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UK considers removing Andrew from royal succession line

UK considers removing Andrew from royal succession line

The British ‌government will mull new legislation to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line ‌of ‌royal ⁠succession.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84

Reverend Jesse Jackson, a US ‌civil rights leader ‌who became close with Martin Luther King Jr and who twice ran for president, has died at age 84.

Land in focus at peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

Land in focus at peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

Land in focus at peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

Land in focus at peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

A Ukrainian delegation is in Geneva for a round of US-brokered talks with Russian officials as the nearly four-year-war grinds on.

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Epstein files may be crimes against humanity: UN

Epstein files may be crimes against humanity: UN

The United Nations says the crimes revealed in the Epstein files reveal abuses against women so grave they could amount to "crimes against humanity".

Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death

Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death

Israeli prosecutors say they plan to charge a settler in the killing of a Palestinian activist during a confrontation that was caught on video.

Australians released from Syrian camp turned back

Australians released from Syrian camp turned back

Dozens of Australians released from a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants in Syria have run into some snags with their departure.

ANU keeps award for ex-PM guilty of human rights crimes

ANU keeps award for ex-PM guilty of human rights crimes

A former leader has been charged, tried and convicted of crimes against humanity in the time the ANU has taken to review but not act on her honorary degree.

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Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia has again failed to curb refugee abuses and rampant discrimination, including against Indigenous people, in its human rights report card.

'Don't give up', MLK Jr's son tells Aussie Indigenous

'Don't give up', MLK Jr's son tells Aussie Indigenous

'Don't give up', MLK Jr's son tells Aussie Indigenous

'Don't give up', MLK Jr's son tells Aussie Indigenous

Progress will always be plagued by setbacks but the son of Martin Luther King Jr has urged young Indigenous people and advocates to keep up the fight.

Aid cuts fuel crisis for teen girls in Asia-Pacific

Aid cuts fuel crisis for teen girls in Asia-Pacific

Aid cuts fuel crisis for teen girls in Asia-Pacific

Aid cuts fuel crisis for teen girls in Asia-Pacific

Australia has a critical opportunity to demonstrate regional leadership in the upcoming budget, advocates say, with adolescent girls at the forefront of need.

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Australia's pro-Palestine movement is attempting to turn up the heat on the Albanese government ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit.

Labor issues ultimatum on hate speech laws

Labor issues ultimatum on hate speech laws

Labor issues ultimatum on hate speech laws

Labor issues ultimatum on hate speech laws

Changes to hate speech laws remain up in the air as Anthony Albanese issues a take it or leave it offer to the coalition on the contentious laws.

Hate speech laws could be 'salvaged' after backdown

Hate speech laws could be 'salvaged' after backdown

Hate speech laws could be 'salvaged' after backdown

Hate speech laws could be 'salvaged' after backdown

Despite criticising Labor's proposed hate speech laws as unsalvageable, the coalition is looking to get elements passed in an emergency session.

Iran protests appear to abate after deadly crackdown

Iran protests appear to abate after deadly crackdown

Iran protests appear to abate after deadly crackdown

Iran protests appear to abate after deadly crackdown

Iran's security forces seem to have quelled the country's nationwide protests, residents and rights groups says, while fears of a US attack have retreated.

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Religious leaders unite in call for hate speech rethink

Religious leaders have united across faiths to urge the prime minister to go back to the drawing board on contentious hate speech reforms.

Trump urges Iran to keep protesting, 'help on its way'

More than 2000 people are reported to have been killed in Iran's protests that were sparked by the country's dire economic conditions.

Hundreds killed in Iran protests, UN rights office says

The UN puts the number of Iranian protesters killed by security forces in the hundreds, as its rights chief says "horrific violence" in Iran cannot continue.

Ukraine, US to revisit land, nuclear plant issues

The thorny issues of territory and the occupied Zaporizhzhia ‍nuclear power plant will be on the agenda when US and Ukrainian negotiators hold talks.

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US and Ukraine reach common ground in latest peace plan

Moscow is expected to respond to a 20-point plan to end the war put forward after Ukraine reached a consensus with the US on several critical issues.

First Nations advocate wins major human rights award

Racism - and widespread denial of the issue - have been called out as human rights advocates are recognised by their peers.

Australia 'stained' by its treatment of child offenders

Australia has been slammed for its juvenile justice laws as UN experts sound the alarm over the growing number of people in prison without a sentence.

Israeli police raid UN refugee agency compound

The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency is angry that Israeli police have raided its headquarters in East Jerusalem.

Ley laments domestic killings as 74 women dead in 2025

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has continued her yearly tradition of naming every woman who died from violence in Australia, on the eve of an international event.

'Above all, I'm human': Afghan women's Aussie aid plea

Women whose safety is at risk under brutal Taliban rule in Afghanistan are pleading for help from Australia after fleeing their former captors.

First major winter rains pummel Gaza, destroying tents

The first heavy rainfall of the winter season has sent water cascading through the Muwasi tent camp in the Gaza Strip.

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