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A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia. Lieutenant General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi, who presided over the military tribunal, said on Tuesday that Kabila was convicted of various crimes, including treason...

Gunfire erupted during a peace rally in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding over two dozen others, police and government officials said. Local police officer Mohammad Afzal said the shooting happened as hundreds of people marched along a main road in...

Israel has been pounding Gaza’s largest medical complex, levelling whole blocks and sending terrified patients scrambling for safety as its army continued a ground operation to seize Gaza City. Doctors inside al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday described “horrific scenes” as many were forced to flee despite...

Israel’s military has killed dozens more Palestinians across Gaza in its latest attacks, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “finish the job” against Hamas during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Medical sources told Al Jazeera that 60 people were killed...

Human rights activists have voiced outrage after Rio de Janeiro’s parliament approved plans to pay police officers a “wild west bonus” for “neutralizing criminals” during operations. The move is a throwback to the mid-1990s when Rio’s then governor, Marcello Alencar, introduced similar legislation...

At least 12 Palestinians, among them seven women and two children, have been killed in a strike on a stadium sheltering displaced families in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, as Israel pressed ahead with its relentless attacks despite calls for a ceasefire from world leaders at the United Nations...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, three nations in West Africa run by military governments after coups in recent years, have announced their exit from the International Criminal Court, referring to it as “neocolonial repression” and accusing the judicial body of selective justice. In a joint statement...

At least 24 people, including children, have been killed in explosions in a remote area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, triggering calls for an investigation into the incident. A local police official said bomb-making material allegedly stored at a compound run by Pakistan...

A deadly drone attack in an impoverished area of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, which killed at least 11 people, including eight children, is being blamed on the government, as the country’s use of the UAVs in its war on gangs comes under increasing scrutiny. The incident happened on Saturday...

The crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte allege his involvement in the killings of at least 76 people while he was president and earlier a southern mayor, the International Criminal Court has revealed. The redacted charges were made public Monday after...