Pakistan has renewed deadly air strikes on neighboring Afghanistan, officials in both countries said Wednesday, in the worst violence in weeks following a period of relative calm. Pakistan's government said on Wednesday that 26 "militants" linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group were killed in the attacks.  

The strikes are the deadliest in weeks and follow a period of relative calm at the border after conflict between the two countries erupted in late February. 

The president of Colombia's legislative Commission of Investigation and ​Accusation, Gloria Arizabaleta, has proposed suspending President ‌Gustavo Petro from his duties until June 21, according to a document published Wednesday. 

Arizabaleta's motion is tied to ​a probe into Petro's alleged political meddling ​and cites actions described as "extremely serious or ⁠serious." 

Croatia’s High Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld the 2023 verdict of the Zagreb County Court, which sentenced Branimir Glavas to seven years in prison for war crimes against Serbs in the city of Osijek, eastern Croatia in 1991. 

The crimes took place against Serb civilians in Osijek during Croatia’s war for independence. The city was being shelled at the time. During the chaos, Serbs started to disappear. 

The AU–EU 2025 Experts’ Seminar on Transitional Justice convened African and European practitioners to advance reparations as a central pillar of transitional justice. Discussions highlighted legal obligations, victim-centered and transformative approaches, and persistent challenges in design, financing, and implementation. Drawing on comparative experiences, participants underscored the need for inclusive, community-led, and gender-responsive programs; innovative funding mechanisms; and strengthened AU–EU cooperation to deliver meaningful redress, accountability, and sustainable peace.

Afghan authorities cracked down on a protest in western Afghanistan Tuesday against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations, with eyewitnesses saying police opened fire, leaving at least three people injured. About 100-150 people were participating in the protest in the western city of Herat, witnesses said. 

At least 360 people kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists from a mainly Muslim community in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state in March have been freed from a remote mountain hideout. 

Mass abductions by armed groups for ransom have become a common tactic in Nigeria in recent years — and though it is illegal to pay ransoms, it does happen. 

French anti-terrorism prosecutors say they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected “torture” and “war crimes” over Israel’s alleged mistreatment of French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month.

Israel abducted and detained some 430 activists from about 40 countries after intercepting them in international waters on May 18 as they made the latest in a string of attempts to break the blockade on Gaza, which the United Nations and human rights organizations say is illegal, describing it as a form of collective punishment. 

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran is putting millions of people at risk of hunger. 

In an analysis, the WFP said the continuation of the conflict’s effect on oil prices has “profound implications” for global food security.  

It asserted that estimations made in March, warning that 45 million people would fall into acute food shortages if oil prices remained at $100 a barrel by the end of June, were beginning to materialize.  

In Ecuador, violent drug cartels have arrived from around the world to secure cocaine trafficking routes to the coast and homicide rates have skyrocketed. President Daniel Noboa has pinned his hopes of lowering the violence on heavy police and military deployments across the country. In doing so, his government has been plagued with allegations of human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances. 

Violence has erupted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as government forces and opposition-allied militias have exchanged fire before an antigovernment protest, damaging buildings and forcing residents to flee. 

Fighting began before planned protests against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s decision to extend his term despite it expiring last month.