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Kenya’s president broke his silence on recent anti-government protests that left dozens dead, urging police to “break the legs” of those who stole and burned property during the demonstrations. President William Ruto said “enough is enough” and that he would not allow “anarchy” in the country...

A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk-yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on December 3. Yoon had appeared in a Seoul court on Wednesday for a seven-hour hearing to review the arrest warrant requested by prosecutors, and was then taken to a detention...

The International Ccriminal Ccourt (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution of women and girls. In a statement, the ICC said there were “reasonable grounds to believe” the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah...

Flowers tucked on its side, a blue truck carried coffins with the remains of seven newly identified victims of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica on their final journey through Bosnia to be buried on the 30th anniversary of Europe's only acknowledged post-World War II genocide. Dozens of people in the...

Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments against Russia in four cases brought by Kyiv and the Netherlands, accusing Moscow of atrocities in Ukraine dating back more than a decade. Judges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was responsible for widespread...

A decade on from China’s biggest crackdown on human rights lawyers in modern history, lawyers and activists say that the Chinese Communist party’s control over the legal profession has tightened, making rights defense work next to impossible. Hundreds of human rights lawyers have been targeted since...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned a Russian drone and missile attack against Ukraine this week that has been described as the largest such assault in the three-year war. Ukrainian officials said Moscow fired more than 500 drones and 11 missiles at the capital Kyiv...

The alleged mastermind behind the shooting of a conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate was taken into custody almost a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities said. Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias “Chipi” or “Costeño,” was arrested in a neighborhood in the...

Mali’s military authorities have granted coup leader Assimi Goita a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without requiring an election. The country’s transitional parliament approved the move, clearing the way for Goita to lead Mali until at least 2030. The bill...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has cautiously welcomed a United States-brokered peace deal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while suggesting Kigali will retaliate if provoked. Speaking at a news conference in Kigali on Friday, Kagame said Rwanda remained committed to the agreement but...