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Around 380 people were killed in tribal clashes in Sudan between January and August, most of them in the conflict-wrecked Darfur region, the UN said Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said more than 430 people were injured during the same period, which has...

Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled that William Ruto was properly elected president, dismissing all eight petitions seeking to annul the result of the August 9 election. The ruling ends a protracted election dispute that started after polls closed last month, leading to widespread uncertainty across...

China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office said in a long-awaited report Wednesday, which cited “serious” rights violations and patterns of torture in recent...

The Israeli military said Thursday it has filed terror charges against a senior member of the Islamic Jihad militant group whose arrest in the occupied West Bank helped spark three days of heavy fighting in Gaza earlier this month. Islamic Jihad had demanded the release of Bassam al-Saadi and...

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees on Thursday marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, while the United States, European Union, and other Western nations pledged to continue supporting the refugees’ pursuit of justice in international courts. Bangladesh is...

Journalists warn the new administration of Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is set to take the same hard line against media critics as his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, after attacks on press freedom grew during the transition of presidential power. In June, more than two dozen...

Supporters of the Iraqi Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr have rallied in front of the country’s Supreme Judicial Council, expanding a sit-in that initially began in front of the parliament building, and escalating their calls for parliament to be dissolved. In response, the Supreme Judicial...

Delayed talks on Chad’s future that the ruling military says are a “decisive moment” opened despite some opposition groups boycotting the gathering. More than 1,400 delegates from the military, civil society, opposition parties, trade unions, and rebel groups gathered on Saturday in the capital, N...

For the seven Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations forcibly shut by Israeli raids on Thursday, the reasons are quite clear. According to Mazen Rantisi, head of the board of directors of the Health Work Committees, which runs hospitals and clinics, and was among the groups raided...

A huge explosion has ripped through a crowded mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing 21 people, police say. Another 33 people were injured, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran added. Wednesday's blast occurred during evening prayers. The mosque's imam Amir Muhammad Kabuli is reported to be...