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British court dismisses Bahrain’s bid to block activists’ spyware lawsuit 

27 July 2026

News|Courts Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed a bid by Bahrain to claim state immunity to close down a spyware law...

Hopes of return to diplomacy as US-Iran hold fire for third day 

27 July 2026

Mediators have expressed hope of progress in pulling the United States and Iran back to the negotiation table as the two...

UN eyeing potential Israeli war crimes in Lebanon 

27 July 2026

News|Israel attacks Lebanon United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has accused Israel of committi...

Chad to join raft of withdrawals from International Criminal Court 

27 July 2026

Chad has joined a growing list of countries as it announced plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC...

What drove Venezuela’s decision to leave the ICC? 

27 July 2026

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia announced on Friday that the country had formally notified the United Nat...

Will UNESCO’s heritage listing halt Israeli plans for West Bank’s Sebastia? 

27 July 2026

Palestinian officials have welcomed UNESCO’s decision to add Sebastia in the occupied West Bank to both the World Heri...

New UK PM Burnham assures Zelenskyy of continuing Ukraine support 

27 July 2026

The United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has pledged his country’s “unwavering support” during a v...

Saudi Arabia defends against drone strikes from ‘Iran-backed’ groups 

27 July 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|Conflict Saudi Arabia has reported intercepting drones that targeted oil faciliti...

Why a new war in Yemen could be different for the Houthis 

27 July 2026

Sanaa, Yemen – The past few days have seen a mobilisation of Yemen’s Houthi forces in areas under their control with...

Mapping Israeli settler violence in the West Bank 

27 July 2026

Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in separate attacks in the occupied West Bank in the early hours of Sunday, cau...