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A Palestinian flag is waved outside The Royal Courts of Justice in central London on July 30.

Palestine Action’s co-founder wins bid to challenge UK ban under anti-terror laws

By Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — The founder of a pro-Palestinian activist group has won the right to challenge the British government’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. London High Court Judge Martin Chamberlain granted Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori permission to seek a judicial review Wednesday, saying that it was “reasonably

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A hospital in Kamianske was hit by a Russian missile on July 29.

A maternity hospital was the safest place for ‘ray of sunshine’ expecting her first baby. Then Russia hit it with a missile

By Ivana Kottasová, Darya Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Diana Koshyk’s friends said the 23-year-old struggled to get pregnant and suffered several miscarriages before she and her husband finally got the news they were hoping for: they were expecting. Doctors said the pregnancy was high risk, so Koshyk was sent to what she believed was the

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The Khehne and Nagel warehouse storing millions of contraceptives is seen in Geel

US to burn $9.7 million worth of USAID-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas, following the dismantling of foreign assistance programs carried out by the US Agency for International Development, or USAID. The “preliminary decision” to destroy the USAID–procured birth control was confirmed

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This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza shows destroyed buildings in the north of the territory in January 2025.

For first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza

By Ivana Kottasová, Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — A pair of leading Israeli human rights groups has accused Israel of “committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” becoming the first such organizations to make the claim. B’Tselem said in a major report released on Monday that it came to that “unequivocal conclusion” after an “examination of

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Palestinians gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia

‘The weak treating the weak’: Doctors in Gaza are fainting while trying to save their starving patients

By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi, Abeer Salman, CNN Dr. Mohammad Saqer is hungry. So ravenous that he sometimes struggles to keep upright while treating his desperately ill patients at the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. On Thursday, he fainted while working at the ward. And then, moments after recovering, he

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Venezuelan national Rafael Martínez talks about his time in a Salvadoran prison after being released.

‘It was a nightmare’: Venezuelans deported from US describe conditions in Salvadoran prison

By Osmary Hernandez, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — For months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement. “(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically,” said José Mora, one of 252 Venezuelan migrants recently held

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Ukrainians attend a rally against the new law in central Lviv

Ukraine sees first major anti-government protests since start of war, as Zelensky moves to weaken anti-corruption agencies

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has seen the first major anti-government protests since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago, as a move by President Volodymyr Zelensky to curb anti-corruption agencies sparked fury across the nation. Defiant crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv on Tuesday, as well as Lviv in

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Riot police scatter protesters with water cannons during demonstrations to mark the historic 1990 Saba Saba protests for democratic reforms in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi

As protesters are hit with terrorism charges, critics accuse Kenya’s government of criminalizing dissent

By Larry Madowo, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — One of Kenya’s most prominent human rights activists has been released on bail after being charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, as critics accuse authorities of ramping up efforts to stifle dissent in the East African country. Boniface Mwangi was arrested over the weekend “in connection with

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People carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on June 8

Western nations slam Israel’s ‘drip feeding of aid’ to Gaza as health ministry says 1,000 killed seeking supplies

By Catherine Nicholls and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The foreign ministers of 25 Western nations have slammed Israel for “drip feeding” aid into the Gaza Strip, as the health ministry in the territory said that more than 1,000 people have been killed seeking humanitarian relief there since late May. The Palestinian health ministry did

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UC Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski pictured with his friend

UC Berkeley professor killed in Athens: Suspect claims he ‘did it all for’ victim’s ex-wife, leaked police confession reveals

By Lauren Kent and Elinda Labropoulou, CNN (CNN) — On the morning of July 4, an American marketing professor was walking towards his ex-wife’s house in Athens to pick up their two young children. It should have been an unremarkable, if strained visit – the couple had apparently been disputing the terms of custody arrangements.

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Jair Bolsonaro is facing trial over an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election and remain in power.

Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, fit ankle tag, citing flight risk concern amid criminal trial

By Stefano Pozzebon, Kara Fox and Ana Melgar, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social

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