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The United Nations Security Council president has referred the Palestinian Authority’s (PA’s) application for Palestine to become a full member of the world body to its membership committee. The 15-member committee is expected to make a decision about Palestine’s status this month, said Vanessa...

Rwandans are marking 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by armed Hutu tore apart their country, as neighbors turned on each other in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century. President Paul Kagame led the commemoration on April 7 by placing wreaths on the mass graves in the capital...

More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the UK Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three UK aid workers in an Israeli strike. Britain is just one of a number of...

Ukrainians can begin filing claims for damages they have suffered in Russia's invasion at a newly established register based in The Hague, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on April 2. Within hours of opening the register, more than 100 claims were filed, Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke...

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Romania were among the international signatories to a political declaration on restoring justice for Ukraine on April 2, which urges Russia to “immediately cease its war of aggression.” The...

An Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, leading the charity to suspend delivery on April 2 of vital food aid to Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. Ships still laden with some 240 tons of aid...

Russian troops quickly occupied Bucha after invading Ukraine two years ago and stayed for about a month. When Ukrainian troops retook the town, they found what became known as the epicenter of the war’s atrocities. Dozens of bodies of men, women, and children lay on the streets, in yards and homes...

Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on March 27, pledging to restore “public and democratic order” in Haiti. The statement, although signed by eight members of what is supposed to be a nine...

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on March 25 demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the release of all hostages after the United States abstained from the vote. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, which was...

The United Nations chief has expressed “alarm” at reports that the Myanmar military is bombing civilian areas. Antonio Guterres called for calm late on March 25 following reports that continuing air attacks on villages in the restive country’s Rakhine state have killed dozens. Clashes have rocked...