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Zimbabwe protests: ‘Systematic torture of protesters’
Zimbabwe's human rights commission is accusing security forces of systematic torture after recent protests turned violent. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is calling for a national dialogue to address the protests over rising living costs. But
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Are the Taliban using an ‘attack and talk’ strategy?
Afghanistan has been at war for much of the past 40 years. In 2001, the United States sent its troops into the country in response to the 9/11 attacks. The withdrawal of these troops
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Tales of torture from Israel’s prisons
Earlier this month, Israel's Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced plans to "worsen" already horrific conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israel's jails. According to the Palestinian prisoners' rights group Addameer, there are nearly 5,500
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Portugal protests: Police station attacked, cars torched
Unidentified attackers threw petrol bombs at a police station in the Portuguese city of Setubal and torched cars in the capital Lisbon, hours after a protest against alleged racially motivated police violence ended in
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Car bomb explodes in Assad’s Syria stronghold Latakia
GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: An Israeli tank shelled a Hamas site in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after gunfire at soldiers near the border fence, the army said.There were no reports of injuries
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Israel strikes Hamas post after gunfire at troops
GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: An Israeli tank shelled a Hamas site in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after gunfire at soldiers near the border fence, the army said.There were no reports of injuries
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One killed and several injured in Houthi attack in Taiz
GAZA CITY: A fresh tranche of Qatari funds for Hamas civil servants in Gaza will be delivered via Israel this week, the Qatar ambassador to the Palestinian enclave said Monday.Mohammed Al-Emadi is expected to
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Thousands flee Hodeidah as talks to salvage ceasefire fail
An attack by Houthi rebels on the city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen has killed one woman and injured dozens. The incident comes two days after the latest talks between the Houthis and the
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Israel says it struck Hamas posts in Gaza after shots fired
Israeli forces have shelled Palestinian positions in the besieged Gaza Strip in what it said was a response to gunfire from the enclave. In a statement, the Israeli military said on Tuesday it struck
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Cardiff City footballer Sala onboard plane that disappeared
French and British authorities are looking for a small aircraft carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala that went missing on Monday night. Sala, a 28-year-old striker who signed for Premier League club Cardiff City FC


