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Straight outta Bangkok: The world of Thailand’s rebel artists
Bangkok, Thailand - "The country that points a gun at your throat. Claims to have freedom but no right to choose." Rap Against Dictatorship, a Thai hip-hop group, pulls no punches when rapping about
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US House broadly condemns hate amid divide over Ilhan Omar
The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to condemn anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination and other bigotry against minorities, with Democrats trying to push past a dispute that has overwhelmed their agenda and exposed fault
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US gov’t ‘created database’ of reporters covering migrant caravan
Rights groups have voiced concern over the targeting of journalists, activists, and lawyers who have aided or represented migrants at the southern border by the United States government. Leaked documents, obtained by NBC station
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Houthis have ‘killed the Stockholm Agreement’: Yemeni official
TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a one-time presidential hopeful, as head of the judiciary, the leader’s website said.Former judge Raisi, who currently heads the holy
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Ultra-conservative cleric appointed head of Iran’s judiciary
TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a one-time presidential hopeful, as head of the judiciary, the leader’s website said.Former judge Raisi, who currently heads the holy
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Sudan unions call for protests ahead of Women’s Day
LONDON: The Iranian regime is seeking to dominate countries in the Middle East, the top US commander for the Middle East said Thursday at a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing on national security challenges. Gen. Joseph Votel also
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US gov’t ‘created database’ of reporters covering migrant caravan
Rights groups have voiced concern over the targeting of journalists, activists, and lawyers who have aided or represented migrants at the southern border by the United States government. Leaked documents, obtained by NBC station
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El Salvador frees three women convicted for suspected abortions
Ilopango, El Salvador - Alba Lorena Rodriguez embraced her 11- and 14-year-old daughters as a free woman for the first time in nearly a decade on Thursday. Since 2010, Rodriguez has been behind bars
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Iraqi leader says foreign ISIL fighters may face death penalty
Iraqi President Barham Salih has said foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL,ISIS) fighters tried in Iraq could be handed death sentences, according to an interview published by Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National
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ICC urged to investigate Syria’s forced deportations
Human rights lawyers have urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a preliminary investigation into alleged mass deportations by Syrian authorities, in an attempt to hold President Bashar al-Assad's regime accountable for atrocities


