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Despite days of protests, Kenyan lawmakers pass contentious tax increases.

Kenya’s lawmakers passed a contentious finance bill on Tuesday even as thousands of demonstrators marched toward Parliament in the capital, Nairobi, hoping to...

Live Updates: Casualties Reported as Police Fire on Protesters in Kenya

Kenya’s lawmakers passed a contentious finance bill on Tuesday even as thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets around Parliament in the capital, Nairobi,...

Russia Committed Human Rights Violations in Crimea, European Court Finds

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia and its proxy security forces in Crimea have committed multiple human rights...

Foreign Police Officers Land on the Ground in Haiti

Foreign law enforcement officers began arriving in Haiti on Tuesday, more than year and a half after the prime minister there issued a...

Year After Failed Mutiny, Russia Tightens Grip on Wagner Units in Africa

For years, Russia covertly propped up authoritarian leaders, exploited natural resources and fought extremists in a number of African countries.Russia worked through the...

Deadly Fire Exposes Harsh Conditions Migrant Workers Face in South Korea

They were descendants of Koreans who ​moved to Northeast China​, fleeing Japan’s brutal colonial rule ​in the early 20th century. In a twist...

Despite Days of Protests, Kenyan Lawmakers Pass Contentious Tax Rises

Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets on Tuesday in a movement led by younger people that demonstrators hoped would compel the government...

Strike Kills Sister of Hamas’s Political Leader

A strike in the northern Gaza Strip killed a sister of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, and her family on Tuesday,...

How Venezuela’s Leader Could Stay in Power, No Matter What Voters Want

Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, faces a watershed moment that will determine the fate of his rule and the course of his troubled...

I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for 2 Senior Russian Security Officials

The International Criminal Court said on Tuesday that it had issued arrest warrants for two top Russian security officials over strikes against civilian...

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