Media Coverage

North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of reconciliation with South Korea on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who last week called South Korea a "primary foe" and said unification was no longer possible. Tensions have spiked on the Korean peninsula...

Ecuador's police on January 22 said they have captured the leader of Colombian armed group Oliver Sinisterra and that Ecuadorean authorities will return him to Colombia. News of the capture comes amid a military offensive launched by Ecuador's government to combat criminal gangs. President Daniel...

Venezuela's attorney general on January 22 said 14 arrest warrants were issued against civilians and former military personnel for allegedly conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. On January 15, Maduro told legislators who back the government that conspiracies against him and...

The Kenyan government is under pressure to urgently investigate and prosecute cases of femicide, after the brutal murders of two women. “This is a national crisis—we are not doing enough as a country to protect women,” said Audrey Mugeni, the co-founder of Femicide Count Kenya, an NGO that documents...

A district court in The Hague has convicted a former member of a Syrian pro-government armed group for complicity in torture and illegal arrest in Syria and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The court said the defendant, identified in court only as Mustafa A, was a leading member of the Liwa al...

The European Council (EC) has imposed sanctions on six companies for their alleged involvement in financing and arming the warring Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The six entities were responsible for “supporting activities undermining the stability and political...

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has denounced a series of protests scheduled to begin the week of January 15 as a “threat to democracy,” as tensions continue to simmer in the South American nation. Boluarte’s remarks came on the eve of what is being called the third “Toma de Lima” or “Taking of...

Peru’s prosecutor’s office has formally requested 34 years in prison for former President Pedro Castillo, who was dramatically removed from office and arrested after his attempt to dissolve Congress in late 2022. On January 12, the public prosecution office wrote on social media that it sought the...

The government of war-ravaged Sudan says it has suspended its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the east African regional bloc that has tried to broker talks between the country’s warring parties. The January 20 announcement was made by the foreign ministry, which...

The United States government has announced it is once again designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a “terrorist” organization. Washington’s move on January 17 to relist the group as “specially designated global terrorists” comes after the US launched strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to...