British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.

America’s top envoy pledges to continue raising atrocities with responsible governments days before he is expected to meet senior officials in Beijing.

Since Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza, there have been near-daily cross-border exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Henry Van Thio, who served in elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and continued in position after she was ousted by military in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media reported.

The British prime minister’s pledge comes as he promised to end the parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year.

As the Gaza war drags into its seventh month, conflict on Sunday was focused on Lebanon and the West Bank, but Israeli officials said further fighting in Gaza has been authorised.

The overnight strikes on Rafah city killed 22 people, most of them children, with one of the victims only 18 months old.

Islamist bombers hit three churches and three hotels in 2019, killing more than 279 people, but grieving families say they are still awaiting justice.

Rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines say the roots of the armed conflict must first be addressed and resolved.

At least dozens of political prisoners are still being held in Bhutan’s jails, according to human rights organisations.

The abandoned office building, which was France’s biggest squat, had been home to up to 450 migrants, most of them documented but awaiting social housing.

YouTube channels not only provide income, but also serve as a means for women to communicate their messages, experiences and aspirations, one analyst said.

Valedictorian Asna Tabassum says she was being silenced by anti-Palestinian hatred for her views on human rights.

Hong Kong human rights lawyer and charity founder Patricia Ho explains how The Dive, by New Zealand-born Veronica Green, continues to empower her years after she fell in love with it at an art fair.

Outrage over the attack has led to renewed calls for the passage of a long stalled anti-discrimination bill and other legal protections.

Palestinian families who had returned to northern Gaza after Israeli troops withdrew weeks ago have begun moving out again because of the new raids.

In the last few months, political observers have noted Singapore’s political elite expressing greater empathy for the plight of Palestinians.

Under the policy, asylum seekers who arrive illegally in Britain will be sent to the East African nation, in a bid to deter cross-channel crossings.

Friba Rezayee, the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics, said Afghan women should still be allowed to participate as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

ICC launched an inquiry into Duterte’s drug crackdown in September 2021, but suspended it two months later when Manila said it was re-examining cases of drug operations.

Running from conscription, enraged by the military and boosted by the sudden, unexpected scent of victory, Myanmar’s youth have decided they have to either flee the country or join the fight.

The law, a social reform that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning government pledged when it took office in 2021, will take effect on November 1.

Abortion is a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe.

Paralegal Wayland Chan explains his links to tycoon Jimmy Lai, his right-hand man Mark Simon and activist Andy Li at West Kowloon Court.

The Congress party and the Communist Party of India will include in their legislative agenda a law to recognise same-sex civil unions, if they win enough votes.

The ICC has called for translators in Tagalog and Cebuano, languages involved in the crimes against humanity trial against the ex-Philippine leader.

Hu Binchen, director of International Cooperation Bureau, and Liu Zhongyi, director of Criminal Investigation Bureau, appointed assistant ministers at China’s Ministry of Public Security.

Reason for evacuation was the almost daily shelling of towns in the region by Russia. Regional governor promised that all those affected would receive humanitarian and legal aid.