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UN demands Taliban provide info on two more missing women activists

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained…

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PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) - Panamanian authorities announced Thursday that as part of an operation to disrupt a sex trafficking…

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) - A 14-year-old environmental activist has been shot dead in Colombia, indigenous groups and officials said, in…

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by Poornima WEERASEKARA Agence France-Presse BAODING, China (AFP) - Beaten, forced off their land, cheated out of money, and even…

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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- A Singapore court Tuesday postponed the imminent execution of a Malaysian man whom campaigners say is…

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) - Environmental watchdogs Saturday condemned the arrest of six Ugandan rights campaigners as a coordinated effort to silence…

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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- The United Nations voiced alarm Friday at Myanmar's military junta deploying heavy weapons and troops to…

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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds arbitrarily detained in Myanmar since a coup…

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- The European Parliament on Thursday removed Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the "Sakharov…

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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The US drone strike that killed Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani was "unlawful", the United Nations…

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PEKIN, China (AFP) -- A proposal to enact new Hong Kong security legislation was submitted to China's rubber-stamp on Friday,…

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) --Saudi Arabia on Sunday ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing…

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