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Human rights group alleges widespread abuse in Syrian detention centers holding suspected ISIS members

Amnesty International, a human rights group, has reported widespread abuse in Syrian detention facilities holding suspected Islamic State members and their relatives.The human rights group interviewed 126 people accused of Islamic State affiliation currently or formerly detained.The facilities are run by local authorities affiliated with the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic…

Caribbean ambassador proposes establishment of assembly to seek reparations for transatlantic slavery

David Comissiong, a high-level Caribbean ambassador, has voiced the need to establish an international special tribunal for seeking reparations related to transatlantic slavery.There is growing support among African and Caribbean nations for creating such a tribunal to address atrocities dating back to transatlantic slavery.Representatives from other nations, including Guyana and…

Full UN membership won’t help Palestinians with statehood, US ambassador says

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has voiced concerns about a U.N. resolution.The resolution supports full membership of the Palestinian Authority.Thomas-Greenfield said the proposal wouldn’t necessarily contribute to a two-state solution.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday she did not see a U.N. resolution…

8 family members dead after makeshift boat sinks in Mozambique

At least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday.Monday’s sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala province came days after nearly 100 people, many of them children, died in one of the country’s worst shipwrecks.DEATH…