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Fresh fighting erupts in eastern DR Congo, forcing hundreds to flee across the border into Rwanda, a day after a peace deal was signed in Washington u.afp.com/S7wN

For Spouses of U.S. Citizens, Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.

“It’s insane to have them rip our family apart.” Federal agents are arresting the foreign spouses of Americans during interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices. The couples and their lawyers said they had followed the required steps to secure permanent residency.

Protesters march through downpour in New Orleans against planned Border Patrol operation Streams of rain met dozens of protesters huddled in front of the Henry Clay monument in Lafayette Square Monday evening (Dec. 1), where speakers from several pro-immigrant rights organizations protested Operation “Swamp Sweep,” a surge of federal immigration officers, including Border Patrol, in and around New Orleans that was set to begin this week.

Protesters march through downpour in New Orleans against planned Border Patrol operation

Streams of rain met dozens of protesters huddled in front of the Henry Clay monument in Lafayette Square Monday evening (Dec. 1), where speakers from several pro-immigrant rights organizations protested…

Rescuers evacuate an elderly person using a rubber boat during the flood in Medan, in Indonesia's North Sumatra on November 28, 2025

Two youths look at a car surrounded by flood waters in Hat Yai in Thailand's southern Songkhla province on November 26, 2025, as flooding hit thousands in the country's south following days of heavy rain

An aerial view shows homes surrounded by flood waters in Kangar in northern Malaysia's Perlis state on November 28, 2025, as flooding hit thousands of people in the region after days of heavy rain

#UPDATE Days of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 250 people across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, authorities said on Friday ➡️ u.afp.com/ShnS

Hundreds are dead and missing across Southeast Asia after tropical cyclones caused heavy flooding and landslides in the region.

The death toll from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra rose to 303, officials said Sunday. https://wapo.st/3XsuaPH

Damage and more rain hamper search for flood and landslide victims in Indonesia Rescuers are hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island that killed at least 82 people.

Indonesia authorities say death toll from floods and landslides on Sumatra island has risen to 174 and 74 missing.

Russia: Government Designates Human Rights Watch “Undesirable” (Berlin, November 28, 2025) — Russia’s designation of Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable” foreign organization, made public by the Justice Ministry on November 28, is yet another mark of the Kremli...

Russia’s banning of @hrw.org as an “undesirable” foreign organization, made public today, is yet another mark of the Kremlin’s repression. It only redoubles our determination to document the Russian authorities’ human rights violations and war crimes
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In 'Political Attack,' Trump Revokes Protected Status for Minnesota Somalis ​"This decision, fueled by harmful misinformation campaigns that we believe have external political motives, will tear families apart and send individuals to a country they have not known for over 20 years," one campaigner said.

“This is Trump doing what he always does: demagoguing immigrants without justification or evidence and using that demagoguery in an attempt to take away important life-saving protections,” one immigrants' rights expert said.

More than 150 human rights, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups wrote a letter in June to Trump, Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pleading with them to extend the TPS designation for immigrants from Myanmar in light of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake...

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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal

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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

Saudi Arabia has a long & ongoing record of significant human rights violations, including the repression of peaceful dissent, extensive discrimination against women & minorities, abuse of migrant workers, & frequent use of the death penalty for non-violent offenses.

America is not proud of him.

At least 25 killed, including children, in Russian attack on Ukraine apartment building More than 470 drones and almost 48 missiles were fired by Russia in the attack, says Zelenskiy

At least 25 killed, including children, in Russian attack on Ukraine apartment building

Zelenskyy asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of Ukrainians taken by Russia Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war.

Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4i5WPn4

In Darfur, Sudan’s lost children wander through a landscape of death Around 200 unaccompanied children have arrived in the Sudanese town of Tewila after escaping El Fashir, where RSF fighters have carried out mass killings.

Unspeakable suffering in Tawila.

Over half of the fleeing survivors are children. One injured woman I met walked into the camp after surviving an attack, carrying her friend's starving child.

They're asking the world if help is coming.

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Bangladesh on edge as verdict against fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina expected Hasina is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity for a violent crackdown on student protests last year.

Hasina is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity for a violent crackdown on student protests last year.

This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.

These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!

Remembering Armero: Colombia's town buried in tragedy Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.

Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children. n.pr/3M38F5i

As UNAids nears its end, story of the global HIV response is far from over

Without an agency dedicated solely to this issue, there is a real risk that HIV will be folded into broader health agendas and quietly deprioritised.

Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty' Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."

Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive." n.pr/4oYRKiA

After the ceasefire, UN and partners are scaling up aid across #Gaza.

The positive impact is already felt in all areas.

But to leave no one behind, the ceasefire needs to last and restrictions have to to be lifted.

Here's the latest on the response: https://bit.ly/48ZspR5

Oxfam stands in solidarity with Sudan. No one should face hunger, famine and displacement alone. Quote attributed to Halima Begum, Oxfam GB CEO

A tragedy is unfolding in Sudan.
Millions are displaced, hungry, and at risk. The impact reaches across borders, with refugees fleeing to Chad and South Sudan.
Oxfam stands in solidarity with those affected and urges the world not to look away.

Full statement here: bit.ly/4qKNR2E

Hurricane Melissa has devastated communities across the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and beyond bringing flooding, storm surge and winds.

We've distributed relief items to families in the Dominican Republic and stand ready to assist further.

How the Spotlight on Peace and Security Issues Shifted at the 2025 UN General Assembly | International Crisis Group The speeches at the UN General Assembly this year focused their foreign policy attention on Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and UN reform. Crisis Group experts analyse the issues world leaders picked out and wha...

An interesting statistical analysis of which countries talked about which of three major world crises (Israel/Gaza; Ukraine; #Sudan) at the UN this year. 🇨🇦's silence on #Sudan is disappointing. www.crisisgroup.org/global/how-s...

UN calls for Israel to open more Gaza crossings for surge in aid deliveries United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher calls for immediate 'unhindered access' for aid deliveries.

United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher calls for immediate 'unhindered access' for aid deliveries.

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

"Operation Move Earth": a two-year secret operation carried out by Bashar Al-Assad's regime in #Syria

From 2019 - 2021, thousands of bodies were excavated from a mass grave in Qutayfah & "trucked" more than an hour away, to "hide evidence of mass killings".

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“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes - Southern Africa Litigation Centre Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and ...

Eswatini activists filed an urgent application in the Courts of Eswatini to declare the deportation agreement between Eswatini and the United States unconstitutional.
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CDC has been a global leader in public health & played a key role in smallpox eradication. Health depts in red states & blue states rely on CDC expertise & support. The CDC EIS program trains the next generation of public health leaders & disease detectives.

They are burning it to the ground.

Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire The new Israel-Hamas deal contains provisions to increase aid to Gaza, and for the reopening of a border crossing from Egypt.

International aid groups were gearing up on Friday to funnel as much aid as possible into Gaza, but their staff on the ground said they did not yet have a clear picture of what would be allowed in under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal.