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HeadlinesUK Sanctions Target Russians Linked to Deportation of Ukrainian Children
Greece Toughens Penalties for Rejected Asylum Seekers, Speeds up Returns
France Seeks Arrest of Assad, Six Other Former Top Syrian Officials Over 2012 Attack
Evacuation of Gaza City Would Be Unsafe and Unfeasible, Says Head of Red Cross
Volkswagen's Brazil Unit Ordered to Pay $30 Million for Decades-Old 'slave Labor' Case
Date: August 29, 2025
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Volkswagen's Brazil unit has been ordered to pay 165 million reais ($30.44 million) in damages for subjecting workers on a farm to slavery-like conditions in the 1970s and 1980s,...
Largest Flotilla for Gaza Hopes to Pressure Israel to End Blockade
Date: August 29, 2025
By Leonardo Benassatto BARCELONA (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian activists preparing to set sail from Spain on Sunday for Gaza in dozens of boats carrying aid have called on governments to pressure Israel...
US Withdraws From Key UN Human Rights Report, Draws Criticism From Rights Advocates
Date: August 28, 2025
By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Olivia Le Poidevin LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates...
Hundreds of UN Staff Pressure Rights Chief to Call Gaza a Genocide, Letter Shows
Date: August 28, 2025
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.N. staff at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk have asked him to explicitly describe the Gaza war as an unfolding...
Explainer-Could Farage's Plan for Mass Deportation of Asylum Seekers From UK Work?
Date: August 27, 2025
By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Nigel Farage's Reform UK set out plans this week for the mass deportation of asylum seekers from Britain, which would involve withdrawing from...
Report Spotlights Tensions in Mali Military Over Wagner Mercenaries
Date: August 27, 2025
By Portia Crowe DAKAR (Reuters) -Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation's army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to...