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France has returned to Madagascar three human skulls kept at a Paris museum for 128 years, after they were looted during the colonial period, including one believed to be that of a Madagascan king decapitated by French troops. The skull, presumed to be that of King Toera, and two others from the...

Libya’s coast guard fired upon a vessel belonging to a humanitarian group as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, the nonprofit said on Monday. The attack, which took place the day before, appeared to be one of the most violent involving a European rescue ship and the...

Investigating judges in Paris ordered the dismissal of a case alleging the widow of Rwanda's former president played a role in the country's 1994 genocide, according to court documents seen by AFP. Agathe Habyarimana, 82, who has been living in France since 1998 and whose extradition has been...

As diplomatic efforts to end the grinding war in Ukraine accelerate in Washington, there has been no let-up in the fighting as Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles in an overnight attack on the country, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said Russia had targeted energy...

Slovenia has announced that it will ban the import, export, and transit of all weapons to and from Israel in response to the country’s actions in Gaza. Slovenia, which has often criticized Israel over reported atrocities in Gaza, called the ban, “the first such move by a European Union member state...

France and 14 other countries have co-signed a declaration that suggests a wave of future recognitions of an independent Palestinian state could take place in the coming months. The signatories include Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, and San Marino, each of...

More than 200 lawmakers in the United Kingdom have called on the British government to recognize a Palestinian state, as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take concrete action amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Some 221 MPs from across the political spectrum signed an open letter on Friday...

The British government said Monday that it will hold a public inquiry into the “Battle of Orgreave,” a violent confrontation between police and striking coal miners that became a defining moment in the conflict between unions and then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government. Some...

Belgian authorities have said they briefly held and questioned two Israeli citizens who attended an electronic music festival last week, after pro-Palestinian groups accused them of war crimes. Prosecutors said they had received legal complaints alleging that two Israeli soldiers responsible for...

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more bodies of their war dead, according to a Kremlin aide, as part of an agreement reached during a second round of peace talks in Turkey. Exchanges of captured soldiers and the repatriation of remains have taken place regularly since the brief renewal of peace...