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Foreign ministers of five Western powers say they were 'deeply troubled' by Israeli government's decision to legalize nine West Bank settlements and build thousands of new units
Africa's most populous country goes to the polls on February 25, but has been plunged into crisis in the runup to the vote with dire shortages of cash and fuel
The court sentenced Mumin to two months in prison
A video was widely shared on social media in recent days
With Ukraine bracing for a fresh offensive from Moscow, leaders are likely to renew their commitment to support Kyiv
Israeli lawmakers met Monday to discuss government plans to give deputies more control of judicial system
It was her baby bump that dominated the conversation
The Pentagon said the first balloon had a gondola the size of three buses and weighed more than a ton
Amira Bouraoui, a French-Algerian doctor by training, had been arrested in Tunisia last week and risked being deported to Algeria, but she was finally able to board a flight to France on Monday evening
But in response to call to bar Russians and Belarusians from the 2024 Paris Games Thomas Bach stressed that it was not up to individual governments to decide who takes part
Some allies were looking to extend Jens Stoltenberg’s term due to Russia’s war on Ukraine his spokeswoman confirmed that he would leave office later this year
Elnaz Mohammadi was detained after going to the prosecutor's office ‘for an explanation’ but has since been ‘released from Evin prison on bail,’ the reformist daily Hammihan reported
The IS group 'attacked about 75 people on Saturday while they were collecting truffles in the Palmyra area, in the eastern countryside of Homs," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Tunisia has seen a spike in the arrest of politicians, journalists and others since new leader took over
The protesters also urged European countries to cut economic ties with Iran over the crackdown on the protest movement, brandishing the slogan "your economic interests shed the blood of our innocent youth"
The troops were on patrol in the northern part of the Banibangou department when they "came under a complex ambush by a group of armed terrorists" said the ministry said, referring to jihadi groups.
This is the eighth heat wave to hit the country in this Southern Hemisphere summer
Hossein Yazdi had been sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban
UN agency says that since October, 72 schools have recorded acts of violence, a ninefold increase over a year ago.
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