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Niger’s military rulers have approved a general mobilization and authorized the requisition of people and goods as they intensify the fight against armed groups across the country, according to a government statement. The decision followed a cabinet meeting on Friday and marks a major escalation by...

Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ⁠ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that has killed more than 100 people and displaced more than half a million civilians in both countries. “Both sides agree to an immediate ceasefire after the time of signature of...

Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the North African country a crime, approving a law that calls for restitution of property taken by France during its 130-year rule, among other demands seeking to redress historical wrongs. France slammed the law as a “hostile act”...

A new wave of overnight strikes and front-line hostilities in Ukraine have caused further civilian casualties and damage to critical energy infrastructure, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Tuesday. Several civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured, including...

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed to stop fighting in the northern city of Aleppo, after a wave of attacks left at least two civilians dead and several injured. On Monday, Syria’s state news agency cited the Ministry of Defense as saying the army...

Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi group have reached an agreement to free detainees, according to the United Nations, with officials from both sides putting the number at thousands. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN envoy on Yemen Hans Grundberg said the prisoner swap deal...

A protest erupted in India’s capital Tuesday in response to the death of a Hindu man who was lynched and burned by an angry mob in neighboring Bangladesh, a new sign of strain in relations between the neighboring countries. The protest in New Delhi, mainly led by Hindu nationalist organization...

New fighting has broken out along the Thailand-Cambodia border as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations met in Malaysia to find a resolution to the deadly conflict between the two neighbors. The clashes early on Monday threatened to undermine diplomatic efforts by the Association of...

A court in Ecuador handed lengthy prison sentences Monday to a group of eleven soldiers who were responsible for the abduction and torture of four children last year—a case that has rattled the South American nation and raised questions about President Daniel Noboa’s efforts to militarize some...

Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground reports. The Israeli military operation on Saturday took place in the villages of Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf in the southern part of the...