Human rights

Pope urges migrants to integrate during Canary Islands visit

Pope Leo XIV blesses a child from the popemobile as he arrives to lead a Mass at the Gran Canaria Stadium in Las Palmas on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria on June 11.

South Sudanese whistleblower reported abducted in Kenya

Colombia moves to ban female genital mutilation

White House defends Cuba sanctions as UN warns of harm

The National Capitol of Cuba rises amid the city skyline as Cuba brought its national electrical grid back online after the country had been largely without power for 16 hours in an outage that Energy Ministry officials linked to the oil blockade of Cuba imposed by the United States, in Havana, Cuba, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

UN to send investigators to Lebanon over potential law breaches, rights chief says

A U.N. convoy in southern Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from northern Israel, June 2, 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem

Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of West Bank Bedouins

Rural Palestinian communities are bearing the brunt of Israeli settler violence and forced displacement.

Military court jails four Indonesian soldiers over acid attack on activist

The four soldiers were found guilty of premeditated assault for the attack in March that left Andrie Yunus, 27, blind in one eye.

Palestinians ‘trapped’ between Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas: UN probe

People protesting in Tel Aviv in April against the escalation of settler violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israeli minister Ben-Gvir under investigation in Italy over Gaza flotilla

FILE PHOTO: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of the media on the day the Supreme Court hears a petition seeking to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove him, in Jerusalem, April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Pope Leo warns Spain’s Parliament the world is in ‘profound’ crisis

Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Spanish Parliament during his apostolic journey in Madrid, Spain, June 8, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool

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