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Cambodia’s government has approved a draft law that will jail for up to five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, committed by the Khmer Rouge. The draft law—which aims to prevent a repeat of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes and provide justice for victims—was approved during a cabinet...

Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has issued a decree giving himself emergency powers to restore order in the rural Catatumbo region. The decree provides the president with up to 270 days to impose curfews, restrict traffic and take other steps that would normally violate Colombians’ civil rights...

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...

Against the backdrop of the temporary ceasefire in Gaza, UN Secretary General António Guterres addressed the UN Security Council’s first quarterly debate on the Middle East for the year. The council debate also focused on the end of hostilities in Lebanon sparked by the war and the fall of the Assad...

South Sudan’s police imposed a nationwide curfew from 16:00 GMT on Friday after a night of deadly rioting in the capital over the alleged killing of South Sudanese people by the army and allied groups in neighboring Sudan. In a broadcast on state television, police chief Abraham Peter Manyuat said...

The administration of outgoing United States President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. In a statement on Thursday, January 16, the U.S. Treasury Department stated the SAF has committed lethal attacks on both civilians and...

UN Secretary-General welcomed the announcement of a deal to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza following 15 months of war. Mr. Guterres noted that, from the outset of the violence, he has called for an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The...

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...

Special Envoy Hans Grundberg highlighted the alarming trend of escalation provoked by Yemen’s Houthi forces who began attacking international shipping in the Red Sea last year in support of Hamas operations in Gaza. The Yemen attacks provoked retaliatory strikes by multiple states, including the...