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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on July 3 that the turnout in the first round of the country's presidential election was "lower than expected", semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Turnout was about 40%, Iran's interior ministry said - the lowest on record since the 1979 revolution....

The son of detained Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has urged foreign judges to carefully consider whether they should continue to serve in judicial roles “in this place that imprisons pro-democracy protesters”. Speaking during a visit to Australia, Sebastien Lai said Hong Kong “has more than 1,800...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on July 2 to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with Russia, but Kyiv said it saw its own approach as the path to peace. Orban, who is an outspoken critic of Western military aid to Ukraine and has...

Activists behind Kenya's anti-government protests are rethinking their strategy after demonstrations on July 2 were marred by violence and looting that they fear could undermine the movement and its efforts to push President William Ruto to resign. The activists say the violence was the work of...

International envoys raised concerns about restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan during meetings with the country's ruling Taliban in Qatar, United Nations' political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo said on July 1. The two-day, UN-led meeting was the first of its kind attended by the Taliban...

California plans to spend up to $12 million on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, marking a milestone in the state’s efforts to atone for a legacy of racism and discrimination against Black Californians. The reparations funding in the $297.9 billion budget...

The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummeled with...

Libyans from rival regions and all walks of life are fed up with the country’s divisions and want political players to end their years-long impasse and agree to hold national elections, a key step to peace in the oil-rich north African country, the U.N. deputy representative said Wednesday...

Police allegedly fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, as thousands of people demonstrated against proposed tax hikes in the East African nation. At least five people were shot dead during Tuesday's clashes between police and protesters in Nairobi...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday against Iyad Ag Ghaly, the alleged leader of the Ansar Dine Islamist group which took over Timbuktu in northern Mali in 2012. Ghaly, also known as Abou Fadl, is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity...