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UN council votes to keep researching abuses for LGBT people despite US U-turn

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to renew the mandate o...

7th July, 2025

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Poland imposes checks on German and Lithuanian borders amid migration fears

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland introduced temporary controls on its borders with Germany and Lithuania on...

7th July, 2025

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South Korea's balloon crackdown hits anti-North Korea activists

By Ju-min Park POCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -The equipment activist Lee Min-bok uses to send ballo...

7th July, 2025

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Facing settler threats, Palestinian Bedouins forced out of rural West Bank community

By Ali Sawafta JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) -Thirty Palestinian families left their home in a...

4th July, 2025

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Austria deports first Syrian since civil war, says more will follow

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's conservative-led government said on Thursday it had c...

3rd July, 2025

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Serbian police detain 79 people in crackdown on protests

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian police detained 79 protesters late on Wednesday in a crackdown on street...

3rd July, 2025

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Exclusive-Jailed Russian dissidents call for mass prisoner release as part of a peace deal with Ukraine

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written to world leaders a...

3rd July, 2025

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German interior minister seeks direct migrant deportation deal with Taliban

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to negotiate a direct agreement...

3rd July, 2025

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France condemns Iran's detention of couple

PARIS (Reuters) -France reaffirmed on Wednesday its condemnation of Iran's detention of two French c...

2nd July, 2025

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Don't relax pressure on Lukashenko, freed Belarus dissident tells the West

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -The West needs to keep up pressure on Belarusian leader Alexande...

2nd July, 2025

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Belarusian leader Lukashenko frees 16 people in new batch of pardons

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 people convicted of vari...

2nd July, 2025

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'Lucrative' business deals help sustain Israel's Gaza campaign, UN expert says

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N. expert has named over 60 companies, including major arms manu...

1st July, 2025