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The US military on March 2 carried out its first airdrop of aid into Gaza, after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for food underlined the growing humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave after months of Israeli military operations. Other countries including Jordan and France have...

Tens of thousands of Brazilians have rallied in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro amid a probe into allegations that he tried to orchestrate a coup following his election loss in 2022. Bolsonaro, who called the rally in Sao Paulo after being targeted by a police raid earlier this month...

Applauding Colombia’s firm commitment to the 2016 historic peace accords, Security Council members on February 22 took measure of the demands of building peace and ensuring transitional justice in that country as observed during their recent visit. The council visiting mission was in Colombia from...

U.S. President Joe Biden said on February 26 that he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza start by March 4 as the warring parties appeared to close in on a deal during negotiations in Qatar that also aim to broker the release of hostages. The presence of both sides for so...

The United States on February 23 unleashed its most extensive package of sanctions on Russia since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, targeting Russia’s financial sector and military-industrial complex in a broad effort to degrade the Kremlin’s war machine. The sweeping sanctions come as the war...

The United States has again vetoed a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Israel’s war on Gaza, prompting widespread criticism from rivals and allies alike. The move on February 20 was the third US veto of a UNSC resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, and came a day after Washington...

Venezuela has ordered the local office of the United Nations human rights body to suspend operations and given its staff 72 hours to leave, accusing it of promoting opposition to the South American country. The move came two days after the UN agency expressed “deep concern” over the detention of...

For decades, the Indigenous Yanomami have suffered at the hands of illegal gold miners, who destroyed vast stretches of their homeland and polluted their rivers with mercury. But since 2019, the crisis has reached new heights, with hundreds of Yanomami dying from conditions related to the mining...

The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters. The move comes after the U.S. signalled it would...

Ecuador's electoral court set April 21 for a referendum on measures to tighten security, fight organised crime, and reform the constitution, it said on February 14, amid worsening conflict between government forces and criminal gangs. The steps have been proposed by President Daniel Noboa, who...