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Provisional results from Nigeria's disputed presidential election showed Bola Tinubu from the ruling party closing in on victory, a Reuters tally of votes in 33 of the country's 36 states and the federal capital Abuja showed. With only 4 states left to declare, Tinubu was ahead with about 34% or 7.6...

Protests rocked Iran again overnight Thursday after seeming to have dwindled in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday. The protests that have swept across Iran began last September after the death in custody of...

The Guardian has spoken to 11 protesters, women and men, who claim that they were subjected to rape, sexual violence, beatings and torture while being detained by security forces. Some say they were assaulted in a police van or on the streets; others while in custody in police stations or prisons...

The United Nations General Assembly has again condemned Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, calling for Moscow’s immediate withdrawal and an end to the fighting. A year since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, which he has called a “special military operation,” 141 countries backed the...

Mexican lawmakers have approved a reform of the body which oversees elections, a move which critics say will weaken and undermine it. The move will slash the National Electoral Institute’s (INE) budget, reduce its staffing, and lead to the closure of many of its local offices. President López...

Female journalists in Iran have been targeted by security forces since anti-government protests began in September, activist groups say. "We're seeing an unusual number of female journalists being arrested because what sparked the protests was the mandatory hijab law and the death of a young woman...

Security agencies and government officials in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been using social media platforms and mobile dating apps to crack down on LGBTQ people, a rights group said Tuesday. A new Human Rights Watch report, “‘All This Terror Because of a Photo’...

President Kais Saied has alleged that undocumented immigration from sub-Saharan African countries is aimed at changing Tunisia’s demographic composition, drawing criticism from human rights activists. His comments during a meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday followed the arrests of...

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska gave a video tour of human rights violations in the country following Russia’s invasion almost a year ago, telling a UN meeting Wednesday: “We have the right to live free, not to be killed or tortured.” At a meeting on “Gross Human Rights Violations Due To The...

The highest court of the United Nations has ordered Azerbaijan to remove a roadblock from the only road between Armenia and the Armenian-majority Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan that has further fueled tensions between the two countries. The legally binding 13-2 ruling made on Wednesday by the...