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Joseph Kabila, who was president of the Democratic Republic of Congo for 18 years, was convicted of treason by a court in Kinshasa.

The boats were part of a flotilla, carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists, that was organized to break Israel’s blockade and protest the war.

We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.

No reason was immediately given for why service resumed after a blackout rare in scope, even for a government that has drastically curtailed individual freedoms.

In 2012, after a team member was nearly killed, a Special Forces unit went on a rampage that might have been one of the worst war crimes in recent U.S. history.

The earthquake killed at least 69 people, including residents of a village of “disaster-resilient homes” built for people who survived Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human.

The verdict against Julius Malema came a month after a separate court convicted him of hate speech. This year, President Trump played a video montage at the White House of Mr. Malema leading chants of “Kill the Boer,” a protest song.

The police commissioner spoke after the BBC broadcast video showing officers making sexualized comments, reveling in the use of violence and expressing racist views.

“My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica.

The hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanded ground offensive are further straining services, aid groups say. Hospitals are overflowing, water is low and diseases are spreading.

The European Union is talking about shoring up defenses in its eastern airspace. Recent Russian drone incursions have lent urgency to the project.

We explore how the U.S. has joined all the other countries where leaders have tried to silence speech.

The president’s pardon of Mathew Golsteyn cut short an investigation into his killing of a man he believed to be a Taliban bombmaker. Was justice served?

Dr. Omar Selik’s raw, urgent testimony from a besieged city cut through the fog of war and crystallized the depravity of the conflict. And then he was gone.

After helping negotiate peace in Northern Ireland, the former prime minister’s reputation was tarnished by his role in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Is he stepping into another diplomatic quagmire?

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Israel’s assault on Gaza City, but many are believed to remain, having nowhere to go or no means to leave.

The authorities in Toyoake, Japan, introduced a rule limiting the use of digital devices to two hours per day outside of work and school. Some residents say it is an overreach.

Seven men in all were sentenced on Wednesday over their roles in a decades-old national scandal in Britain involving child sexual abuse.

The vote on Tuesday would establish a force of up to 5,500 soldiers and police officers. It was unclear what countries were willing to contribute personnel or money.