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A Colombian judge on Monday ordered the nation’s government to protect more than 30 historical artifacts that officials removed from exhibits in Bogota’s National Museum last week, as part of an effort by Colombia’s conservative government to change how the nation’s history is told in museums and...

At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a training camp for Yemeni government security forces, making it the largest single loss of life since the country’s civil war reignited in September. The attack on al-Alam camp in the southern Shabwa province was said to...

Mali’s military and its Russian paramilitary allies have killed civilians in breach of international law, and opposition armed groups have done likewise, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. Soldiers and fighters “are committing grave laws-of-war violations while international organizations and...

In Haiti, security forces are intensifying their operations, but the gangs are not giving up. They are adapting their tactics, increasing reprisals against civilians and spreading violence to rural areas, according to the Secretary-General’s latest report. “What is particularly worrying is the gangs...

An Indian ‌‌court has extended the detention of two leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The extension for Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das on Monday comes amid a crackdown on near-daily protests against the government. The two activists from the youth-led movement were arrested as they...

Thousands of Tunisians have marched through the capital to protest against President Kais Saied, worsening living conditions and restrictions on political freedoms. The latest demonstration in Tunis on Saturday was led by the Tunisian General Labor Union, an influential trade union federation...

A young man faces imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for attending protests and funerals when he was aged 15 to 17, say human rights groups, in the latest example of the kingdom’s surging use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes. Youssef al-Manasif was arrested in 2017 and accused of crimes...

A month before the tenth anniversary of the signing of Colombia’s 2016 Peace Agreement, the UN Security Council reviewed its implementation under the new Administration of President Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella, who assumed office on 7 August, amid hopes that the gains achieved over the past...

A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit—it is the spirit of colonialism and oppression roaring back to life. It is a pivotal scene in Sky’s supernatural series Possession and symbolizes a wider shift in Jamaica’s film industry, where directors are increasingly using the...

Syrian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the mass killing of civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas in 2013, according to state media. Intelligence officials apprehended Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, “while he was attempting to flee across the border,” state...