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Pakistani court jails Islamist Hafiz Saeed for an extra 31 years
A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for ...Russia laments ‘tragedy’ of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for offensive
Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the ...U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body, Moscow then quits
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and systematic violations ...Russia says it destroyed fuel storage facilities in four Ukrainian cities
The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday its missiles had destroyed four fuel storage facilities in the Ukrainian cities of Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, ...Yemen president cedes powers to council as Saudi Arabia pushes to end war
Yemen’s president dismissed his controversial deputy on Thursday and delegated his own powers to a presidential council in a move backed by ...Roadside burial for labourer shot through head in Ukraine’s Bucha
Sobbing uncontrollably, Serhii Lahovskyi nuzzles against the shrouded corpse of his closest childhood friend, who disappeared when Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian ...Rights groups accuse Ethiopian regional forces of ethnic cleansing in Tigray
Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against ...Hunger in Africa surges due to conflict, climate and food prices
Conflict, climate change and rising food and fuel prices are pushing about a quarter of Africans towards hunger, the International Committee of ...Russia urged to stop using land mines in its war in Ukraine
A top official in the global campaign against the use of land mines urged Russia on Monday to stop its troops in ...North Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks
North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim ...