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More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the UK Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three UK aid workers in an Israeli strike. Britain is just one of a number of...

An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on April 1 killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials. The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel’s targeting of military officials from Iran, which supports militant groups fighting Israel...

The United States wants a swift Israeli investigation into an attack that killed seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza, the State Department said on April 3. Israel needs to put in place better deconfliction and coordination measures to protect...

An Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, leading the charity to suspend delivery on April 2 of vital food aid to Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. Ships still laden with some 240 tons of aid...

A Houthi court sentenced 32 men, 9 of them to death, on January 23, 2024, in an unfair mass trial based on dubious charges of “sodomy,” Human Rights Watch said on March 27. The Houthis should end their use of the death penalty and other forms of cruel and degrading punishment and provide fair trials...

There are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in the besieged Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, according to a report issued by a United Nations-appointed expert. In the report, issued late on March 25, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories...

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on March 25 demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the release of all hostages after the United States abstained from the vote. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, which was...

At least 65 migrants' bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on social media platform X on March 22. IOM said in a statement the circumstances of the migrants' death and nationalities was unknown "but it is believed...

Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip may amount to a “war crime,” the United Nations human rights chief says. The appraisal on March 19 followed the release of a UN-backed report that said famine is likely by May in the besieged Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people...

Though it has yet to respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment, Israel continues to push back against the accusations of torture levelled at its armed forces in an unpublished report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The report details the extensive use of torture against...