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Iran arrests 3rd outspoken filmmaker in escalating crackdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIran has arrested an internationally renowned filmmaker, several newspapers reported Tuesday, the...
Prominent Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after a hunger strike of...
Paris shooting: Three dead after gunman opens fire
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting violent protests in nearby...
Putin's crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring the LGBTQ+ community, lawyers and many others
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt's not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by Russian President Vladimir...
Aung San Suu Kyi Moved From Prison to House Arrest Due to Heat
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi attending a leaders' summit of the Association of Southeast Asian...
Myanmar releases 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMyanmar's military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an...
Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter, claims he was "spying"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Journal "vehemently denies" the claim that Evan Gershkovich "was collecting classified...
Peru bans Bolivia's Evo Morales as political crisis simmers
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLIMA (Reuters) -Peru barred Bolivia's socialist former president, Evo Morales, from entering its...
Ukraine’s Mariupol defenders, Putin ally in prisoner swap
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUkraine announced a high-profile prisoner swap early Thursday that was the culmination of months of...
Xi Crackdown Foils Shanghai-Like Covid Unrest in Xinjiang, Tibet
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- To combat fresh outbreaks of Covid-19 in outlying areas like Xinjiang and Tibet,...