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Nine dead as protests rock Senegal after Sonko jail sentence
At least nine people were killed in Senegal in clashes between riot police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko…
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Pakistan inflation hits record for second consecutive month
Pakistan’s annual inflation rate has risen to 37.97 percent in May, the statistics bureau said, setting a national record for…
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Prince Harry to give evidence in phone hacking trial
Prince Harry will become the first British royal to appear in the witness box since the 1890s when he testifies…
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UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia
The synthetic drugs market in Southeast and East Asia is becoming more diverse, the United Nations has warned, and drug…
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The activists confronting period taboos in Pakistan
In November last year, I met Razia* at a rice mill in Thul, a little over an hour from Jacobabad…
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Pakistani lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir abducted, wife says
The wife of a prominent Pakistani rights activist and lawyer says her husband has been “abducted” from the southern city…
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Palestinian toddler seriously wounded by Israeli fire
A Palestinian toddler has been seriously wounded and his father hurt after being shot by Israeli army fire in the…
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Deal to raise debt ceiling passes US Senate, heads to Biden
The United States Senate has voted to approve a bipartisan deal that would increase the country’s debt ceiling, clearing the…
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Ousmane Sonko sentenced: Why are tensions flaring in Senegal?
Nine people have died in clashes that erupted after Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years in…
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What’s the latest in Sudan? Suspended talks, sanctions, fighting
Sudan’s conflict has continued for a seventh continuous week, where fighting has propelled the nation into an all-out war since…
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