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Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the North African country a crime, approving a law that calls for restitution of property taken by France during its 130-year rule, among other demands seeking to redress historical wrongs. France slammed the law as a “hostile act”...

A new wave of overnight strikes and front-line hostilities in Ukraine have caused further civilian casualties and damage to critical energy infrastructure, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Tuesday. Several civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured, including...

The UN Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and extended the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, known as MONUSCO, for a year, as fighting in the region escalated despite a U.S.-mediated peace deal. The UN’s most powerful body on...

Tens of thousands of people on Thursday filled the streets of Bulgaria’s capital and other major cities in the country, calling for a fair election and an independent judiciary able to effectively fight widespread corruption. The demonstrations in Sofia and elsewhere came after last week’s protests...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the detention of 10 more UN staff members by the Houthis in Yemen. Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for Guterres, confirmed on Friday that the previous day’s arrests had brought the total of detained local staffers to 69, calling for...

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their involvement in the court's case against Israel, ratcheting up Washington's pressure campaign against the war tribunal. In November 2024, ICC judges issued...

Top European officials have agreed to launch an international commission to compensate Kyiv for hundreds of billions of dollars in damage from Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine. The International Claims Commission for Ukraine, established in a treaty signed by 35 countries at Tuesday’s conference...

Mass protests have filled the streets of several Romanian cities for a fifth day in a row against alleged judicial corruption. Thousands took to the streets of the capital Bucharest and other cities on Sunday to show support for judges and prosecutors that denounced systemic abuse in the judicial...

Bulgaria’s government has resigned following weeks of street protests against its economic policies and its perceived failure to tackle corruption. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced the resignation of his cabinet in a televised statement on Thursday, minutes before parliament had been due to...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a former leader of the Janjaweed militia to 20 years in prison for committing atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, 76, also known as Ali Kushayb, was sentenced on Tuesday following his conviction in October for war...