova and the swimmer Sharron Davies sign letter condemning Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani’s death sentenceMore than 20 Olympic medallists, coaches and other international athletes, including the tennis player M…

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Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
ByHarry Davies, Henry Dyer and Robert Flummerfelt November 6, 2025November 7, 2025

Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms The woman who alleges she was sexually abused by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has been ta…

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UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet
ByWilliam Christou November 1, 2025

Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governmentsThe UN special rapporteur on torture is being urged to investigate Lebanon’s role in the treatment of the Egyptian-Turkish p…

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ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says blockade had been a breach
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor October 22, 2025

Court also found that Israel had a duty not to impede supply of aid by UN organisations including Unrwa Israel must allow aid into Gaza, and its restrictions on doing so over the past two years have put it in breach of its obligations, the UN’s top cou…

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ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says blockade had been a breach
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor October 22, 2025

Court also found that Israel had a duty not to impede supply of aid by UN organisations including Unrwa Israel must allow aid into Gaza, and its restrictions on doing so over the past two years have put it in breach of its obligations, the UN’s top cou…

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Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington October 22, 2025

Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocideProminent Jewish figures around the world are calling on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Is…

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Militia strikes kill at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp, says El Fasher group
ByOliver Holmes and agencies October 11, 2025October 11, 2025

Drone and artillery strikes by RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter in western city, says resistance committeeMilitia drone and artillery strikes have killed at least 60 people at a displacement shelter in the besieged city of El Fasher in w…

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ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur
ByGuardian Staff and agencies in the Hague October 6, 2025

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocitiesThe international criminal court has convicted a leader of the Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in th…

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The families of Syria’s disappeared are asking for the truth. Our country cannot rebuild until we have it | Wafa Mustafa
ByWafa Mustafa October 2, 2025

Over 160,000 people, including my father, were abducted by the Assad regime. The country’s new commission for the missing must be inclusive and independent to restore our trustFor more than 11 years, I told myself it was too early to grieve. My father,…

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