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The UN human rights office has urged a “prompt and impartial” investigation into Israeli strikes in Lebanon, warning of possible violations of international humanitarian law nearly a year after a ceasefire was signed. Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

An attack on a village in western Democratic Republic of Congo left 14 people dead, a military official said Monday, as violence over land ownership between rival communities has intensified. The attack took place during the early hours of Sunday in the village of Nkana, around 75 kilometers...

An ally of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik was leading the presidential election in the Serb-run half of Bosnia, according to near-complete preliminary results on Monday, as the opposition claimed a major vote fraud. The snap vote on Sunday in Republika Srpska was held after Dodik was...

Two suicide bombers and a gunman attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing three officers and wounding 11 others, police and rescue officials said. The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering...

Tunisians took to the streets of downtown Tunis on Saturday to protest what they described as President Kais Saied ’s increasingly authoritarian rule and demand the release of all jailed political prisoners. The rally, held under the banner “Against Injustice,” brought together families of political...

Seven bodyguards have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the murder of a popular Mexican mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, authorities have said. The office of the attorney general of Michoacán state said in a brief statement that the public servants had been detained "for their probable...

An Islamic State-backed rebel group killed 89 people during attacks on multiple villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country said Friday. In the village of Byambwe, around 60 kilometers west of the town of Lubero, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)...

Police in Mexico have arrested a man they accuse of being the mastermind behind the murder of a popular mayor. Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, was shot dead on 1 November at a public event marking the Day of the Dead. Manzo was an outspoken critic of cartel violence in his home state of...

A Nigerian court has sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on seven charges related to “terrorism” in a years-long trial. In his ruling on Thursday, Nigerian Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors proved that Kanu’s broadcasts and orders to his now-banned...

At least 28 Palestinians have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, medical sources tell Al Jazeera, in one of the largest breaches of the United States-brokered ceasefire that came into effect last month. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday at least 77...