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The UN Security Council is due to vote on April 18 on a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel and ally the United States is expected to block because it would effectively recognize a Palestinian state. The Palestinians are currently a non-member observer state, a...

A man-made famine is "tightening its grip" across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA warned on April 17 as he accused Israel of blocking aid deliveries and seeking to end UNRWA's activities in the enclave. "Today, an insidious campaign to end UNRWA's...

Some 20,000 protesters rallied in Georgia on April 17 after lawmakers advanced a controversial "foreign influence" law that opponents say will undermine Tbilisi's long standing European aspirations. In a vote boycotted by opposition deputies, 83 lawmakers from the ruling Georgian Dream party passed...

In a case brought by Yerevan against its Caucus neighbor and rival over alleged discrimination and ethnic cleansing, lawyers for Armenia on April 16 told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Baku is “erasing all traces of ethnic Armenians’ presence” in the contested territory. The two...

The United States is reimposing sanctions on Venezuela’s vital oil sector over what it says is the government’s failure to adhere to democratic principles ahead of elections in July. Maduro, the successor of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, is seeking a third six-year term after 11 years in...

Members of Ghana's LGBT community and activists are waiting to see whether the West African country's president will sign into law a bill that would further restrict their rights and likely worsen the persecution many face. Gay sex is already punishable by up to three years in prison, but the new...

Sweden has launched the trial of a former Syrian army officer over his alleged role in war crimes committed in 2012 during the country’s civil war. The case against Brigadier General Mohammed Hamo, who resides in Sweden, opened on April 15. The trial is one of a very small number thus far against...

A year since it started, the war in Sudan has spiraled into one of the world’s largest and most complex displacement crises. Since April 15, 2023, more than 8.6 million people have fled their homes, with 1.8 million people, mostly women and children, crossing to neighboring countries. Civilians...

Iran has launched hundreds of drones and missiles against Israel, in an unprecedented attack that came as a response to an Israeli raid on the Iranian consulate in Syria two weeks ago. The overnight escalation came more than six months into Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has...

A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet was established April 12 in a move supporters hope will help quell turmoil in the troubled Caribbean country where most of the capital remains under the grip of criminal gangs. The formation of the council, announced...