Case challenges permits approved by South Africa’s arms control body, citing compliance failures and oversight gaps.
Israel says it rejects allegations in a new report by the office of the UN secretary general.
European Union says sanctioned individuals and groups have violated the rights of Palestinians.
Trump administration has sought to pressure international officials who scrutinise reported abuses by Israeli forces.
A US congressional commission is pressing President Donald Trump to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over detained Americans when the leaders meet this week, warning that silence would leave Beijing free to “use human beings as bargaining chips”. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), in a letter to Trump dated May 7, aired concerns over the growing threat arising from the Communist Party’s use of “hostage diplomacy, coercive exit bans and transnational repression”...