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Seven killed in anti-coup protests in Sudan
Seven protesters have been killed in Sudan since a military coup four days ago, a health official said Thursday, adding...
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2,000 attend new Tunisia opposition alliance demonstration
A crowd estimated at more than 2,000, lower than expected, took part Sunday in the first demonstration of a new...
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Blinken offers ‘deep condolences’ to family of Palestinian journalist
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh after criticizing Israel's...
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Macron meets Mohamed bin Zayed, offers condolences
The UAE's new president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks Sunday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as world...
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Iran arrests academic on national security charges
Iranian police have arrested academic and author Said Madani on charges of acting "against the security" of the country and of having ties to foreign states, Mehr news agency reported Monday. Madani, 61, professor of sociology at Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, has published several books on social issues in Iran.
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Algerian military officer sentenced to death for ‘high treason’
An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of "high treason", the French-language daily El Watan reported Sunday. While courts continue to hand out death sentences in Algeria, there has been a moratorium on capital punishment since 1993.
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