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Oyub Titiyev, pictured leaving a Grozny court building in July 2018, was arrested early that year on what campaigners believe are trumped up drug charges against the man who headed the Chechnya branch of Russia's top rights group
World
11.08.2024
Russian rights group awaits verdict of its Chechnya chief
US President Donald Trump has prolonged sanctions on more than 100 individuals and entities from Zimbabwe including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, over rights abuses
World
11.08.2024
Zimbabwe says US renewal of sanctions 'regrettable'
Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, has experienced a spike in violent attacks on people with albinism. In many cases those with albinism are targeted for their body parts to be used in witchcraft
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11.08.2024
Malawi police block protest march by hundreds of albinos
Vatican ambassador Waldemar Sommertag (L) and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada announce a breakthrough in peace talks between the government and opposition
World
11.08.2024
Nicaragua government, opposition agree on 'roadmap' for talks
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Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has opened the country's intelligence files to the public
World 11.08.2024
Mexican president denies communist past
"I urge you to troop out massively on Saturday," said Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
World 11.08.2024
Nigeria's leader urges peaceful state polls
Zelensky's only previous political experience has been playing the country's president in a television show but says he wants to help people. 
World 11.08.2024
Ukraine actor turned presidential frontrunner says politics 'not the movies'
The UN has called for a "full investigation" in police conduct during often violent anti-government "Yellow Vests" protests in France
World 11.08.2024
UN rights head urges probe of force used in 'Yellow Vest' protests
"What is a golden shower?" tweeted Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro after being slammed for posting obscene footage of a carinval-goer urinating on another man's head
World 11.08.2024
Brazil's Bolsonaro slammed for tweeting obscene carnival video
Haiti has been rocked by weeks of anti-government protests that have left at least seven dead
World 11.08.2024
UN chief says Haiti police mission should close as planned
Stepping down: Martin Fayulu says DR Congo's election results were rigged
World 11.08.2024
DR Congo election runner-up refuses to take seat as MP
Justin Trudeau's government has been rocked for weeks by a snowballing judicial scandal, which has triggered the resignation of several cabinet members
World 11.08.2024
Top Trudeau aide grilled as political crisis deepens
US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun is to meet with Japanese and South Korean officials over the deadlocked Hanoi summit between US President Donald Trump and the North's leader, Kim Jong Un
World 11.08.2024
US NKorea envoy in talks after Pyonyang rocket site work revealed
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