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The Organization of American States said Wednesday that it will continue closely monitoring Nicaragua’s democracy and human rights record even after the country’s imminent exit from the regional body later this month. OAS members made clear that Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s withdrawal from...

The offspring of military officials convicted of crimes against humanity and genocide during Argentina’s dictatorship have urged voters not to back the far-right candidate Javier Milei in the imminent election, warning that the country’s very democracy is in danger. In an open letter published ahead...

The territorial dispute between Ethiopia's northern Amhara and Tigray regions will be settled through a referendum, the government says. The row has threatened to disrupt the fragile peace following the end of the civil war in Tigray a year ago. Tigray controlled the fertile lands before Amhara...

The Federal Court has approved a $23 billion settlement agreement—the largest in Canadian history—for First Nations children and families who experienced racial discrimination through Ottawa's chronic underfunding of the on-reserve foster care system and other family services. The settlement...

The Biden administration on Wednesday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector in response to a deal reached between the government and opposition parties for the 2024 election—the most extensive rollback of Trump-era restrictions on Caracas. A new general license issued by the U.S...

Indigenous Australians have called for a “week of silence” and mourning after a referendum on giving them more political representation was rejected by the country’s white majority. With more than 70 percent of ballots counted on Sunday, about 61 percent of Australians said “no” when asked if the...

Congo’s president—President Felix Tshisekedi—said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east and lift some restrictions imposed more than two years ago. He implemented the state of siege in 2021, allowing military and police to take control from civilian...

Armenia urged the United Nations top court on Thursday to impose new interim orders on Azerbaijan to prevent what the leader of Armenia's legal team called the “ethnic cleansing” of the Nagorno-Karabakh region from becoming irreversible. Armenia asked judges at the International Court of Justice for...

Human rights groups on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate suspected arms sales by state-owned companies to Myanmar, where Indonesia has been trying to promote reconciliation since a 2021 military coup triggered widespread conflict. Groups filed a complaint with Indonesia's national human rights...

Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three decades, where more than half the population has fled since Azerbaijan launched a lightning offensive last week. In a statement, they said their self-declared Republic of...