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The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012.

Across the country, outrage over proposed tax increases drove Kenyans to the streets.

The 2016 treaty that ended a decades-long civil conflict turned Colombia into a birders’ delight, opening up forests that were once controlled by armed groups.

The order finding that the Israeli military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jews risked splitting the coalition government, but there were no immediate threats from far-right ministers to pull out.

Israel’s insular ultra-Orthodox community has long been exempt from military service. The Supreme Court’s decision to end that exemption could change the country’s social and political dynamics.

Officials say Kyiv won’t get membership negotiations at the coming NATO summit, but the alliance will announce a structure to coordinate aid over the longer term.

The court ruled there was no legal justification for the ultra-Orthodox exemption from service, a decision that threatened to split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime government.

The former U.S. president’s election is treated as a foregone conclusion, with the six contenders clashing over who is best suited to handling him.

Also, Julian Assange’s plea deal with the U.S.