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Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony, after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his win by rival candidates. Prabowo, 72, a former general dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, won a landslide victory in February...

Two mayoral contenders have been found dead in a single day in Mexico, adding to the toll of slain candidates in what is shaping up to be the country’s most violent election on record. The deaths reported in different parts of the country on April 19 bring to 17 the number of candidates killed in...

Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report. The international rights group said the massacre appeared to be part of a widespread military campaign against civilians...

Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Nasser Medical Complex and al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and reports of mass graves found in and around the hospitals amid Israel’s war on Gaza. In a statement released on April 23, Turk called...

A controversial United Kingdom government bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has finally secured the approval of the upper house of parliament, which had demanded numerous amendments, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to start the first flights to Kigali within weeks. Sunak hopes the...

Voters at a handful polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on April 22 after violence disrupted the vote last week. Indian election authorities voided the results at 11 of Manipur state’s nearly 3,000 polling stations after armed men damaged election...

Haiti's capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea, and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the UN children's agency warned on April 22. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine...

The Malian Supreme Court should annul the ruling junta's order to suspend political activities, a group of Malian political parties and civil society organizations said in an appeal on April 22. The West African country has been under military rule since a coup in 2020. Tensions have risen in recent...

The UN Security Council is due to vote on April 18 on a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel and ally the United States is expected to block because it would effectively recognize a Palestinian state. The Palestinians are currently a non-member observer state, a...

A man-made famine is "tightening its grip" across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA warned on April 17 as he accused Israel of blocking aid deliveries and seeking to end UNRWA's activities in the enclave. "Today, an insidious campaign to end UNRWA's...