Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, centre, and lawmakers celebrate after Israel’s parliament passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, at the Knesset in Jerusalem Monday, March 30.
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This development reverses decades of global movement towards abolition of the death penalty, while normalising executions in an occupied territory.
The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City after it was damaged by an Israeli strike.
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UNESCO has been far too cautious over Gaza. This allows the destruction of historical sites to be treated as regrettable collateral damage, instead of a crime.
Graves of unknown soldiers at the Gaza War Cemetery.
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The destruction of war graves in Gaza has rightly received global attention. But this isn’t the first time Commonwealth war dead have been dragged into conflicts.
The aftermath of a protest in Hamedan, Iran, on Jan. 1, 2026.
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Angered not just by social crises, Iranians are asking fundamental questions about the costs and sacrifices demanded by the Islamic Republic’s ruling ideology.
Mourners place flowers at a makeshift memorial at Bondi Beach.
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This research – which is in the early stages and yet to be peer reviewed – has recorded a significant increase in antisemitic sentiment after October 7.
Students from University College London at a vigil commemorating Palestinian writer, poet, and professor Refaat Alareer in 2024.
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Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba in southern Lebanon on Nov. 6, 2025.
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Since the start of the truce on Nov. 27, 2024, there have been thousands of Israeli violations inside Lebanese territory, while Hezbollah has yet to disarm.
Ukrainian servicemen in the frontline city of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on November 16.
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Russia is ramping up pressure on Ukraine as Kyiv confronts calls to agree to a peace deal shaped by Moscow’s terms.
Under the legal doctrine of ‘universal jurisdiction’, any country can prosecute allegations of war crimes, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator or victims.
