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US House votes to halt Trump's Iran war.
The resolution cleared the chamber 215-208, but Senate arithmetic and a near-certain veto leave lawmakers unable to force the president to stop the fighting.
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Russia attacks Ukraine in latest war crime spree, killing at least 12 civilians.
73 missiles and 656 drones hit Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv overnight. A residential building collapsed in the capital after a Russian double-tap. The tactics mirror Israel in Gaza.
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Israel's 'scorched-earth' invasion in Lebanon triggers war crime warnings, sabotages US-Iran negotiations.
An ICC-wanted Netanyahu pushes deeper into Lebanon. The UN rights office says the strikes may be serious violations of international humanitarian law, the toll has passed 3,400, and analysts say the campaign is sabotaging the Iran-US negotiations.
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Israel and Russia added to UN rape and sexual violence blacklist for the first time
The annual report verified cases against Palestinian detainees and Ukrainian prisoners of war, placing both countries' armed forces alongside Hamas and ISIS.
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Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine established, the first of its kind since Nuremberg
Thirty-six states and the EU signed the founding agreement that gives the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine its governing body. It was the last document the tribunal needed before it can open.
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Sudan Is Now the World's Hungriest Country
Sudan now has more active famine zones than any country on Earth. Nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity as conflict blocks aid and destroys livelihoods across Kordofan and Darfur.
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Foreign-supplied drones account for 80% of Sudan's civilian war dead in 2026
Drones killed more than 880 civilians in Sudan in four months. The governments and companies supplying them, Baykar, CASC, Qods Aviation, Africa Corps, are named. The arms embargo is being violated in plain sight.
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Russia fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine in one of the war's largest attacks
Sunday's barrage killed at least four people and wounded more than 80. It also destroyed a national museum that had reopened three weeks ago. It is the second mass assault on the capital in under two weeks.
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The EU and Mexico new trade deal is a challenge to US and Chinese dominance in America.
The Modernised Global Agreement, signed in Mexico City on 22 May at the first EU-Mexico summit in 11 years, expands bilateral commerce projected at $94.5 billion. It is also a coordinated geopolitical statement about what the rules-based international order looks like without US participation.
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Freed flotilla human rights defenders report rape, abuse, broken bones after Israeli detention. US backs Israel, sanctions flotilla organisers.
"Freed flotilla human rights defenders report rape and broken bones in Israeli custody. Rome prosecutors investigating. Eleven countries summoned Israeli ambassadors. US sanctioned the flotilla's organisers.
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Europe to the world: ‘Canada is with us’ as it joins defence alliance in historic first
The European Parliament has formally consented to Canada's participation in the EU's €150-billion Security Action for Europe programme. The agreement is now fully binding, making Canada the only non-European country with preferential access to SAFE procurement.
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Israel seizes 430 human rights defenders in international waters as Gaza flotilla makes third attempt
The Global Sumud Flotilla set out from Turkey on 14 May with 54 boats and nearly 500 people from 45 countries. 430 are now in Ketziot prison.
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From Madrid to Seoul, the World Has Turned on Israel. What's Changed, and What Hasn't.
Italy, Spain, Canada, Germany, France and South Korea have all publicly turned on Israel in the past two months. The arms keep flowing, the settlements keep expanding, and 72,549 Palestinians are dead.
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Israel and Lebanon agreed a ten-day ceasefire on 16 April. Hezbollah wasn't there, and by day two a French peacekeeper was dead.
Israel and Lebanon agreed a 10-day ceasefire on 16 April — the first direct agreement since 1983 — with Israeli troops remaining in Lebanon and Hezbollah warning it retains the right to resist.
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US Breaks Ceasefire, Seize Iranian Cargo Ship Touska, Tehran Cancels Round Two of Talks.
US Marines break ceasefire by boarding the Iranian-flagged Touska on 19 April after the USS Spruance disabled it. Iran called it piracy and cancelled a second round of Islamabad talks. Brent crude rose above $97.