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Macron has backed the EU's decision not to recognise Lukashenko as the country's president.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, 57, announced she was going on hunger strike last month to demand the release of political prisoners and focus attention on their plight due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
New York mayor boycotts Saudi summit on Khashoggi anniversary
Bill de Blasio withdrew from the virtual Urban 20 (U20) event hosted by Saudi Arabia, which will conclude on the anniversary of Khashoggi's killing.
Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them out to sea
The Turkish coast guard says it rescued over 300 migrants 'pushed back by Greek elements to Turkish waters' this month alone.
An open letter to my motherland, Libya
Comment: Fatima Kried writes a plea for a more inclusive Libya.
Oman threatens fines, jail for Muscat dress code violators
Muscat has introduced a dress code in public places with the threat of jail and fines for violators.
Amnesty International slams abuse of refugees in Libya
Amnesty International has urged the EU to reconsider cooperation with Libya, saying that “appalling human rights abuses” were being committed ...
Saudi dissidents launch new opposition party amid repression
A group of Saudi dissidents exiled abroad have announced the launch of a new opposition party amid a continued crackdown on freedom of ...
Hunger striking Iranian human rights lawyer back in prison
Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was sent to hospital after going on hunger strike for 40 days to demand the release of political prisoners, ...
Birth rates decrease in Xinjiang, China denies forced sterilisation
Birth rates in Muslim-majority Xinjiang have decreased in what critics are calling the outcome of a government-led forced sterilisation of ...
Young Afghan women, men perform whirling Sufi dance together
Young Afghans are embracing Sufi dance in which spin repetitively in prayer and seek to lose themselves in a spiritual trance that they believe ...
Dozens of Taliban killed in Afghan air strikes: ministry
The Taliban claimed the strike had killed nearly two dozen civilians including women and children.
Jailed Iranian rights lawyer hospitalised amid hunger strike
Nasrin Sotoudeh was transferred to a hospital in north Tehran from the notorious Evin Prison on Saturday.
US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at 87
Justice Ginsburg was instrumental in championing women's rights issues in the United States.
One family's desperate, deadly attempt to flee Lebanon
Smugglers are taking people from Tripoli to Cyprus.
UN warns of possible 'war crimes' in Turkish-controlled Syria
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the situation in areas of northern Syria controlled by Turkey was grim.
Pregnant Australian woman 'feared for life' in Islamophobic attack
Rana Elasmar told the district court that she turned her abdomen away and prayed to God to protect her child.
Kabul US Embassy warns of extremist attacks against women
The US warning comes as the Taliban and government-appointed negotiators are sitting together for the first time to try to find a peaceful end ...
Will Sudan's historic deal with rebels finally bring peace?
The peace agreement to end devastating wars in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile could be a key turning point in Sudan's democratic ...
Gunmen kill three Palestinians 'metres from Israeli checkpoint'
Two women and one man were shot dead by a group of four unknown assailants just metres from the Container checkpoint near Bethlehem.
Scores denounce Charlie Hebdo cartoons in Iraq capital
Protesters gathered outside the French embassy in Baghdad to condemn the 'repeated insults from the French media' against Islam's Prophet ...
Lesbos police begin moving homeless migrants to new camp
Many of the asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos have refused to go to the new site after their camp was destroyed by a fire last week.
Palestinians mark anniversary of horrific Sabra and Shatila massacre
Palestinian survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacre still remember the horrible events of 16th September 1982, in which up to 3,500 people ...
Nine Serbs held over 1992 Bosnia killings of Muslims
Nine Serbs have been arrested for taking part in the killings of 44 Muslim civilians in the early 1990s.
Palestinians have been outraged by the UAE's normalisation deal with Israel.
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