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World leaders and dozens of Holocaust survivors gathered Monday at the former site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops at the end of World War II. The ceremony is regarded as the likely last major observance of...

According to Ukrainian officials, Russian military drones are swarming the skies over the front-line city of Kherson, carrying out deadly attacks that appear to target civilians. "Since the first day of this year alone, the enemy has attacked the region [with drones] about 650 times," Oleksandr...

A Libyan general wanted for alleged war crimes and violence against inmates at a prison near Tripoli has been arrested in the northern Italian city of Turin – and then released after an apparent mistake by prosecutors. Osama Najim, Libyan general also known as Almasri, was detained on an...

Ukraine’s Presidential Office announced that the International Register of Damage for Ukraine has begun accepting applications for compensation from families who lost close relatives due to Russia's full-scale invasion. According to the register’s website, the application process for this category...

Giorgi Gakharia, a former prime minister of Georgia who now leads one of the country's main opposition groups, was hospitalized after being severely beaten, a spokeswoman for his party told Reuters. The source stated that Gakharia had sustained injuries on his face and head during an assault by...

On January 15, hundreds of Georgian companies suspended work in an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike. Protest banners appeared throughout Tbilisi early in the morning calling for public participation in an action aimed at demonstrating the potential consequences of Georgia’s international...

Co-founder of France’s main postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie died on Tuesday at the age of 96. Le Pen, co-founder of the National Front (FN), sowed division throughout the country even after his death as the government slammed nationwide celebrations of his passing. Interior Minister Bruno...

Israel says it will close its embassy in Ireland, citing Dublin’s recognition of a Palestinian state and support for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its actions in Gaza. “The decision to close Israel’s embassy in Dublin was made in light of...

A court in France has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of downplaying the Rwandan genocide. The 60-year-old writer was fined €8,400 ($8,900; £7,000) and Damien Serieyx, his publishing director from Éditions du Toucan, was ordered to pay €5,000. They are also required to pay €11...

Judges of a European Union-backed court on Thursday ordered the arrest of Kosovo’s three other war veterans on alleged offenses against the administration of justice. A statement from the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, based in The Hague, Netherlands confirmed ongoing operations in Kosovo...