Turkish prosecutors have ordered the arrest of over 200 military personnel for suspected links to a failed coup attempt in 2016, state media reported on December 14.
The United States has condemned the “unconscionable” death of a hunger-striking Iranian political activist who had been jailed for messages he wrote on social media.
The U.S. Senate has backed a resolution to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen and separately pinned blame for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi directly on Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on December 13 said economic sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine will be prolonged for another six months with the official rollover expected next week.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has confirmed that a man killed in a shootout with police in the French city of Strasbourg on December 13 is 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt, the suspect in the killing of three people near the city's Christmas market on December 11.
Warring sides in Yemen’s conflict have agreed to a cease-fire for the key port city of Hudaydah.
Russian authorities say they have detained seven people suspected of financially supporting two extremist organizations in the Middle East.
An appeals court in Georgia has upheld a landmark decision in what was billed as the Caucasus country’s first court case of sexual harassment.
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the Iranian government to “immediately and unconditionally” release jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.
The Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed the “greatest concern” about the arrival of nuclear-capable Russian aircraft in Venezuela.
A senior U.S. diplomat is traveling to Central Europe and the Western Balkans to shore up support against what the State Department calls “Russia’s aggression on the region.
FIFA has temporarily suspended the head of Afghanistan's Football Federation (AFF) over alleged physical and sexual abuse of players on the country's women's football team.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to travel to New York on December 12 to participate in a UN Security Council meeting on Iran.
At least 31 people were killed in insurgent attacks across Kabul, Kunduz, and Kandahar provinces on December 11, Afghan officials say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he had never heard of a woman who is accused of working as an unregistered foreign agent in the United States until her July arrest.
The United States says it has placed Pakistan on its blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom over Islamabad's treatment of minorities.
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A court in Russia's Urals city of Nizhny Tagil has handed prison terms to three former police officers convicted of torturing a suspect to death.
Meeting in Brussels, the European Union foreign ministers on December 10 gave political consent to a Dutch proposal to introduce a new sanctions regime that would target individuals accused of human rights abuses worldwide.
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