Croatia will hold a parliamentary election on April 17, the country’s president said on Friday.President Zoran Milanovic scheduled the parliamentary vote after Croatia’s parliament dissolved on Thursday.The ballot next month will pit the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union against a group of centrist and left-leaning parties who have announced they…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called for greater international cooperation to fight the booming trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs such as fentanyl, the leading cause of overdose deaths in America.He was speaking at an annual meeting of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), which reviews global…

North Korean defectors spoke at a U.N. event in Geneva on Friday to expose human rights violations in a country one of them described as “hell” and to advocate for a strengthened U.N. mandate to investigate and document them.The defectors came to the U.N. in Geneva where diplomats say the…

For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces.But as the conflict entered its 14th year on Friday, observers say violence has been on the…

A Yemeni Houthi rebel attack targeted a tanker in the Red Sea, but the ship’s crew escaped unharmed, according to authorities.Initially reported as a missile strike, further inspection found no damage to the vessel.The tanker, previously Israel-affiliated, was targeted by the Houthis, who claimed responsibility for the attack.An attack by…

A ship towing a barge loaded with food arrived off Gaza on Friday, witnesses said, as a test run for a new aid route by sea from Cyprus into the devastated Palestinian enclave where famine looms after five months of Israel’s military campaign.The ship, arranged by the World Central Kitchen…

Three soldiers were killed and 27 people wounded in an attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Thursday.The Syl Hotel, often frequented by government officials, was surrounded by security services after the attack claimed by al Qaeda-allied militants.All five terrorists involved in the attack were fatally shot, police say.Three…

India has recently announced the implementation of a citizenship law excluding Muslims.The Citizenship Amendment Act provides expedited naturalization for migrants from South Asian faiths other than Islam, excluding Muslims from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.The law, approved in 2019, sparked nationwide protests due to concerns about its discriminatory nature.India has implemented…

Australia has decided to restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), weeks after the agency faced a significant loss of support due to Oct. 7 attack allegations.This decision follows similar moves by Sweden, the European Commission and Canada to reinstate funding for UNRWA…

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