Amid what the World Food Programme (WFP) calls the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, BBC News reports that peace talks between the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi coalition are going well and could lead to another ceasefire in Yemen.
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Eritrean troops are still in Tigray. Many residents state that Eritrean soldiers continue to loot, arrest, and kill civilians long after the ceasefire.
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The main flashpoint of this brutal war in recent months has occurred in the small town of Bakhmut. Once a thriving city, it is now decimated, with barely a single building standing.
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The current war in Ukraine has sparked a jarring number of sexual violence reports since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24. The Russian invasion is bringing sexual assault and the objectification of female bodies back as a method of warfare.
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On April 2, the United States lifted the sanctions and a travel ban on Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to The Guardian.
Read MoreThe Australian government released a report on November 19 documenting war crimes committed by Australian Defense Forces (ADF) in Afghanistan. The report was part of a four-year long inquiry, led by Major General Justice Paul Brereton of the Australian Army Reserve, that investigated reports of the extrajudicial killing of civilians and prisoners by Australian soldiers between 2005 to 2016.
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resident Hashim Thaci of Kosovo stepped down on November 5 in response to charges of murder, torture, and persecution related to his involvement in Kosovo’s war for independence in 1998. NPR reports that Thaci stepped down in order “to protect the integrity of the state” of Kosovo. He also reportedly urged Kosovars to maintain “political and civic unity.” Thaci is scheduled to appear in court on November 9. He was flown to The Hague, along with Kadrim Veseli, leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, and Rexhep Selimi, a Kosovo Member of Parliament, reports the BBC.
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