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Hostility to the LGBT community in Poland is such that Gay Pride parades have to held under heavy police protection
World
17.08.2024
Polish right targets LGBT, Jewish claims in election fight
Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda, left, swears in Peter Mutharika, centre, after Malawi's presidential elections in May last year. Nyirenda later presided over a court decision that tossed out the election result
World
17.08.2024
Malawi lawyers protest as chief justice forced to retire before vote
Dubbed the "Butcher of Hama" for allegedly commanding troops who put down an uprising in central Syria in 1982, Rifaat al-Assad has been under investigation in France since 2014
World
17.08.2024
French jail sentence for uncle of Syria's Assad
Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, urged the UN to probe the killings of African Americans by police
World
17.08.2024
George Floyd's brother urges UN to probe police killings of black Americans
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India and China have an understanding that their troops in the disputed and inhospitable border region will not use firearms
World 17.08.2024
Fists, stones and clubs: China and India's brutal high altitude, low-tech battle
Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera, addressing supporters in February after winning his bid to overturn the May 2019 election result
World 17.08.2024
Malawi opposition leader confident of credible presidential re-vote
Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad poses for a picture that appeared in 2019 on the Syrian presidency's Facebook page
World 17.08.2024
Vowing new Syria campaign, US sanctions dozens including Assad wife
The pollution spread after 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked when a fuel reservoir collapsed on May 29
World 17.08.2024
Russia says has removed fuel from river hit by Arctic spill
The Alhambra was once home to the Moorish kings and is now one of the world's largest open-air museums of Islamic architecture
World 17.08.2024
Spain's Alhambra Palace reopens to visitors
African countries are pushing for UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to investigate racism and police civil liberties violations
World 17.08.2024
Floyd's brother to address UN debate on US 'systemic racism'
Yu Wensheng poses for a portrait in Beijing in 2017. His wife said the human rights lawyer had been sentenced to four years in jail for "inciting the subversion of state power"
World 17.08.2024
Rights lawyer sentenced to four years jail in China, says wife
At least 18 Afghan security force members were killed in two Taliban attacks
World 17.08.2024
Taliban raids on Afghan security posts kill 18
Magufuli has been accused of paring back freedoms during his first term in office
World 17.08.2024
Tanzania's Magufuli to seek re-election in October vote
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