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Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made the request in a letter addressed to Russia’s ambassador to the UN and council...

Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation and quickly replaced her with 38-year-old lawyer José Jerí, the legislative body’s leader. Lawmakers had set up a debate and impeachment trial late...

Israel’s government has ratified a Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. The vote early on Friday paves the way for a suspension of hostilities in Gaza within 24 hours, and the release of 48 Israeli captives held in Gaza, including 20 believed to be...

At least 1,000 anti-government protesters have marched in Madagascar’s capital to demand that the president resign, as police used tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds. The demonstration on Thursday comes in the third week of the most significant unrest to hit the...

At least 12 people have been killed and 17 were wounded when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur state, medical sources said. The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Wednesday that the RSF “directly bombed” the facility. It alleged the...

Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance group, villagers, and media reports. The Monday night attack was carried out by a motorized paraglider, and...

Pakistani security forces raided a hideout of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, triggering a fierce gunbattle that left 11 soldiers and 19 militants dead, the military said. The operation took place in Orakzai district in the restive northwestern province of Khyber...

Syria’s government has declared a ceasefire between its security forces and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo, after at least one person was killed and four people were injured in overnight violence. Murhaf Abu Qasra, Syria’s minister of defense, announced the ceasefire on Tuesday...

An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan’s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters and abducted children to participate in a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into civil war. Tuesday’s statement in the capital, Juba, said South Sudan’s military...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece along with 160 other campaigners from the Global Sumud Flotilla, having been deported by Israel. Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on X on Monday that it had expelled a total of 171 activists from the flotilla’s ships, which were intercepted...