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Amnesty International reported that disappearances in Mexico rose to 133,500 cases in 2025, while attacks on human rights defenders, journalists and searchers for the disappeared continued. The rights group said disappearances increased 10.5% by December even as murders fell 27.4%, and warned that threats and violence against advocates have grown a…
Paraguay's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously held the benchmark interest rate at 5.50% for a second month, citing a contained domestic inflation picture even as global economic and geopolitical uncertainties persist. Economic activity indicators showed year-on-year expansion in February, while inflation readings for March were moderate with fue…
The U.S. Treasury announced sanctions on 14 people and companies located in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates that it says have helped Iran acquire weapons and related components as Tehran works to rebuild its ballistic missile capabilities. The move comes amid stalled diplomacy over a potential second round of talks to secure the Strait of…
Piero Corvetto, head of Peru's electoral authority, resigned on Tuesday as pressure mounted over continuing delays in the official tally from the April 12 general election. Officials began reviewing thousands of ballots challenged for inconsistencies and errors, further postponing a clear runoff challenger to frontrunner Keiko Fujimori. The Nationa…
Iran has signaled it will not publicly confirm attendance at a planned round of talks in Islamabad unless the United States lifts its blockade of Iranian ports. Tehran initially told mediators it would send a delegation for talks on Tuesday but later qualified that position by linking participation to the removal of the blockade. Pakistan is pressi…
The commander of U.S. Forces in Korea told a Senate committee that Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems have not been relocated from South Korea to the Middle East, though some radars and munitions were moved forward during operations tied to U.S. strikes on Iran. He said THAAD batteries currently remain on the peninsula and are expe…
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a newly expanded 24-member advisory committee on Canada-United States economic relations, retaining just four members from the previous council. Chaired by Minister Dominic LeBlanc, the group will convene for the first time on April 27 as the USMCA - known in Canada as CUSMA - approaches a review deadline of…
At a security forum in Senegal, the foreign ministers of Niger and Mali accused neighbouring states and external actors of sponsoring or sheltering terrorist groups. Both countries, members of the breakaway Alliance of Sahel States, reiterated their political withdrawal from ECOWAS but signalled willingness to discuss pragmatic issues such as freed…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his government could respond in kind after the United States moved to expel a Brazilian federal police attache. Speaking to reporters in Hannover, Germany, Lula said he did not know all the details but promised reciprocity if U.S. actions amounted to abuse. The U.S. government announced on social m…
Two Palestinians, one a 14-year-old boy, were killed in the occupied West Bank village of al-Mughayyir after witnesses said Israeli settlers and soldiers opened fire. Health officials in Gaza reported at least two additional deaths in separate incidents there, in a further sign of sustained violence despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire signed last Oct…
An inter-agency inquiry by six Indonesian state-run rights bodies concluded that security forces committed widespread human rights violations during nationwide anti-government protests in August 2025. The four-month probe describes arbitrary arrests, mistreatment including beatings, electric shocks and the application of chilli paste to faces, and …
NATO's 32 members have publicly criticised the nuclear postures of Russia and China while urging cooperation with the United States to strengthen transparency and strategic stability ahead of the upcoming UN review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The alliance highlighted Russia's withdrawal from key arms control agreement…
Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri warned that Israeli forces deployed in a 5-10 km band inside southern Lebanon will face daily resistance if they do not withdraw, raising the prospect of renewed confrontation even as a U.S.-mediated ceasefire has largely held. Ambassador-level talks in Washington this week aim to address the situation, but …
Pope Leo arrived in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on the last leg of a four-nation Africa tour marked by direct criticisms of authoritarianism and economic inequality. Coming from Angola, where he accused people of being "exploited by authoritarians and defrauded by the rich," the pope paid respects to his predecessor and prepared to meet President Te…
Aboard his flight to Equatorial Guinea on April 21, Pope Leo paid tribute to his predecessor, Francis, recalling the late pontiff's contributions to the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church and praying for his repose. Pope Leo highlighted Francis as the first pope from the Americas and praised his emphasis on fraternity and respect for all people. Th…
Canadian forces completed a more than 5,000-kilometre snowmobile patrol across some of the Arctic’s most hostile terrain as part of a broader set of exercises meant to prepare for potential foreign threats and to signal Ottawa’s intent to shoulder responsibility for its own Arctic security. Officials say the operation tested mobility, logistics and…
Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday for opening statements in his third New York trial, where jurors will consider accusations that he raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann. The 74-year-old, once a leading Hollywood producer, has pleaded not guilty and denies non-consensual sex. The trial follows earlier proceeding…
A newly formed coalition of U.S. labor unions and shipbuilding employers has launched a lobbying campaign to persuade Congress to pass the SHIPS for America Act, a bipartisan bill designed to increase the number of U.S.-built and -flagged vessels, expand mariner training, and finance domestic shipbuilding. The effort, led by the USA Shipbuilding Co…
A strike on a family home in the village of Srifa in south Lebanon killed an infant girl and multiple relatives as a seven-year-old survivor who had been praying at her father’s grave clung to life. The attack occurred on the first day of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire many in Lebanon hoped would apply to the country, and followed the death of the child’s f…
A mass shooting and hostage-taking in a Kyiv supermarket has intensified calls to relax restrictions on civilian handgun ownership and carrying in Ukraine. Proponents argue that better-armed civilians could reduce casualties, while opponents warn of increased risks in a society marked by wartime trauma and gaps in legal and institutional safeguards…
Myanmar’s military-backed president has called for armed opposition groups that are not party to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement to join peace talks within 100 days, setting a deadline of July 31. Two prominent groups, the Karen National Union and the Chin National Front, publicly rejected the proposal, saying they will not negotiate with the cu…
The UK government will raise the electricity generator levy from 45% to 55% with immediate effect and introduce voluntary long-term fixed-price contracts for certain low-carbon generators. The measures, intended to curb the effect of volatile gas prices on household electricity costs, will cover roughly one-third of Britain’s power supply. The new …
Russia's chief of the general staff announced that Russian forces have taken more than 1,700 square kilometres and 80 settlements in Ukraine so far this year and are pressing on what he described as the Donbas fortress belt. Kyiv and pro-Ukrainian mapping offer different estimates of gains and losses, and Reuters was unable to independently verify …
Petro Hurin, a 76-year-old former worker sent into the Chornobyl exclusion zone in June 1986, says his health deteriorated immediately after he began cleanup work. Decades later he faces multiple chronic conditions, limited recognition of radiation-related illness and the additional trauma of losing his grandson in Ukraine’s recent war.
The race to become the 10th United Nations secretary-general, a five-year term beginning January 1, 2027, has drawn several high-profile candidates. They include Rafael Grossi of Argentina, Rebecca Grynspan of Costa Rica, Michelle Bachelet of Chile, and Macky Sall of Senegal. Each candidate brings a distinct record in diplomacy, development or huma…
