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Caribbean countries are considering approaching the UN’s International Court of Justice for a legal opinion on demanding compensation from 10 European countries over slavery, as the fight for reparative justice is stepped up, the president of the group of 33 nations in the region has said. Ralph...

The United Nations warned that violence in northeastern Congo has escalated significantly, with more than 40 civilians killed in three days. More than 600 people have been killed and 345,000 displaced in Ituri province so far this year, according to Stephane Dujarric, a United Nation's spokesman...

Gunmen killed 10 people and injured two others at a busy junction in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon’s troubled northwest, the regional governor said on Monday. The Ambazonia Defence Forces, the main separatist group in the English-speaking region which has been fighting since 2017 in protest of...

A prosecutor in Argentina has launched an investigation into potential crimes against humanity in Venezuela following a criminal complaint filed by the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Federal prosecutor Carlos Stornelli noted that the complaint pointed to the responsibility of several high-ranking...

Iran has relaunched patrols by the so-called morality police as authorities escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules. Saeid Montazeralmahdi, the spokesperson for the Iranian law enforcement force, confirmed on Sunday that police patrols were now operational on foot and...

Libyan border guards have rescued dozens of migrants they said had been left in the desert by Tunisian authorities without water, food, or shelter. Hundreds of people from sub-Saharan African countries were forcibly taken to desert and hostile areas bordering Libya and Algeria after racial unrest in...

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from brand-new wings in Russian prisons to clammy basements. Most have no status under Russian law. And Russia is planning to hold possibly thousands more. A Russian...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating a surge in hostilities in Sudan's Darfur region since mid-April, including reports of killings, rapes, and crimes affecting children, the top prosecutor told the United Nations on Thursday. The regular army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

A leading human rights group in Haiti warned about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings as the UN Security Council met Friday to discuss the country’s worsening violence. In a report issued Thursday, the National Human Rights Defense Network also condemned what it called the government’s inaction...

Myanmar’s military rulers are preventing life-saving humanitarian aid from reaching people who need it as the country falls deeper into violence, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said the...