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The European Union on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities for their role in the violent crackdown on popular protests. The new package of sanctions targets five Iranians and two entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, according to the European...

Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromiya region accused the government on Wednesday of launching a military offensive against them after a first round of peace talks ended earlier this month without a deal. The government and the Oromo Liberation Army held negotiations for a week in Zanzibar in a bid to end a...

Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran said on Monday that peace talks between his National Liberation Army (ELN) and the government have been put “on pause” due to remarks made last week by President Gustavo Petro. Petro questioned whether members of the rebel group’s delegation in Cuba could...

A truce between Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group officially came into effect late on Saturday night, with an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement meant to end the worst episode of cross-border fire since a 10-day war in 2021. Even as the truce was being finalized, the two sides kept up...

The negotiations in Brussels came amid a series of fatal clashes along the shared border between the two former Soviet republics. An end to decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be in sight, European Council President Charles Michel said Sunday following negotiations between the...

Air strikes and artillery pounded Khartoum on Friday after Sudan's warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary failed to agree to a ceasefire despite committing to protect civilians and allow humanitarian access. A so-called declaration of principles was signed in Saudi Arabia late on...

The National Assembly of Nicaragua has voted to dissolve the local branch of the Red Cross, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, as part of an ongoing clampdown on groups seen as hostile to the government of Daniel Ortega. The attack on the Red Cross comes amid a widespread push to suppress...

Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed, and had restrictions placed on their movement since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body, the UN says. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers informed the UN early last month that Afghan women employed with...

The Iranian government is executing 10 people every week on dubious charges such as drug trafficking, blasphemy and “national security concerns,” according to human rights groups. The toll stands at 209 people executed as of early May in 2023, while the number for the whole of 2022 was put at over...

Armenia and Azerbaijan have blamed each other for gunfire along their restive border, days in advance of EU-hosted talks aimed at resolving their 30-year-old territorial dispute. The fighting came on Thursday as the two countries are in negotiations on a peace agreement to end a decades-long...