Once prisoners, the Taliban now lead to a prison in Kabul
Kabul’s main prison used to be full of thousands of Taliban captured or arrested by the government during the long war in Afghanistan. By FILIPE...
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Peru: Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path rebel team, dies
LIMA, Peru – Abimael Guzmán, leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency in Peru, who was captured in 1992, died Saturday at a military hospital...
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Hong Kong vigil leaders in Tiananmen accused of subversion
A group that organized an annual candlelight vigil in Tiananmen and three of its leaders have been charged with subversion under Hong Kong national security...
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The deadly fire in Indonesia highlights systemic problems
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Overcrowding, mass escapes, protest riots, extremism and corruption: Indonesian prisons have long been a hotbed of problems. On Wednesday, it was a...
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Israel is looking for 6 Palestinians after a rare prison sentence
TEL AVIV, Israel-Israel launched a massive search in the north of the country and the occupied West Bank early Monday after six Palestinian prisoners tunneled...
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Ethnic tensions are flaring up in Montenegro over a church ceremony
Protesters clash with hundreds of police in the old Montenegrin capital ahead of the inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in...
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Trudeau has been criticized for calling Canadian elections in the 4th wave
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defends his decision to call elections during a pandemic in the first debate in this month’s election campaign ByAssociated Press...
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The Xinjiang Genocide Conference aims to increase pressure on China
Leading scientists and lawyers join politicians and human rights groups in the UK at the first major conference to discuss the alleged genocide of the...
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Robbers flee with hostages in cars in a robbery of a Brazilian bank
Bank robbers armed with explosives and powerful rifles frightened the city into the interior of the state of Sao Paulo, taking civilians hostage and even...
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Hurricane Nora bypassed the Mexican coast near Puerto Vallarte
The newly formed Hurricane Nora hits the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco as it approaches the Puerto Vallarta area to pass through...