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Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has ended a four-day hunger strike that he began in protest of his trial on rebellion and other charges, judicial authorities. A judicial clerk informed the Supreme Court’s panel overseeing the case that Castillo ended the hunger strike Thursday afternoon...

Amid prolonged delays in constituting a committee to nominate bearers for the transitional justice commissions, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has called for immediate action to this effect. Addressing the House of Representatives, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chief Whip Hit Raj Pandey said his party demands...

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar as soldiers surrounded his home in the capital, Juba. Deputy army chief, General Gabriel Duop Lam, a Machar loyalist, was held earlier in the week, while...

The United Arab Emirates’ Federal Supreme Court rejected appeals on behalf of dozens of dissidents convicted in a mass trial that faced widespread international criticism. The Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency reported the decision by the Supreme Court’s State Security Chamber, which decided to...

Tunisian activists protested near a Tunis court where prominent figures face charges of conspiring against state security in a trial that the opposition says is fabricated and a symbol of President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule. Rights groups say the trial highlights Saied’s full control over the...

Syria’s de facto leader reiterated his pledge to deliver a democratic political transition as talks on the country’s future opened. Ahmed al-Sharaa urged his countrymen to unite and pledged to establish a transitional justice body, as he welcomed participants of a national dialogue aimed at guiding...

Argentina’s President Javier Milei temporarily appointed two Supreme Court judges by decree, bypassing Congress during its summer recess to push through a particularly controversial candidate in a move criticized as an overreach of executive power. The president’s office said it was within Milei’s...

The European Union has lifted select sanctions on Syria as part of an effort to support democratic development during the country’s political transition. The bloc announced that it had suspended restrictions on oil, gas, and electricity, along with sanctions on the transport sector including...

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with treason in an escalation of legal troubles stemming from allegations he plotted to remove the country’s long-time leader by force. Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the east African country, sat in a wheelchair as he faced the...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political parties. The junta leader expressed his support for the plan. The National Conference, made up of 700...