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Image for Germany charges suspected former Syrian intelligence agent with murder in Assad jail
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Germany charges suspected former Syrian intelligence agent with murder in Assad jail

Dec 22 (Reuters) - German prosecutors have charged a suspected former member of Syrian intelligence...

22nd December, 2025

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Bangladesh holds state funeral for slain youth leader amid tight security

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Bangladesh tightened security on Saturday, deploying police and paramilitary forc...

20th December, 2025

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UK imposes sanctions on perpetrators of violence against Syrian civilians

LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain imposed sanctions on Friday on individuals and organisations it s...

19th December, 2025

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Bangladesh government urges calm in wake of youth leader's killing, as election looms

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Bangladesh was rocked by violent protests in several cities after the death of yo...

19th December, 2025

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Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border pact brings crackdown

NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Moktar Diallo left Mali in 2015, dreaming of reaching Europe by boat...

18th December, 2025

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UN, aid groups warn Gaza operations at risk from Israel impediments

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations and aid groups warned on W...

17th December, 2025

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G7 condemns prosecution of Jimmy Lai, calls for his release

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven on Wednesday condemned the prosecution...

17th December, 2025

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Freed Nobel laureate Bialiatski sees Belarus sliding back to Soviet times

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Belarus human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who wa...

17th December, 2025

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No news on whereabouts or health of Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

By John Irish PARIS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The brother and lawyer of Iranian human rights activist and...

16th December, 2025

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank, health ministry says

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Israeli military shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian duri...

15th December, 2025

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Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalised twice after 'violent arrest', say family

DUBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to the hospital emer...

15th December, 2025

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Who are the most prominent prisoners released by Belarusian president Lukashenko?

Dec 13 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 prisoners on Saturday in r...

13th December, 2025