'Our home is gone': BBC speaks to displaced families in Lebanon
The BBC's Hugo Bachega speaks to families in Beirut as more than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon.
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First MSF medical aid shipment reaches Iran via Turkey, local media reports
First MSF medical aid shipment reaches Iran via Turkey, local media reports Iran’s Press TV reported that the first shipment of medical aid from Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, has arrived in the country via Turkey and was handed over to the Iranian Red Crescent Society. The report said that the shipment included essential pharmaceutical supplies. The development comes as aid routes into Iran and the wider region face disruption due to the ongoing conflict, which has complicated humanitarian supply chains and delayed shipments.
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UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Hormuz disruptions risk agriculture
UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Hormuz disruptions risk agriculture The United Nations is focusing on ensuring shipments of fertilisers can pass through the Strait of Hormuz, with a new task force aimed at preventing what officials warn could become a “massive humanitarian crisis. ” Jorge Moreira da Silva said the initiative will prioritise vessels carrying fertilisers and related raw materials. “Disruptions in maritime trade” through the strait “risk creating ripple effects impacting humanitarian needs and agricultural production in the coming months,” da Silva said.
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Iran Recruits 12-Year-Olds As 'Combatants Defending The Homeland'
Iran has announced that children as young as 12 can sign up under a new program for combatants defending the homeland, with applicants directed to mosques and registration booths on central squares.
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‘I’m not shocked’: Palestinian activist’s home targeted in foiled firebombing plot
‘I’m not shocked’: Palestinian activist’s home targeted in foiled firebombing plot Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 16:30 Nerdeen Kiswani told MEE she was informed her life was in danger and how incidents like this ‘shake me to my core’ Within Our Lifetime founder Nerdeen Kiswani speaks at a rally calling on Israel to stop its invasion of Rafah in Gaza, at Union Square in New York City, on 12 February 2024 (Michael M Santiago/Getty Images via AFP) Off A New Jersey man who allegedly planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian-American activist was arrested on Thursday and now faces federal charges in a criminal complaint viewed by Middle East Eye. Nerdeen Kiswani, the founder of the Palestine advocacy group Within Our Lifetime, told MEE the FBI came to her home late on Thursday, local time, in the New York City area, to inform her and her family of a threat to her life. They told her the would-be attacker's plot had been foiled and that he had been arrested, leading officials to believe she was no longer in danger.
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'Suicide of a Nation': Matt Goodwin's AI-assisted screed on Muslims and Britain
'Suicide of a Nation': Matt Goodwin's AI-assisted screed on Muslims and Britain Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 17:01 The failed Reform UK candidate's new book is defined by errors, alarmism, dramatic prose, and an obsession with ethnicity Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin waits as the Gorton and Denton results are announced in northwest England, on 26 February 2026 (AFP) Off The first thing you notice when you open Matt Goodwin's new book is how bad the font is. It almost seems designed to give the reader a headache. But if you really focus your eyes, you might just make out the dedication: “This book is dedicated to the Forgotten Majority.
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"Systemic victimisation of minorities": India slams Pakistan Army chief over "go to Iran" remarks to Shias
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): India on Friday launched a scathing critique of Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir following his reported instructions to the Shia community to 'go to Iran. ' \ New Delhi characterised these remarks as a continuation of Islamabad's 'systemic victimisation of minorities,' highlighting a persistent pattern of state-sponsored discrimination.
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India: Parliament must reject proposal to extend restrictions on overseas funding for NGOs
Responding to the tabling of an amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) that would grant the authorities sweeping new powers over the assets of NGOs that have had their licenses withdrawn, Aakar Patel, Chair of Board at Amnesty International India, said: “Since coming into […] The post India: Parliament must reject proposal to extend restrictions on overseas funding for NGOs appeared first on Amnesty International .
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UN human rights chief calls on US to conclude probe into Iran school strike
The strike - which killed at least 168 people, mostly children - "evoked a visceral horror", Volker Türk said.
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Malta: Seven years of injustice. Drop the charges against the El Hiblu 3
Saturday 28 March marks seven years since Amara Krumak, Abdalla Bari and Kone Tiemoko Abdul Kader – known as the El Hiblu 3 – were arrested in Malta for opposing their forced return to Libya, where they would be at risk of persecution, torture and other serious human rights violations. For this act of resistance, […] The post Malta: Seven years of injustice. Drop the charges against the El Hiblu 3 appeared first on Amnesty International .
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Le Monde: 'Majority' of ICC bureau members support Karim Khan exoneration report
Le Monde: 'Majority' of ICC bureau members support Karim Khan exoneration report Submitted by Sondos Asem on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 09:34 French newspaper corroborates details of MEE's exclusive reporting, with one source warning of a will by some to 'put the prosecutor on the guillotine' Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, has been on a leave of absence since May 2025 pending the result of the misconduct investigation (Reuters) Off A majority of states among the 21 members of the executive bureau of the International Criminal Court's ruling body are in favour of upholding the findings of a judicial panel which cleared chief prosecutor Karim Khan of wrongdoing, according to French newspaper Le Monde. Le Monde's report comes after Middle East Eye revealed that the three-judge panel had concluded that a United Nations investigation into accusations of alleged sexual misconduct had failed to establish any "misconduct or breach of duty" on Khan's part. The report also appeared to corroborate MEE's reporting earlier this week that a minority of states on the bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the court's ruling body, are calling for the judges' report to be ignored, and for the ASP to draw its own conclusions from the investigation into Khan by the UN’s Office for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).
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Israeli forces prevent Friday prayer on Salah al-Din Street in Jerusalem
Israeli forces prevent Friday prayer on Salah al-Din Street in Jerusalem Israeli forces prevented Palestinians from performing Friday prayers on Salah al-Din Street in occupied Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the street and gave dozens of worshippers and the imam three minutes to disperse before forcibly breaking up the gathering and preventing them from holding the prayer. The incident comes as Israeli authorities continue to keep Al-Aqsa Mosque closed for the 28th consecutive day.
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 27 March: Humanitarian crisis deepens across the region
The war in the Middle East continues, with attacks causing further terror and suffering, deepening the humanitarian crisis across the region. In Geneva, diplomats at the Human Rights Council have been discussing the school strike in Iran’s Minab that killed more than 100 children. Stay with us for live updates on this and from UN agencies providing relief.
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Syria: UN Commission documents grave violations in July 2025 escalation in Sweida
More than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 more displaced in the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Syria, UN human rights investigators said on Friday in a report that called for greater action towards accountability.
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‘Nothing is normal’: diary of Iranian president’s son reflects hopes and fears of ordinary citizens
Yousef Pezeshkian’s daily social media posts reveal no state secrets, but expose questions dominating Iranian society An Iranian keeping a diary expressing his doubts about the war’s outcome, even shedding a tear over its impact on his grandmother, might not seem extraordinary but for the fact the diarist is the son of the president. Apart from fierce loyalty to his father, Masoud Pezeshkian, the former heart surgeon elected to the presidency in 2024 who he says he has not seen since the war started, Yousef Pezeshkian’s daily reflections on social media chart how the war effort is going, its impact on ordinary Iranians and how he believes the fight could be made more effective. Continue reading...
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UN demands 'justice' after Iran school strike
UN demands 'justice' after Iran school strike The deadly bombing of an Iranian school on 28 February spurred "visceral horror", the UN rights chief said Friday, urging Washington to conclude its probe and demanding justice "for the terrible harm done". "The bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab evoked a visceral horror," Volker Turk told the United Nations Human Rights Council, stressing that "the onus is on those who carried out the attack to investigate it promptly, impartially, transparently and thoroughly". "Senior US officials have said the strike is under investigation.
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Iran arrests over a dozen in Isfahan for sharing sensitive information
Iran arrests over a dozen in Isfahan for sharing sensitive information Iranian authorities have arrested at least 15 people in Isfahan for reportedly sharing sensitive information to outlets deemed as hostile. Amongst the accusations is the sharing of military sites and the photographing of damage from attacks.
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Iran slams US and Israeli bullies as Pentagon plans final blow
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called a US strike on a school in Minab that killed nearly 170 children an atrocity and crime against humanity Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed the US and Israel at an emergency UN Human Rights Council session on Friday, convened to discuss the alleged US airstrike on a girls school in Minab thatkilled over 170 children.
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Russia: Authorities must immediately disclose Nikita Zhuravel’s whereabouts
Reacting to the news that the family and lawyer of Nikita Zhuravel, who was sentenced in 2024 to 14 years’ imprisonment for “high treason”, “insulting religious feelings” and “hooliganism committed with religious hatred,” have raised concerns about his disappearance while being transferred to a penal colony, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia […] The post Russia: Authorities must immediately disclose Nikita Zhuravel’s whereabouts appeared first on Amnesty International .
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Met Police accused of reversing Palestine Action policy to fit previous arrests
Met Police accused of reversing Palestine Action policy to fit previous arrests Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Thu, 03/26/2026 - 15:26 Campaigners say two protesters were arrested despite previous assurances, which they say is 'symptomatic' of the chaotic response to the group's proscription Police confront Ams at the Al-Quds Day rally in central London on 15 March 2026 (AFP) Off London’s Metropolitan Police has been accused of reversing its policy on Palestine Action protests to "retrospectively fit" arrests it has carried out in recent weeks. Following a High Court ruling in February that found the government's ban of the direct action group to be unlawful, the police said they would refrain from arresting its supporters and people protesting against the proscription under terrorism legislation, focusing instead on gathering evidence for future prosecutions. But in a policy u-turn, the Met issued a statement describing its previous comments as an “interim position”, saying that it has now “revised” this approach.
