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The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special meeting Thursday on the political crisis in Peru, where President Pedro Castillo faces several investigations he denounces as a "coup d'etat." Addressing the nation live on TV, the president said he had asked the 35-member OAS to invoke...

The Constitutional Court last month annulled a commission for proposed reforms that would let the current president, Faustin-Archange Touadera, 65, stand for a third presidential poll. The already twice-elected Touadera government earlier this month issued a decree telling 28 higher education...

Iraqi firebrand leader Moqtada al-Sadr’s movement announced its refusal to join a new government being formed by Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shia al-Sudani. The announcement came two days after lawmakers elected Abdul Latif Rashid as Iraq’s new president, and he swiftly named al-Sudani as...

Political prisoners in Yangon’s Insein Prison have revealed the names of officials and staff there involved in torture and rights abuses of prisoners of conscience. Their statement called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and international agencies to investigate...

Thousands of protesters across Haiti have demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The protest started hours before the United Nations Security Council held a split vote on Monday over sending an international force to Haiti to help with deteriorating security and a surge in cholera...

Seraphine Warren stepped foot in Washington, having completed her nearly 2,400-mile prayer walk from Sweetwater, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation which she began on June 15, 2022. She undertook the journey in honor of her aunt Ella Mae Begay, a Dineh (Navajo) elder who disappeared 16 months ago, and to...

President Ruto said Sunday during an interdenominational prayer service at Kericho Green Stadium in Kericho County, that his administration is committed to enhancing security in the country for the sake of the safety of citizens who have historically suffered in the hands of rogue killer security...

The United Nations Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of its fact-finding mission in Venezuela, an initiative Caracas considers an aggressive tool for interfering in domestic matters. The mandate to extend the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission for Venezuela for two more years...

Lawmakers in Iraq have elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president, paving the way for the formation of a new government and ending a year of deadlock, even as rockets landed near the parliament building. Rashid replaced fellow Iraqi Kurd Barham Saleh as head of...

Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back home at the end of next week, President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, in a process a security official described as voluntary, despite rights groups' fears for the refugees’ safety. Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world...