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Rights groups launch new legal challenge to Trump campaign against ICC
Prominent organisation charge sanctions against international tribunal trample consitutional rights, hinder their work.
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Fueled by national movement, democratic socialist shakes up Wisconsin's governor's race
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Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is sentenced to death in absentia
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‘We are still here’: a day in the life of 12 Afghan women
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Brazil’s Supreme Court to weigh cases that could weaken Amazon protections
The rulings could affect Indigenous land rights, soya farming and environmental safeguards across the Amazon rainforest.
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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib to death
Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and cousin Atef Najib have been sentenced to death
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Trump doesn’t deny a possible federal takeover of elections: ‘Stranger things have happened’
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Hormuz to stay closed unless US meets Iran's conditions, Iran official says
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Drone strike sparks massive blaze at Libya’s Zawiya refinery
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US jury in Luigi Mangione murder trial to remain anonymous
The closely watched state trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is set to begin next month.
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Hotel prices in Europe jump before total solar eclipse
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Before Trump, Clinton took a decoy plane for safety. I was there
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Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs chooses former GOP Mayor John Giles as running mate
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Rep Carlos Gimenez warns against rise of Marxism in US elections
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Shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz falls to 6 vessels
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Russia frees ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from detention
The US government had recently designated Gilman as wrongfully detained.