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At least 117.8 million people, or one in 70 individuals worldwide, remain forcibly displaced, according to a report - released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today. Almost three-quarters (72 percent) of all refugees came from just seven countries: Venezuela (6.4 million...

Pakistan has renewed deadly air strikes on neighboring Afghanistan, officials in both countries said Wednesday, in the worst violence in weeks following a period of relative calm. Pakistan's government said on Wednesday that 26 "militants" linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group were killed...

The president of Colombia's legislative Commission of Investigation and ​Accusation, Gloria Arizabaleta, has proposed suspending President ‌Gustavo Petro from his duties until June 21, according to a document published Wednesday. Arizabaleta's motion is tied to ​a probe into Petro's alleged...

Croatia’s High Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld the 2023 verdict of the Zagreb County Court, which sentenced Branimir Glavas to seven years in prison for war crimes against Serbs in the city of Osijek, eastern Croatia in 1991. The crimes took place against Serb civilians in Osijek during Croatia’s...

Afghan authorities cracked down on a protest in western Afghanistan Tuesday against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations, with eyewitnesses saying police opened fire, leaving at least three people injured. About 100-150 people were participating in the...

At least 360 people kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists from a mainly Muslim community in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state in March have been freed from a remote mountain hideout. Mass abductions by armed groups for ransom have become a common tactic in Nigeria in recent years — and though it is...

French anti-terrorism prosecutors say they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected “torture” and “war crimes” over Israel’s alleged mistreatment of French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month. Israel abducted and detained some 430 activists from about 40...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran is putting millions of people at risk of hunger. In an analysis, the WFP said the continuation of the conflict’s effect on oil prices has “profound implications” for global food...

In Ecuador, violent drug cartels have arrived from around the world to secure cocaine trafficking routes to the coast and homicide rates have skyrocketed. President Daniel Noboa has pinned his hopes of lowering the violence on heavy police and military deployments across the country. In doing so...

Violence has erupted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as government forces and opposition-allied militias have exchanged fire before an antigovernment protest, damaging buildings and forcing residents to flee. Fighting began before planned protests against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s decision...