General Strike Brings Portugal to a Halt in Labor Protest
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Portugal's first general strike in over a decade has brought transport to a standstill, grounded hundreds of flights, and closed schools as unions...
Amnesty International Finds Hamas Committed Crimes Against Humanity
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Amnesty International has concluded in a new report that Hamas committed crimes against humanity during its October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel...
Bulgarian PM Steps Down Following Mass Anti-Corruption Protests
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned along with his government following weeks of sustained street protests over economic policies and corruption. The...
Ukraine Attacks Russian Caspian Sea Oil Rig for First Time
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Ukraine has struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the first time, hitting the Lukoil-owned Filanovsky rig with at least...
Israel Approves Almost 800 New Homes for West Bank Settlements
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Israel has given final approval for 764 new housing units to be built across three settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move...
Congo Crisis Worsens as M23 Rebels Capture Strategic Hub
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the strategic eastern Congolese town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, marking the biggest escalation in months in...
Israeli Druze Leader Appeals to US for Syrian Minority Protection
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Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif has appealed to the United States to provide security guarantees for Syria's Druze community, aiming to prevent...
Funding Crisis Forces UN Human Rights Office into Survival Mode
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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk warned that his office is operating in “survival mode” due to severe funding cuts, forcing 300 job...
Putin Pushes for Stronger Military and Energy Ties with Indonesia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Moscow, offering nuclear energy cooperation and hailing deepening military ties as Russia seeks...
Lebanon Rejects Tehran Trip, Pushes for Neutral Talks With Iran
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji has declined an invitation to visit Tehran, proposing instead to hold talks with Iran in a neutral third...