South Korea: Census to Count Same-Sex Couples
(Seoul) – South Korea’s Ministry of Data and Statistics updated the 2025 Population and Housing Census on October 22, 2025, to allow same-sex couples to be counted, Human Rights Watch said today.
Full article at source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Tens of Millions at Risk of Hunger if US Food Assistance Lapses
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.
Full article at source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Convicted in Mali for Expressing ‘Unwavering Solidarity’
On Monday, Mali’s national cybercrime court convicted former Prime Minister Moussa Mara for posting a message online expressing solidarity with political prisoners in the country.
Full article at source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City
(Nairobi) – Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, Human Rights Watch said today.
Full article at source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping
Four teams from different countries have been recognised for their breakthrough work in using artificial intelligence to detect earthquake damage from space, marking the conclusion of a global competition organised by the European Space Agency in collaboration with the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ – commonly referred to as ‘the Charter’.
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Are European Football Clubs Sportswashing Libyan Abuses?
On the evening of October 10, two European football giants played a friendly match amid much fanfare in the newly renovated Benghazi International Stadium, to the spectators’ delight.
Full article at source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
WHO condemns killings of patients and civilians amid escalating violence in El Fasher, Sudan
The World Health Organization (WHO) condemns the reported killing of more than 460 patients and their companions, as well as the abduction of six health workers, on 28 October from the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher.
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
US: Parental Notice for Abortion Causes Harm
- State laws requiring healthcare providers to notify a parent about a young person’s abortion decision cause harmful delays and can block access to health care.
Full article at source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
ESA’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat Henon takes shape
The European Space Agency’s upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, communicate with Earth and manoeuvre to its final destination without relying on a bigger spacecraft.
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
The UAE Space Agency, headed by His Excellency Ibrahim Al Qassim, Deputy Director-General, met with representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to…
The original article is published in Arabic.
Full article at source: UAE Space Agency
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