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Sudan's Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition said on Wednesday it was seeking to sign a framework agreement with the military as a first step to ending the political deadlock that has gripped the country since an October 2021 coup. The military takeover ended a partnership with the FFC...

A court in Iran has issued the first death sentence to a person arrested for taking part in the protests that have engulfed the country, state media say. At least 20 people are currently facing charges punishable by death, said the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group, citing official reports. Its...

The resolution approved at UN headquarters in New York asks that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) "urgently" weigh in on Israel's "prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory," which it said were violating the Palestinians' right to self-determination. Israel...

The European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo on Monday that they are on the edge of a precipice and must resolve their dispute over vehicle license plates before next week or face the prospect of a return to their violent past. Long-simmering tensions between Serbia and its former province mounted in...

The Taliban has ordered judges in Afghanistan to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, which include potential public executions, amputations, and flogging. This is a move experts fear will lead to a further deterioration of human rights in the impoverished country. After seizing power...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit Timor Leste as the group's 11th member, the bloc said in a statement on Friday, more than a decade after the country requested membership. The half-island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will also be granted...

Haitian women and children are increasingly being targeted for rapes, torture, kidnappings, and killings by the 200 armed groups that now control 60 percent of the capital. Their plight has been compounded by a lack of safe shelters or refuge. More than 96,000 people have been displaced by the gang...

Israel's Defense Minister has said Israel will not cooperate with any external investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the most prominent journalists reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the past two decades. The U.S. Federal Bureau of...

The UN Security Council has renewed the nearly 17,500-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission in the troubled Central African Republican for another year. The government controls the capital, but much of the country is controlled by armed groups. The CAR has faced deadly intercommunal fighting since 2013...

A United Nations independent commission of inquiry has begun public hearings on the alleged human rights violations in the Palestinian territories, with the first day focusing on Israel’s outlawing of several Palestinian rights organizations last year. The commission, established by the UN Human...