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In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over two decades the state government harassed, surveilled, and persecuted members of a lawyer’s group that defends human rights defenders, activists, and indigenous people, putting...

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Tens of thousands gathered in snow and sleet in Washington, D.C., for the 51st March for Life, second post-Roe march.

Iran appointed Sunday Mohammed Jafar Montazeri, who is under US and British sanctions, to head the country’s top court. Iran's Chief Justice Gholamreza Mohseni-Ejei made the appointment. The 75-year-old, who had served as prosecutor general since 2016, would be succeeded in his former post by Mohammad Kazem Movahedi Azad, the chief of the High Disciplinary Court of Judges which investigates judicial conduct, the judiciary´s Mizan Online website said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country’s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and pledged to speed up efforts to advance his military’s arms and war readiness, state media said Sunday. Kim’s three-day inspections through Saturday came as the United States and South Korea prepared for their next round of combined military exercises planned for later this month to counter the growing North K...

Niger’s junta faces a Sunday deadline set by the regional bloc known as ECOWAS to release and reinstate the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.

The request came during a visit by one of the coup leaders to neighbouring Mali, according to an analyst.

Niger's junta asked the Wagner group for help as the deadline nears for it to free the ousted president or face military intervention.

An analyst says Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or

Niger’s junta faces a Sunday deadline set by the regional bloc, known as ECOWAS, to release and reinstate the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.