Five Palestinians injured after being run over by Israeli settlers near Bethlehem Israeli settlers injured five Palestinian workers in two separate hit-and-run incidents near Bethlehem on Tuesday, Wafa news agency reported, citing Palestinian security sources. A settler drove into four workers from Nahalin near the village of Wadi Fukin as they tried to reach their workplaces in Jerusalem, the sources said. The men, Abdullah Abu Diya, Majdi al-Najjar, Muhammad Fanoun and Mohammad Shakarna, suffered bruises and cuts.
Beirut [Lebanon], March 24 (ANI): A fresh report from the Human Rights watch on Tuesday claimed that the Iranian forces have appeared to deliberately target at least two civilian commercial ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month on March 11-- which would amount to war crimes.
New posts 19:50 Widespread Arrests Continuing In Iran Iran's national police command says 466 people have been arrested in recent days on charges of "online activities aimed at undermining national security. " A police report published on March 24 claimed that the arrested individuals were in contact with "enemy" networks and intended to create internal instability.
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 24 (ANI): Hundreds of people from the Shia community gathered at the Imambara in Chanderkot on Tuesday to provide financial and material aid to those affected by the ongoing conflict in Iran. The mass donation drive saw locals contributing everything from household utensils to precious jewellery to support the distressed population across the border.
Exclusive: 'Handful' of ICC states aim to sabotage report clearing Karim Khan Submitted by Sondos Asem on Mon, 03/23/2026 - 17:18 Experts warn that ICC faces 'real risk' of politicisation, as small number of mainly western states look to undermine report clearing prosecutor of wrongdoing Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court taking the oath of office in June 2021 (ICC official photo) Off A minority of members from the bureau of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are calling for the findings of a judges’ report, which found no evidence of misconduct against Karim Khan, to be ignored, Middle East Eye can reveal. MEE reported exclusively on Saturday that the court’s chief prosecutor had been cleared of any wrongdoing by a panel of three senior judges appointed by the bureau of the ASP, the ICC’s governing body, to review the findings of a United Nations investigation into complaints of alleged sexual misconduct. MEE has since obtained a copy of the panel’s confidential report.
Responding to a decision by a court in Kyrgyzstan to release investigative journalist and Temirov LIVE editor-in-chief Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy from custody and subject her to a travel ban pending a retrial, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “While Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy’s release from prison is a long-overdue step towards justice that […] The post Kyrgyzstan: Authorities must drop trumped up charges against Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy following her release from prison appeared first on Amnesty International .
Gaza: Up to 10 Palestinians die daily due to Israeli restrictions on medical evacuations Submitted by Mera Aladam on Mon, 03/23/2026 - 13:12 Around 1,400 Palestinians have died whilst awaiting medical transfers abroad since May 2024, Gaza's health ministry has said A Palestinian child receives treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, 2 February 2026 (Reuters/Mahmoud Issa) Off Up to 10 Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza due to severe Israeli restrictions that prevent them from accessing urgent medical care abroad, the Palestinian health ministry has said. Zaher al-Wahidi, the director of the ministry's information department, said on Monday that "every day, between six and 10 patients who are waiting to travel abroad for treatment die". He said there were at least 195 cases classified as life-threatening and warned that if they were not evacuated within the next few hours, their lives could be at risk.
Doctors criticise medical regulators over campaign against British-Palestinian surgeon Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Mon, 03/23/2026 - 13:24 Hundreds of doctors sign petition calling on leaders of General Medical Council to resign for launching appeal against Ghassan Abu Sittah The GMC is pursuing its High Court appeal after a separate medical tribunal found that Ghassan Abu-Sittah did not support terrorism and a proscribed terror group Off Hundreds of doctors in the UK have signed a petition accusing the country's medical regulator of fostering an “environment of fear” by pursuing what they say is a politically motivated campaign against the prominent British- Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah. The petition, organised by Health Workers 4 Palestine, calls on the leadership of the General Medical Council (GMC) to resign after the regulator said it would challenge the outcome of an independent tribunal which cleared Abu Sittah of wrongdoing following a complaint brought by a pro-Israel advocacy group over an article he had written for a Lebanese newspaper. The petition also raised concerns about financial governance at the regulator, after noting that legal costs in the Abu Sittah case reportedly exceed £200,000 - an amount that requires approval from the GMC’s most senior leadership.
A British man jailed on espionage charges in Iran called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step out of the shadows and publicly declare that he and his wife are innocent.
Opinion: How Iran is a victim of US-Israeli terrorism My first visit to Iran took place in September 2015, when I attended a conference in Tehran on the subject of “Iranian terror victims” - ranging, in this case, from the thousands of Iranians killed by the pathological regime-change cult known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq, to the Iranian scientists assassinated with the apparently not-so-secret help of the Israeli Mossad. I had ended up at the conference by accident, as the email invitation that had materialised in my inbox was addressed not to me, but to one General Mirza Aslam Beg, who, a Google search revealed, happened to be the former head of the armed forces of Pakistan. Via prolonged pleading with the event organisers, I finagled an invitation for myself, as well - and after a frantic sorting of my Iranian visa, I found myself on a plane bound for Tehran in the company of a reformed right-wing politician from Spain, another conference invitee.
How Iran is a victim of US-Israeli terrorism Submitted by Belen Fernandez on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 18:56 When Trump blasts Tehran as 'the world's number one state sponsor of terror', he might as well be looking in the mirror Mourners cry during the funeral of children killed in an attack on a primary school in Minab, Iran, on 3 March 2026 (Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP) Off My first visit to Iran took place in September 2015, when I attended a conference in Tehran on the subject of “Iranian terror victims” - ranging, in this case, from the thousands of Iranians killed by the pathological regime-change cult known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq , to the Iranian scientists assassinated with the apparently not-so-secret help of the Israeli Mossad. I had ended up at the conference by accident, as the email invitation that had materialised in my inbox was addressed not to me, but to one General Mirza Aslam Beg, who, a Google search revealed, happened to be the former head of the armed forces of Pakistan . Via prolonged pleading with the event organisers, I finagled an invitation for myself, as well - and after a frantic sorting of my Iranian visa, I found myself on a plane bound for Tehran in the company of a reformed right-wing politician from Spain, another conference invitee.
Video: Red Crescent teams search debris as families grieve victims Emergency teams from the Iranian Red Crescent Society searched through the rubble of a heavily damaged building for survivors and recovered bodies, as relatives and loved ones looked on and sobbed in distress. Emergency teams from the Iranian Red Crescent Society searched through the rubble of a heavily damaged building for survivors and recovered bodies, as relatives and loved ones looked on and sobbed in distress. pic.
Child killed as Iran civilian deaths mount, rights group says A child was killed and three other civilians were wounded in the past 24 hours as US and Israeli strikes continued across Iran, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The group said the latest death brings the civilian toll to 1,407 since the start of the war. HRANA said at least 214 children have been killed since 28 Februaray 28 and reported more than 200 attacks across 15 provinces in the past day.
Several countries across the Americas are adopting restrictive legal frameworks to weaken, control, and even dismantle civil society organizations, Amnesty International said today as it launched its new report Tearing Up the Social Fabric: Impact of restrictive laws on civil society organizations in the Americas. Between 2024 and 2025, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru […] The post Americas: States intensify crackdown on civil society through “anti-NGO laws” appeared first on Amnesty International .
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], March 22 (ANI): Syed Naseruddin Chishty, Chairman of All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council, on Sunday condemned the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report over the international religious freedom report, saying that comparing India to unstable countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh is misleading.
Accusations of intimidation and harassment within UK diaspora including ‘aggressive’ and ‘coersing’ videos online Iranians living in the UK have expressed safety concerns to authorities amid heightened tensions within the community linked to the conflict with the US and Israel. Videos online of individuals allegedly being “aggressive” and “coercing” in London, which is home to one of the UK’s largest Iranian communities, have led to some feeling unsafe, they claim. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has been cleared of all wrongdoing by a panel of judges appointed to review the findings of a United Nations investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, Middle East Eye can exclusively reveal. The highly confidential report by the panel of three judges was submitted to the ICC’s executive oversight body, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), on 9 March. It will not be made publicly available, and has not been seen by the majority of the court's 125 member states.
Eid in Gaza: Despite immense loss, we deserve to celebrate Eid al-Fitr has come to Gaza during a so-called ceasefire after more than two years of war, bringing an overwhelming yet incomplete sense of happiness and an uncertain peace, amid haunting memories of loss. One of the two major Islamic holidays, Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. For people like me, who were born and raised in Gaza and have survived repeated Israeli escalations and nearly two decades of blockade, it is a time to remind the world that we are human beings capable of celebrating, just like others around the globe.
Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims Submitted by Sondos Asem on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 15:52 Panel appointed by court’s governing body says UN probe has not established any ‘misconduct or breach of duty’ by prosecutor Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (AFP/file photo) On Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has been cleared of all wrongdoing by a panel of judges appointed to review the findings of a United Nations investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, Middle East Eye can exclusively reveal. The highly confidential report by the panel of three judges was submitted to the ICC’s executive oversight body, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), on 9 March. It will not be made publicly available, and has not been seen by the majority of the court's 125 member states.
