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Israel has agreed to pause operations in northern Gaza for four hours a day from Thursday, the White House said, in the first sign of a respite in more than a month of fighting that has left thousands dead and stoked fears of a regional conflict. The pauses would allow people to flee along two...

Kosovo’s Supreme Court has upheld the second-instance verdict sentencing former policeman Zoran Vukotic to 13 years in prison for committing rape and participating in the expulsions of ethnic Albanian civilians from the town of Vushtrri/Vucitrn during the war in May 1999. The Supreme Court’s...

Sudan's warring parties have made no progress towards a ceasefire in their latest talks, instead reiterating past agreements to improve access to humanitarian aid, host Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the war so far, according to a conservative estimate by...

Myanmar resistance leaders and international human rights groups are welcoming a new round of U.S. sanctions aimed at that country’s oil and gas sector, a major source of revenue for the ruling junta that seized power in February 2021. Additional sanctions announced simultaneously by the United...

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has strengthened his calls for a ceasefire as Palestinian authorities reported that more than 10,000 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The secretary-general told reporters on Monday that Gaza was becoming a “graveyard for children,” with...

Venezuela on Tuesday objected to a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume an investigation into alleged human rights abuses that could constitute crimes against humanity by Venezuelan officials. In a June ruling, the ICC said that Venezuela's own investigations were not enough...

New research—from Security Force Monitor, a project of the Columbia Law Human Rights Institute in the United States—linking alleged violations to soldiers and commanders suggests actions are institutionalized. The study, Under Whose Command?, covers a period of 12 years until March 30, 2023 and...

United Nations experts called on Thursday for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, saying time was running out for Palestinian people there who find themselves at "grave risk of genocide." Nearly four weeks of Israeli bombardment against the Gaza Strip in retaliation for attacks by Hamas gunmen in...

Gazan authorities say 15 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp, marking the third bombing of a camp in as many days. A spokesperson for Gaza Civil Defense said the strike on Thursday in central Gaza hit a residential building, and residents reported scores of...

Russia bombards 100 settlements within 24 hours as top Ukrainian commander warns war has become deadlocked. Russia has carried out its biggest artillery attack so far this year, Ukraine has said, as Kyiv’s top general admitted the war had reached a deadlock, with little prospect that his troops...