Law and Extreme Conditions – Current Media Reports
Israel-Palestine: War with Hamas and Hezbollah
251 Israelis were abducted by Hamas in October 7, 2023.
13 casualties are still in Gaza
See the Minerva Center related Publications on Iron Swords here
Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as mediators sign Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal. Lauren Kent Sana Noor Haq Helen Regan Chris Lau Kevin Liptak Ivana Kottasová Maureen Chowdhury, CNN, October 14, 2025
War and Terror
Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds. Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH. Geneva Abdul, The Guardian, 14 Oct 2025
Israeli strikes hit more than 100 targets in Iran including nuclear facilities. Julian Borger, Peter Beaumont and Deepa Parent, The Guardian, June 13, 2025
Socio-economic crises
War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup. Kelly Ng and Jonathan Head, BBC News in Singapore and Bangkok, Aug. 18, 2025
Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment, Explained. Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington, New York Times, Aug. 13, 2025
Man-made and Cyber Disasters
Two Russian oil tankers wrecked in Black Sea. Tom Bennett, BBC News, December 16, 2024
Cuba suffers nationwide blackout after main power plant fails. Will Grant, Maia Davies and Patrick Jackson, BBC News, October 19, 2024
Bulgaria’s surveillance laws breach European human rights convention-ECHR. Reuters, January 11, 2022
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Cyber – see more
Natural Disasters
From Act of God to Act of Law: Rethinking Natural Hazards Disaster through the ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion. Fia Hamid-Walker, EJIL:Talk!, Aug. 11, 2025
Texas flooding: President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Texas. FEMA, July 6, 2025 (see also: Death toll from Texas floods reaches 78. Sergio Flores, Rich McKay and Tim Reid, Reuters, July 7, 2025
Coronavirus
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency. Jennifer Rigby and Bhanvi Satija, Reuters, May 5, 2023