According to a senior European Union diplomat speaking on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit on Tuesday, the EU has drafted a new proposal for normalization of ties between Kosovo and Serbia with a clear timeline of actions.

The draft proposal was sent to both parties on Monday, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity. They added that they expected the two parties would reach a final agreement in less than a year.

Indonesia has revised its criminal code, and human rights groups have identified 17 articles which they believe threaten the freedoms won since the return to democratic rule in the 1990s. Though, the new laws will not take effect for three years and can be challenged in a constitutional court.

Among other things, the new code makes it a crime punishable by prison to insult the president or vice-president, criminalizes holding protests without permission, criminalizes sexual relations outside of marriage, and poses a threat to Indonesia’s LGBTQ community.

The Taliban authorities on Wednesday executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, in the first public execution since the terrorist group took over last year.

The execution took place in western Farah province before hundreds of spectators and many top Taliban officials.

The top Taliban spokesperson said the decision for the execution to be public was “made very carefully,” following approval by three of the country's highest courts and the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada.

Officials from the UN have expressed concern.

A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced both former President Otto Perez and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, to 16 years in prison each in a graft case years after explosive corruption revelations forced the two out of office early and into prison.

Perez and Baldetti were accused of leading a customs fraud network that stole some $3.5 million in state funds during their administration, with both Perez and Baldetti accused by investigators of receiving hefty cuts.

Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female President on Wednesday, capping off a dramatic day which saw her predecessor impeached and arrested for the alleged crime of rebellion.

The ceremony took place hours after a majority of 101 members in the 130-person legislative body voted to impeach former leader Pedro Castillo.

A court in Argentina, on Tuesday, sentenced the country’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to six years in prison and disqualified her from holding public office again after finding her guilty of corruption during her earlier terms as president.

Fernández de Kirchner has temporary immunity due to her current position so will not immediately go to jail, and can appeal. Following the verdict, she denied the allegations against her but said she will not run for reelection next year.

Though a Chad court recently sentenced 262 people to jail after they were arrested following deadly protests in October, the Secretary of Chad’s Bar Association announced Chad lawyers would appeal this, calling the sentencing a “parody of justice.”

Around 50 people, including 10 members of the security forces, died when police opened fire on demonstrators in the capital, N'Djamena, and several other cities on October 20th, according to an official toll.

Sudanese security forces used tear gas and blocked roads and bridges on Thursday as they sought to contain scattered protests in the capital, a Reuters reporter said, three days after an initial deal was signed to launch a new political transition.

Thousands of protesters gathered in the afternoon in several areas of Khartoum, including close to the presidential palace where the military and civilian parties on Monday struck a framework deal for the formation of a civilian government.

Some Western media outlets are facing backlash from Iranian activists over headlines printed Sunday saying that Iran was abolishing its “morality police.”

The news—an interpretation of a comment by an Iranian official during a press conference—turned out to be anything but clear cut. The country’s state media has since denied it.

Many Iranian anti-government activists now fear it will distract from three days of major strikes around the country.

Armenia and Hungary have agreed to restore diplomatic relations on December 1 following a 10-year break resulting from Budapest’s controversial extradition to Azerbaijan of a murderer of an Armenian soldier.