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Seven civilians were killed and 20 others were injured on Sunday when the military of President Bashar al-Assad bombed the city of Idlib and towns in the countryside near Aleppo. Syria Civil Defense—a volunteer group that offers medical services—as well as rescue and relief assistance to communities...

Russian authorities have put on hold two hearings for jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. A United Nations rights expert earlier expressed concern about the dissident's "enforced disappearance." Russian court filings showed that two court hearings for opposition politician Alexei Navalny...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's democracy has been backsliding ahead of elections this month, according to rights defenders, as prominent journalists languish in prison and the murder of an opposition politician remains unsolved. President Felix Tshisekedi came to power in 2019 after a campaign...

Suriname’s former dictator will face a final verdict this month in the years-long judicial process over the 1982 killings of 15 political opponents that deeply scarred the South American country. Desi Bouterse and two dozen others were accused of rounding up well-known people including lawyers...

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The vote—which comes days after the United States vetoed a resolution in the Security Council to the same effect—also shows...

Russia's second missile assault on Kyiv this week injured at least 53 people, damaging homes and a children's hospital, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded for more help for his country. Ukraine's air defense systems downed all 10 ballistic missiles that...

Tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top UN official in the DRC warned the Security Council on Monday. Special Representative Bintou Keita’s warning came shortly before the...

Colombia's Central General Command (EMC) rebel group has announced it will stop kidnapping people for ransom. The EMC is the largest offshoot of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and is made up of rebels who refused to lay down their arms when the FARC signed a peace deal in 2016...

Two Israeli strikes that killed a Reuters videographer and wounded six other journalists in south Lebanon nearly two months ago were apparently deliberate and a direct attack on civilians, two international human rights groups said Thursday. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said that the...

The UN human rights chief urged countries on Monday to work together to defeat threats such as war and pollution at an event to mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that risks being overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ministers, diplomats, and activists attended the...