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As news of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria spread, Syrian children, the elderly, women and men sprint toward the exit of the infamous Sednaya Prison on the outskirts of Damascus. Syrians are trying to find loved ones who…
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Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey on Monday, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of Bashar Assad’s government. Many arrived at the Cilvegozu and Oncupinar gates at…
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The 65 million people living in the world’s small island nations face “catastrophe” from the health impacts of climate breakdown, say experts behind a Lancet Countdown report. Heatwaves, drought, insect-borne diseases and extreme weather…
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For Saja, studying nursing at a health care institute in Kabul was her last lifeline to make something of herself after women were banned from universities in Afghanistan two years ago. But the Taliban government has crushed this ambition…
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This year has been “particularly deadly” for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Tuesday. The toll for 2024 is down on the 129 deaths in 2023 but…
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Members of the UN Security Council on Monday discussed the fluid situation in Syria after President Bashar Assad’s fall, opting to stand by and await further developments, according to ambassadors who attended the closed-door meeting. “The…
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Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the US Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing his “lack of…
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South Korea’s corruption investigation chief said on Monday, December 9, he ordered travel ban on President Yoon over martial law decree. Police in South Korea were considering placing an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as…
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The effects of climate change are pervasive, from biodiversity loss to extreme weather events, rising sea levels, wildfires and human mass migration. With each year that passes, we learn more about our impact on the environment – some of…
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Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the 42-year-old leader of the insurgent group that forced Syrian President Bashar Assad out of the country and ended his regime, is said to have worked for years to distance himself from his extremist past and…
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