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Cambodia’s government has approved a draft law that will jail for up to five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, committed by the Khmer Rouge. The draft law—which aims to prevent a repeat of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes and provide justice for victims—was approved during a cabinet...

Southeast Asian nations have told Myanmar’s military government its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging it to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately. The foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called on...

South Sudan’s police imposed a nationwide curfew from 16:00 GMT on Friday after a night of deadly rioting in the capital over the alleged killing of South Sudanese people by the army and allied groups in neighboring Sudan. In a broadcast on state television, police chief Abraham Peter Manyuat said...

The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by nearly 50 percent since September 2024. As a result of ongoing violence caused by armed groups, displaced children are approximately one in eight across the entire country. According to the latest estimates, there are now over one...

The administration of outgoing United States President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. In a statement on Thursday, January 16, the U.S. Treasury Department stated the SAF has committed lethal attacks on both civilians and...

UN Secretary-General welcomed the announcement of a deal to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza following 15 months of war. Mr. Guterres noted that, from the outset of the violence, he has called for an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The...

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal with Israel after more than 460 days of a war that has devastated Gaza. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said that the ceasefire deal would come into effect on Sunday January 12 but added...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East

European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria. Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said that the foreign ministers would convene in Brussels on January 27 to probe how the 27-member bloc might approach the issue. After...

Libya’s eastern-based parliament has approved a national reconciliation and transitional justice law, as stated by three of its lawmakers. The measure is aimed at reunifying the oil-producing country after over a decade of factional conflict. The UN’s mission to Libya has repeatedly called for an...