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A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping, and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation. Gunmen opened fire on the streets of Bassin Bleu around noon on Thursday, killing at least one high school teacher...

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 75 people in a drone strike that hit a mosque at a camp for displaced people near the western city of El-Fasher on Friday, first responders said. The RSF conducted their strike as they make gains in their push to capture Darfur's last army-held...

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has denounced Israel’s air strikes on three towns in the south of the country, as the latter again flouted its truce with Hezbollah. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday that the Israeli army carried out several strikes on the densely...

A special Colombian court sentenced 12 former military officers to between five and eight years of reparation work for their involvement in 135 “false positive” deaths – killing civilians and then falsely reporting them as rebel fighters – between the years 2002 and 2005. Thursday’s landmark ruling...

Dozens of Cambodian civilians were injured when Thailand’s military used tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes in a disputed area on the Thai-Cambodia border, the most significant violence since both countries halted cross-border fighting in July. Local media in Cambodia reported that 29 people...

Israeli forces have unleashed a new wave of attacks on Gaza, striking areas near some of the few hospitals still functioning, while their ground assault on Gaza City leaves a mounting civilian toll. At least 83 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on Thursday, medical officials told Al Jazeera...

Belarus has pardoned 25 prisoners as part of an ongoing drive to improve relations with the United States. President Alexander Lukashenko’s office announced the decision on Tuesday, less than a week after Minsk freed dozens of prisoners following an appeal by U.S. President Donald Trump to release...

In a new report, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, urged Israel and all countries to fulfil their obligations under international law “to end the genocide” and punish those responsible. “The Commission...

Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 20 people, including four children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday as he urged European leaders to make the continent safe by building an ambitious air defense umbrella. With the war...

Israel has confirmed it launched an attack against Yemen’s port of Hodeidah in its latest round of strikes against the country, which it says is targeting the Houthis. Dozens of Yemeni civilians have been killed in these ongoing Israeli strikes. The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV station said...