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Myanmar will hold special elections to fill parliamentary vacancies next April in its first vote since this year’s general election that critics said was designed to cement military rule. The elections will fill vacancies left by elected representatives who took ministerial or government posts and...

The death toll from a Russian attack on an aid distribution center in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region has risen to at least 50 people, making it one of the deadliest Russian attacks this year. Ukraine’s emergency service announced on Friday that the toll from Monday’s strike on the village of...

Russian forces have bombed an aid center in Ukraine, killing at least 31 people, according to Ukrainian officials, as the United States announced plans for new peace talks on November 10 and 11. The aid center, at a school in the village of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region, had been closed to...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of potential escalation of hostilities in the disputed Western Sahara region after the expiry of a 35-year-long peacekeeping mission. “The Secretary-General said he remains concerned about the security situation throughout the territory...

At least eight Palestinians, including a four-year-old boy, have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, hospital sources told Al Jazeera. An Israeli drone attack killed five Palestinian police officers and wounded several people in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza on Sunday...

Today, the United Nations Security Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia for a further year through resolution 2833 (2026). The decision, unanimously adopted, reaffirms the support that the Security Council, and the United Nations as a whole, has extended...

At least 13 people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a busy platform at the main train station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said. State rail company Ukrzaliznytsia said on Thursday that a jet-powered drone hit the platform where a train was preparing to leave for the nearby...

Military drone strikes in southwestern Sudan’s Darfur that killed more than 100 people—mostly women and children—earlier this week targeted a busy city market frequented by paramilitary fighters, witnesses said. Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence, put the toll from Monday’s attacks...

The U.S. imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s defense ministry on Wednesday over the country’s involvement in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where fighting continues between the Congolese government and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels despite peace efforts from the Trump administration. The sanctions come after a U...

After nearly six years in detention, Aung San Suu Kyi's first words to her son were a question about his health. "And then I said all the family was sending their love and asked after her health," said Kim Aris, who spoke by phone with his 81-year-old mother on Thursday, their first direct...