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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African-born former judge with the International Criminal Court who went on to become the United Nations human rights chief.

At 6am on 29 June 2021, the Russian journalist Roman Badanin was woken by a knock on the door of his family’s Moscow apartment. “Come quickly, someone has scratched your car in the courtyard,” a voice shouted from outside. As he opened the door, masked men pushed their way in.

The Committee to Protect Journalists said Sunday that it is "deeply concerned" by reports that South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy and local fixer Kooki Mahmoud have gone missing in Djibouti, and urged authorities "to immediately clarify their whereabouts and ensure their safety."

Prosecutors in Portugal have started an investigation into the death of a Ukrainian activist who was a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin.

A Chinese dissident who escaped the country on an inflatable boat has been detained in South Korea. Rights groups are urging for him to be granted asylum, following three previous escape attempts that resulted in his return to China.

South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faced backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.

In the resort city of Jurmala, Latvia, people have recently been discussing a man named Romans Hains — potentially a lawyer, possibly an activist, or maybe a professional complainant.

Child marriage seems to have been legally recognized for the first time by the Taliban in Afghanistan, as activists claim that "shameful" new laws make it nearly impossible for girls and young women to seek divorce against their husbands’ wishes.

The implementation of the death penalty surged last year, with recorded executions reaching a global peak not witnessed since 1981, according to a new report. Most of this increase occurred in Iran, where the yearly execution rate doubled, as reported by the human rights organization Amnesty International.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government plans to file a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times in response to an opinion column alleging widespread sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners.

The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. almost doubled in the initial months of 2026, according to official data. This increase comes as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned himself as an ally willing to assist the Trump administration in expediting deportations, a key priority.

Students at universities across Russia are being promised high salaries, no front-line duty, and a return to their studies within a year with free tuition if they join Russia’s newly formed drone force, intended to give Moscow an advantage amid Ukraine’s significant advances in drone warfare.

A Greenlandic woman, whose newborn baby was forcibly taken away by Danish authorities due to controversial parenting competency tests, has won a landmark case in which the high court ruled that their actions were illegal.

After spending three months in immigration detention, 1,500 miles (2,400 km) away from her 13-month-old daughter, LT was running out of options.

The grainy black and white footage depicts a small boat speeding across the high seas near the coast of Venezuela. Suddenly, the boat explodes, consumed by white flames. The video lasts less than 30 seconds, yet it marked the beginning of a new, more aggressive phase in the United States’ "war on drugs."

Iran executed three men after they were found guilty of participating in anti-government protests that shook the country in December and January, authorities announced on Monday.

A women’s rights activist and frequent guest on Afghan radio programs, M. was arrested in Kabul in 2025 on the pretext that her hijab was improperly worn. During her detention by the Taliban’s morality police, she was raped, and after her release, her jailers threatened to circulate images of the abuse she had suffered in detention to silence her.

Three individuals lost their lives on Sunday in the most recent US military strike targeting a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, as reported by a post from the US Southern Command. The post also alleged that the vessel was transporting drugs.

The photo displays the golden yacht belonging to Olga Mirimskaya, the leader of BKF Bank and the Russian Product company, who received a 19-year prison sentence.

President Trump announced on Wednesday that Iran will not proceed with the execution of eight women following his request for their release on Tuesday, describing it as "very good news" in a social media post.

A Salvadoran court on Tuesday commenced a group trial of 486 individuals accused of being gang members, marking one of the largest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele’s campaign against gang violence, implemented through contentious emergency powers.

Iran’s brutal regime is set to execute its first female protester following recent protests, one of an estimated 1,600 people sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic in the past year.

The United States is conducting a pressure campaign against the main inter-American human rights watchdog to halt a potential investigation into illegal U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Over the past year, major European banks and asset managers have significantly boosted their investments in Palantir, the contentious U.S. technology company.

It started with a tip-off. I was reporting on the trafficking and exploitation of migrant workers in the Gulf when a source I had known for more than ten years reached out. They told me that child sexual abuse trafficking in the US was increasing. As the Covid pandemic pushed predators online, some were using Facebook and Instagram to buy and sell children.