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Far-right lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella has clinched a narrow victory in Colombia’s presidential run-off election, according to an initial ballot count. Abelardo de la Espriella won 49.7 percent of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70 percent, with 99.9 percent of results released...

Iran’s president arrived in Pakistan for talks Tuesday with officials mediating negotiations between Tehran and Washington on a permanent end to the war in the Middle East, even as discrepancies emerged on what had been agreed so far and violence broke out again in Lebanon. President Masoud...

African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations over the trafficking of enslaved Africans after a landmark U.N. resolution in March declaring it “the gravest crime against humanity.” The “Next Steps” conference in the Ghanaian...

Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and the militant group Hamas last October, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday. The enclave has seen near-daily strikes, as well as shelling and gunfire along the boundary that...

Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels are willing to seek peace with whoever wins Sunday's presidential runoff but are also confident they can survive a renewed military offensive promised by the right-wing frontrunner. Colombians will choose a successor to leftist President Gustavo Petro...

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade said in a statement on Wednesday that it has upheld the first-instance acquittal of wartime Bosnian Serb Army Drina Corps commander Milenko Zivanovic for crimes related to Srebrenica. On November 24, 1992, Zivanovic issued an order that stated: “Launch an attack...

A cathedral in one of the oldest and most sacred landmarks in Eastern Orthodox Christianity was set ablaze early Monday as Russia bombarded Ukraine’s biggest cities, killing 11 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Five were killed in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, where at least 30 others...

South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid education system were shot and killed by the police. The events of June 16, 1976 — now commemorated annually as Youth Day — are considered a turning point in South...

A UN-backed court in Central African Republic on Tuesday opened the trial of former President François Bozizé, who is accused of crimes against humanity for abuses committed by members of his security forces between 2009 and 2013. Prosecutors accuse Bozizé of being responsible as a military...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue Israel’s occupations of Lebanese and Syrian territory, despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran that links to those hostilities. Netanyahu told a press conference on Monday that Israel’s forces will...