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But clampdown on dissent has included a drive by authorities to weed out from public office anyone deemed politically disloyal after protests
India's Supreme Court Monday directed the election commission to hold elections in the Jammu and Kashmir region by Sept. 30, 2024.
The Karrar unmanned aerial vehicles are said to have an operational range of up to 1,000 kilometers and are equipped with thermal missile with a range of eight kilometers
After coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger since 2020, the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS saw member states Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau report attempted coups in recent weeks
Laurent Bucyibaruta, who died on Wednesday aged 79, was the highest-ranking Rwandan to have faced trial in France over the 1994 massacres in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in 100 days of mass killings
A group of 135 refugees, mostly women and children, were relocated from a beach in Aceh Besar regency of Aceh province to a governor's office building before the authorities eventually conveyed them by truck to a camping ground
The document is one of the first achievements of the United Nations
They’re at odds over the oil-rich region of Essequibo
Beijing in recent years has stepped up pressure on countries to refuse even a semblance of recognition to Taiwan
Amini died in 2022 while being held by Iran's religious police for allegedly breaking the nation's strict dress code for women
The deal was signed with several world powers but was rendered useless when the U.S. withdrew in 2018
The social media-fueled reaction has generated yet more headlines, as locals have organized vigilante groups and taken to the streets with bats, brass knuckles and other weapons to stalk alleged criminals
The AIIB was launched in 2016 to counter Western dominance of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
Two countries at odds over oil-rich Essequibo region
Jamshid Sharmahd was abducted in late July 2020 by the Iranian authorities and sentenced earlier this year to be hanged
President Emmerson Mnangagwa cementing his control
Narges Mohammadi won’t be able to attend the award ceremony Sunday in Oslo
Since launching its assault on Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has sought to deepen its economic and political ties with Tehran
Chinese president will visit neighboring Vietnam next week to push for deeper ties between socialist neighbors, Beijing's foreign ministry says
Aliyev's popularity is soaring after his military recaptured the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenian separatists.
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