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A young man faces imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for attending protests and funerals when he was aged 15 to 17, say human rights groups, in the latest example of the kingdom’s surging use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes. Youssef al-Manasif was arrested in 2017 and accused of crimes...

A month before the tenth anniversary of the signing of Colombia’s 2016 Peace Agreement, the UN Security Council reviewed its implementation under the new Administration of President Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella, who assumed office on 7 August, amid hopes that the gains achieved over the past...

A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit—it is the spirit of colonialism and oppression roaring back to life. It is a pivotal scene in Sky’s supernatural series Possession and symbolizes a wider shift in Jamaica’s film industry, where directors are increasingly using the...

Syrian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the mass killing of civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas in 2013, according to state media. Intelligence officials apprehended Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, “while he was attempting to flee across the border,” state...

At least six explosions struck Thursday near the presidential palace used by Yemen's internationally recognized government forces and the Saudi-led coalition that supports them in the port city of Aden, witnesses said. Five people were killed and 16 wounded, reported Yemen's health minister, with...

Colombia’s transitional justice system, established to address crimes committed during the country’s decades-long civil conflict, has indicted several former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), formerly the country’s largest rebel group. A group of 10 ex-rebels were charged...

A United States federal court in Boston has begun hearing the case of a Rwandan-American accused of covering up his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Prosecutors say Eric Nshimiye, a 55-year-old father of four and a U.S. citizen, took part in a nationwide outbreak of genocidal violence against...

Bolivia’s attorney general has announced an investigation into leftist former president Evo Morales, alleging his involvement in the murder and torture of European citizens in 2009. Seventeen years ago, police raided a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz, shooting dead Eduardo Rózsa Flores, a Bolivian...

Senegal has launched a harsh crackdown on LGBTQ+ people that includes arrests and violations of their rights, and has caused increasing fear and stigma in the gay community, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday. The government’s punitive actions following passage of a law increasing punishment...

Two men have been killed in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district while taking part in an annual olive harvest, according to Lebanese state media and local authorities, as attacks by Israel continue. One of the men died Sunday in the village of Froun from a munition left behind by recent fighting...