'They told me he was dead': Children born near Kenyan army base learn truth about UK soldier dads A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.

BBC World Service on the children born near #BATUK in Kenya, and the DNA and legal process identifying their fathers. bbc.com/news/article... #PSEA #Accountability #Kenya

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‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon

Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son remains an unimpeachably… “If Number Of The Beast brought heavy metal properly into the 1980s, then with Seventh Son we’ve shown the way for heavy metal in the 1990s…” The story…

Some respite reading amidst the chaos. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, still a perfect album. www.kerrang.com/iron-maidens...

Lebanon says 254 killed in Israeli strikes across country <article data-history-node-id="437777" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/msf-reports-massive-influx-wounded-beirut-hospital-after-strikes" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/msf-reports-massive-influx-wounded-beirut-hospital-after-strikes" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lebanon says 254 killed in Israeli strikes across country</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 254 people have been killed and 1,165 wounded in Israeli attacks across Lebanon today, according to Civil Defence.</p> <p>Beirut recorded 92 deaths and 742 injuries, while the southern suburbs saw 61 killed and 200 wounded.</p> <p>In Baalbek, 18 people were killed and 28 injured, with 9 killed and 6 wounded in Hermel.</p> <p>Nabatieh reported 28 killed and 59 injured, while Aley district recorded 17 deaths and 6 injuries.</p> <p>In Sidon, 12 people were killed and 56 wounded, and in Tyre, 17 were killed and 68 injured.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Lebanon says 254 killed in Israeli strikes across country - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

Israel's campaign against Unrwa could set precedent to dismantle other UN agencies, chief warns Philippe Lazzarini says failure to protect the UN’s main lifeline for Palestinians may have far-reaching consequences

Israel's campaign against Unrwa could set precedent to dismantle other UN agencies, chief warns - www.middleeasteye.net/news/unrwa-chief-warns-i...

Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing | Philippe Lazzarini I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East, says Unrwa commissioner-general Phi...

Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing | Philippe Lazzarini www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I've been tracking every ICE detention death under Trump and publishing the data publicly. Read the full breakdown, including the searchable table of all 42 deaths, at: austinkocher.substack.com/p/as-predict...

Eid marks a time of joy, reflection and community — and an important moment of giving.

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Displaced but uncounted: The people aid is leaving behind in Lebanon’s war Bombs don’t discriminate between categories like citizen, refugee, and migrant. The aid system does.

Displaced but uncounted: The people aid is leaving behind in Lebanon’s war: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Lebanon: Israeli blanket displacement orders bring more misery to civilians Israel’s military ground incursions into southern Lebanon, blanket displacement orders for the population in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Bekaa region and the full area to the south of the Litani ri...

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Nearly One Million Displaced in Lebanon, IOM Appeals for USD 19 Million Beirut/Geneva, 13 March 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 19 million to scale up its emergency response in Lebanon, where the number of people forced to fl...

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When the UN Fails Its Own: A Survivor's Story - PassBlue When the UN Fails Its Own: A Survivor's Story - PassBlue

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MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL Dead At 64 Former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell has died at the age of 64. His passing was announced earlier today (Saturday, March 14) in a social media post on the social media of his band PHIL CAMPBELL AN...

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UN experts warn against the irreversible ‘de-Palestinisation’ of Jerusalem GENEVA – Irreparable harm is being inflicted on Jerusalem, as violence engulfs the region, and genocide continues in Gaza and spills into the West Bank, UN experts* warned today.“Under the cover of an...

UN experts warn against the irreversible ‘de-Palestinisation’ of Jerusalem www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The Kyiv cat colony: A cautionary tale for the entire aid sector: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping. Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says More than 3,000 people have died in Iran's nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a "very slight rise" in internet activity was reported in the country after an eight-day blackout.

Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says reut.rs/3YJLu3f

NOFX Set Feature-Length Documentary Exploring 40 Years of Punk, Excess and Survival NOFX are opening the vault on four decades of chaos, excess and survival with a new feature-length documentary.

NOFX Set Feature-Length Documentary Exploring 40 Years of Punk, Excess and Survival

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the unauthorized entry into the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre The Secretary-General strongly condemns the Israeli authorities’ unlawful entry on 12 January 2026 into a United Nations property in occupied East Jerusalem, the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre, and the...

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Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw' A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...

Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'

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🔊 Iran's internet goes completely dark amid spreading protests over inflation and economic hardships, monitoring groups report. Listen on Reuters World reut.rs/3NAL6BG

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FULL LIST: 66 international organisations US withdrew from under Trump order The Trump administration announces the US withdraws from 66 international organizations deemed wasteful or harmful. View the complete list of groups affect

The full list of 66 international organisations US withdrew from under Trump order
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“Terror & Chaos”: Minneapolis Reeling After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good We speak with two people who responded to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday. Trump administration officials claim the age...

“Terror & Chaos”: Minneapolis Reeling After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good ttps://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/8/minneapolis_ice_shooting_renee_nicole_good

Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...

Wednesday’s shooting happened a day after the Department of Homeland Security announced that “the largest DHS operation ever is happening right now in Minnesota.” (via
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Video Shows ICE Agent’s Fatal Shooting of Civilian in Minneapolis Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents’ lives.

Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents' lives.

Jessica Plichta helped Grand Rapids Opponents of War inspire dozens of locals to march through snowy city streets. But in a bizarre turn of events, Plichta’s exercise of her First Amendment rights ended with authorities handcuffing her live on air. trib.al/HRGjJMn

US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demands

US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts