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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday attended a public demonstration in Sao Paulo to protest against his ongoing Supreme Court trial in the South American country. About two thousand people gathered on Paulista Avenue, one of the city’s main locations, in a demonstration that...

Two East African activists say they plan to sue Tanzania’s government for illegal detention and torture during a visit in support of an opposition politician in May. Boniface Mwangi, from Kenya, and Agather Atuhaire, a Ugandan, sent shock waves around the region earlier this month when they gave an...

An Israeli strike on Tehran's Evin prison during this month's 12-day war killed at least 71 people, Iran's judiciary said Sunday, days after a ceasefire ended hostilities between the two arch-foes. The strike on Monday destroyed part of the administrative building at Evin, a large, heavily fortified...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally approved plans to set up a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The special tribunal will be created through an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe, the continent’s top...

Artists in Serbia have criticized the appointment of a nationalist ex-paramilitary chief as the head of the National Theatre board, as the authorities crack down on the culture sector days before an expected new wave of anti-government protests. Dragoslav Bokan, who was announced as the new...

At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in Kenya as a nationwide demonstration to honor those killed during last year’s anti-government protests turned chaotic, with police clashing with protesters in different parts of the country. Amnesty International Kenya’s executive director...

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island, which has a heavy American troop presence. In sentencing, Judge Kazuhiko Obata said...

At Brazil’s Supreme Court, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid testified against his onetime ally, former Defense Minister Gen. Walter Braga Netto. Cid testified that Braga Netto took part in a meeting in November 2022 during which military officials discussed plans to stop current President Luiz Inácio Lula da...

At least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent days, Human Rights Watch said, warning of a rise in abductions in the country’s troubled Cabo Delgado province. The children are reportedly being used by an Islamic State–linked group known locally as...

A United Nations peacekeeper was killed during an attack by armed men in Central African Republic, the UN said as the Security Council expressed concerns over growing attacks against peacekeepers in the country. A Zambian peacekeeper was killed when suspected Sudanese armed groups attacked a U.N...