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Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich ‘pardoned by Minsk’
Roman Protasevich, a Belarusian opposition blogger who was arrested in 2021 after his flight was grounded in Minsk, has been…
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Killing of Indigenous Ecuador anti-oil activist spurs questions
It was a Sunday in late February, and Eduardo Mendúa was doing what he was famous for: organising against the…
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Lebanese feminists protest after woman harassed over swimsuit
It was supposed to be a leisurely Sunday in May like many others for Mayssa Hanouni Yaafouri. But her regular…
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Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in raid on Nablus
The Israeli army has killed three Palestinian men during a large-scale raid on the Balata refugee camp in the city…
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Fall of Bakhmut would signal ‘a Pyrrhic victory for Wagner’
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Bakhmut resembles Hiroshima after the 1945 nuclear bombing. The ravaged southeastern city, home to…
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Beijing summons Japanese envoy over ‘anti-China’ G7 summit
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has summoned the Japanese ambassador to register protests over “hype around China-related issues” at…
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Who is Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Iran’s new security chief?
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed a veteran commander with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as the country’s new…
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Sinan Ogan endorses Erdogan in Turkey election run-off
Sinan Ogan, who came third in last week’s Turkish presidential election, has thrown his support behind incumbent President Recep Tayyip…
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Ex-US commander predicts ‘disaster’ for Wagner chief, his men in Bakhmut within days
A former US commander predicted on Sunday that Russian Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his men will face “disaster” in Ukraine over the coming…
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Head of Russia’s Wagner says all of Bakhmut captured as promised, will leave May 25
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said on Sunday that his forces had captured all the territory in the…
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