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India bars Kashmiri journalist from leaving for US to receive Pulitzer Prize
Oct 20, 2022 08:40Indian authorities have barred Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo from flying to the United States to receive the Pulitzer Prize.
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Syrian photojournalist injured by police during Paris protests
Oct 19, 2022 09:42A Syrian photojournalist has suffered an injury above his eye after French police intervened in a protest over wages and working conditions in the capital, Paris, amid soaring inflation in the country.
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Saudi Arabia hands 16-year jail term to elderly US citizen over critical tweets
Oct 19, 2022 05:01The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen to 16 years in prison over his tweets criticizing the ultra-conservative regime in Riyadh, with the son of the elderly critic saying his father has been “tortured” in jail.
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Iran slams acts of violence against its diplomatic missions, envoys
Oct 19, 2022 03:51Iran has denounced acts of violence committed against its diplomatic missions and envoys in certain countries in the wake of nationwide protests that erupted last month following the controversial death of a young woman.
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Riyadh delegation thanks Yemen for good treatment of Saudi prisoners
Oct 14, 2022 15:06The head of a Saudi team visiting Yemen’s capital as part of a prisoners swap agreement has thanked the Sana’a government’s authorities for their good treatment of Saudi inmates captured during the Riyadh-led war against Yemen.
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Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran over what it calls human rights violations
Oct 14, 2022 02:19Canada has imposed a fresh raft of sanctions against Iranian individuals and various bodies over what it calls human rights violations in the Islamic Republic.
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No talk of Yemen ceasefire extension unless public demands are fully responded to: FM
Oct 12, 2022 12:48The Yemeni foreign minister says there will be no talks about extension of the United Nations-brokered six-month truce, which expired on October 2, unless the nation’s legitimate demands are fully met, stressing that the Sana’a-based National Salvation Government spares no effort to establish just and dignified peace throughout the war-torn country.
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Jailed Kashmiri pro-independence leader dies in Indian custody after late cancer diagnosis
Oct 11, 2022 11:09A Kashmiri pro-freedom leader, Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was imprisoned at India’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, died on Monday night, days after being diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer.
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Israeli-made missile systems will be of no use to Saudi-led invaders, warns Yemen
Oct 11, 2022 09:42Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement says Israeli-built missile systems will be of no use to the UAE and other countries involved in the Saudi war on Yemen in case they insist on their military aggression and all-out siege.
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Rights group: 50 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike over Israel’s detention policy
Oct 10, 2022 02:44A Palestinian prisoners advocacy group says at least 50 Palestinian prisoners are on an open-ended hunger strike in Israeli jails in protest against Israel’s so-called policy of administrative detention.