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Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia's president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. Serbian...
A Russian missile hit a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing two people and wounding 30 in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called a crime against humanity. Video footage showed a devastated building with smoke pouring out of it and rescue workers looking on...
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, that includes the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African...
The Peruvian government was more likely to use lethal violence in marginalized areas of the country as part of its crackdown on recent anti-government protests, a report by rights group Amnesty International has found. Thursday’s report, “Lethal racism,” alleges the government’s actions may...
Years of violent attacks and restrictions by the Israeli army and settlers have forced the roughly 200 residents of Ein Samiya village out of their homes in what rights groups call a “war crime”. Among the villagers are 78 children whose school was singled out for demolition by Israeli authorities...
Ukraine secured the release of 106 captured soldiers in a prisoner exchange with Russia on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said. The soldiers, including eight officers, were captured fighting in the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut that Russia says it has captured, but...
Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema has been arrested in South Africa, the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda said on Thursday. He was arrested on Wednesday after being on the run since 2001. Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000...
A UK-based rights group on Thursday launched an interactive map documenting rampant human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. The documented violations—committed by both the Taliban and militant groups such as the Islamic...
The European Union on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities for their role in the violent crackdown on popular protests. The new package of sanctions targets five Iranians and two entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, according to the European...
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who in March prepared a warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges, Russian media reported on Friday. The British prosecutor, Karim Khan, was added to the Interior Ministry's wanted list, state...