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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022.

Saudi Arabian academic on death row for using Twitter and WhatsApp
The Observer A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to death for alleged crimes including having a Twitter account and using WhatsApp to share news considered “hostile” to the kingdom,... (photo: AP / Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)

A woman holds a banner reading "Women, Life, Freedom" during a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, during a rally in central Rome, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022.

Iran sentences 3 more to death in connection with protests
Deutsche Welle The latest death sentences come days after Iran hanged two people over events relataed to ongoing protests. The executions and death sentences have garnered condemnation from the German chancellor and... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)

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Russian Journalist Nevzorov Sentenced To Nine Years For Comments On War

Radio Free Europe One of Russia's best-known TV journalists, Aleksandr Nevzorov, has been sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for allegedly discrediting the armed forces involved in the unprovoked invasion... (photo: Creative Commons / Okras )

FILE - In this Thursday, June 18, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.

Meta to allow Donald Trump back on Facebook, Instagram
France24 Meta Platforms Inc META.O said on Wednesday it will restore former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon, File)

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Pfizer Has a Long History of Fraud, Corruption and Using Children as Human Guinea Pigs
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Image showing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock signs the guest book ahead of her meeting with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022.

Germany summons Iran envoy again over executions

The New Arab German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday summoned Iran's ambassador to Berlin for the second time in a week over a rash of executions by Tehran, her spokesman... (photo: US DoS / Ron Przysucha)

Iranian women protest a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. in this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran.

Iran: Brute Force Used in Crackdown on Dissent
Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Iranian authorities used excessive and lethal force in their clampdown on nationwide protests that broke out in September 2022, Human Rights Watch said today... (photo: AP / Middle East Images)

President Biden traveled to El Paso today to assess border enforcement operations and meet with local officials who have been important partners in managing the historic number of migrants feeling political oppression and violence in Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

Biden's new shift on immigration acknowledges what was obvious

The Buffalo News WASHINGTON – When President Joe Biden was rolling out his new, tougher "border enforcement" policy on Thursday, a reporter asked whether he believed, as many in his party... (photo: White House)

Philippines: Onion prices now higher than meat, here’s why
Gulf News Manila: In the Philippines, the price of 1 kg of onion has soared to Php700 ($12.87) — more than double the price of meat. It’s higher than the mandated daily minimum... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)

Mad world: 2023 flashpoints in a ‘permacrisis’ era

Asiatimes When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least ten regions. Topping most lists were concerns about tensions in Ukraine, Afghanistan and... (photo: Creative Commons)

People demonstrate in Lyon, central France, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023

Iran executions amount to ‘state sanctioned killing’: UN rights chief
FX Empire GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran’s government to strike fear into the population and stamp out... (photo: AP / Laurent Cipriani)

In this photo taken Thursday, June 11, 2020, Ugandan gay refugee Martin Okello poses for a photo to show the scars he has after he was attacked on the street in Kenya in May. He lives in a house that serves as a shelter for other LGBT refugees in Nairobi.

Kenyan police arrest suspect over killing of LGBTQ+ activist
The Observer Police investigating the death of an LGBTQ+ rights campaigner whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk have arrested a suspect, they said. Edwin Chiloba, a... (photo: AP / Brian Inganga)

Gianluca Vialli, head of the Italian team delegation checks the field ahead of the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021

Gianluca Vialli, former Italy striker, dies at 58
Sun Star Gianluca Vialli, the former Italy striker who helped both Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming a player-manager at Chelsea, has died.... (photo: AP / Alberto Lingria)