The numerous atrocities committed by Russia in Ukraine have been part of the former's aggression since its initial invasion of the Crimea and Donbas regions in 2014, though they have skyrocketed in number and severity since the full-scale invasion in 2022. Among these crimes are enforced disappearances, which serve as the means by which the Kremlin more broadly intends to subjugate Ukrainians and eliminate any traces of the Ukrainian national identity.

A total of 185 people in Gaza died “due to malnutrition” in August, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, as an additional 13 people, including three children, have died in 24 hours since then as the catastrophic effects of Israeli-induced famine in the enclave worsen. 

The statement issued on Tuesday said more than 83 people, including 15 children, had died since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United Nations-backed global hunger-monitoring system, declared last month that parts of Gaza were undergoing a full-blown famine.    

A French court has issued arrest warrants for seven former top Syrian officials, including ex-President Bashar al-Assad, for the bombing of a press center in Homs, a judicial source and a human rights organization said. 

A rocket hit the “informal press center” on February 22, 2012, killing renowned U.S. journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik and injuring two other journalists and an interpreter. 

Burkina Faso’s government has passed a law banning homosexuality, with those found guilty facing two to five years in prison, according to the state broadcaster. 

The draft law was unanimously passed on Monday by 71 unelected members of the country’s transitional government, which has been in place since the military seized power under the leadership of the now President Ibrahim Traore, after two coups in 2022. 

At least 11 people have been killed in what police officials suspect to be a suicide bombing targeting a political rally in southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta. 

“The reports we have say that the bomb went off in a parking area as the people were leaving the rally,” government official Hamza Shafaat told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday, adding that another 30 people were injured. 

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang. 

The president said in a social media posting that 11 people were killed in the rare U.S. military operation in the Americas, a dramatic escalation in the Republican administration’s effort to stem the flow of narcotics from Latin America.  

Madagascar on Tuesday received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago. It’s the first use of a 2023 French law regulating the return of human remains to its former colonies. 

Belgium will move toward recognizing a Palestinian state, the country’s foreign minister said Tuesday, joining a growing list of countries preparing to take the step as Israel steps up its offensive in Gaza. 

Maxime Prévot said Belgium’s plans to recognize a Palestinian state will be announced at the United Nations General Assembly later this month. 

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his allies, including four senior members of the military, have gone on trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup — the first time in Brazilian history such powerful figures have faced justice for seeking to topple the country’s democracy. 

Bolsonaro stands accused of masterminding a failed power grab after losing the 2022 election to the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.