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Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology, as part of an attack on their cultural identity, a report released by Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. About 630 villages in Xinjiang have had their […]

Hundreds of people have died during this year’s Hajj due to the scorching heat [Getty] At least 550 Muslim worshippers, around 323 of them were Egyptians, have died during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures approached 50 degrees. Most of the deaths were related to the extreme temperatures, the officials added, while one person

The future only looks bright for owners of private diesel generators, writes Charles Lawrie [Getty]. Inequity in Lebanon is rarely as stark as in the baking heat of summer, when the rich keep cool in the comfort of air conditioning (AC) and the poor are left to sweat it out. The distinction lies in whether

It remains unclear whether these countries are moving towards slowly cutting off their military cooperation with Israel, considering the current data. [Getty] Israel’s arms deals with Abraham Accord signatories have significantly dropped amid its war on Gaza, according to a recent report by the Israeli Ministry of Defence. On 17 June, Tel Aviv celebrated a

Israel has been waging a war on Gaza for more than eight months [BASHAR TALEB/AFP/Getty] Israeli forces may have repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in their Gaza Strip military campaign, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday. In a report assessing

Amnesty Interantional accused Egypt of committing human rights violations against undocumented Sudanese refugees. [Getty] Amnesty International accused Egypt on Wednesday of allegedly committing human rights violations en masse against undocumented Sudanese refugees, who fled the war-ravaged neighbouring Sudan to, arguably, face a worse fate. In a report entitled, “Handcuffed like dangerous criminals: Arbitrary detention and

A prominent Palestinian doctor died while in Israeli police custody just six days after his detention, according to Haaretz. This news comes shortly after the Gaza Health Ministry announced his death. Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi, 53, head of the women’s hospital section at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, was detained by the Israeli

As Netanyahu’s approval continues to drop, he is planning to deliver an address to US Congress. [Getty] US Senator Elizabeth Warren joins a growing number of mainly Democratic US Congress members boycotting or speaking out against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s planned visit next month on 24 July. Explaining her decision not to attend Netanyahu’s speech at

A prominent Palestinian doctor died while in Israeli police custody just six days after his detention, according to Haaretz. This news comes shortly after the Gaza Health Ministry announced his death. Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi, 53, head of the women’s hospital section at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, was detained by the Israeli

The Israeli military has arrested hundreds of Palestinian children in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza [Getty/file photo] At least 640 Palestinian children were detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza, with many of them tortured and abused, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said