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The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummeled with...

Libyans from rival regions and all walks of life are fed up with the country’s divisions and want political players to end their years-long impasse and agree to hold national elections, a key step to peace in the oil-rich north African country, the U.N. deputy representative said Wednesday...

Police allegedly fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, as thousands of people demonstrated against proposed tax hikes in the East African nation. At least five people were shot dead during Tuesday's clashes between police and protesters in Nairobi...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday against Iyad Ag Ghaly, the alleged leader of the Ansar Dine Islamist group which took over Timbuktu in northern Mali in 2012. Ghaly, also known as Abou Fadl, is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russia's former defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the chief of general staff, Valery Gerasimov. The ICC judges said the two men were suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Ukraine...

The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia guilty of systematic violations of human rights in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean Peninsula. The verdict on Tuesday in the first interstate case brought by Ukraine against Russia over Crimea said that the rights breaches starting in February 2014, when...

Led by a top general vowing to “restore democracy,” armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in what the president called a coup attempt, then quickly retreated — the latest crisis in the South American country facing a political battle and an economic crisis...

Somalia's government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with neighboring countries fretting that resurgent al Shabaab militants could seize power. The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS...

A court in Peru has sentenced 10 retired soldiers for raping nine teenage girls and women during the country's armed conflict decades ago. The court said the systematic rapes constituted a crime against humanity. The soldiers were sentenced to between six and 12 years in jail. While rights groups...

Making a statement at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Core Group on Sri Lanka called on the government to "address the suffering caused by enforced disappearances" following a report by the UN High Commissioner. In their statement to the UN, the Core Group, made up of Canada...