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In the world’s biggest election, millions of migrants are unable to vote
Chanu Gupta has lived in India’s financial capital Mumbai nearly his whole life, since arriving as a child from the...
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Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison and flogging sentence
Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof says he has fled his home country to an undisclosed location in Europe after a...
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What is Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill, and why is Europe so alarmed?
Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a highly controversial so-called “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the...
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Spain’s Socialists hail ‘new era’ in Catalonia as separatist support dims in elections
Barcelona, Spain — Spain’s Socialists won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday’s Catalan elections, dealing a serious blow...
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With a surprise cross-border attack, Russia ruthlessly exposes Ukraine’s weaknesses
For Ukraine, May is turning out to be the cruellest month. The town of Vovchansk in the northern Kharkiv region, liberated from Russian...
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Putin replaces Russia’s defense minister with a civilian, citing rising military spending and need for innovation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister Sergei Shoigu with a civilian, Andrey Belousov, citing the country’s rising military...
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Children pulled from mud as hundreds die in severe flooding in Afghanistan
Three bewildered children sit on the roof of a mosque in Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, their eyes blinking away mud...
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Russia claims to have captured five border villages in Kharkiv amid fresh offensive
Russia’s military claimed to have captured five villages in the Kharkiv region on the border with Ukraine as part of a new offensive,...
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Anti-government protests demand release of Gaza hostages ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day
Protesters took to the streets of several cities across Israel on Saturday, demanding the release of all hostages held in...
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50,000 protest Georgia’s foreign agent bill as US sounds alarm over ‘Kremlin-style’ law
About 50,000 opponents of a “foreign agents” bill marched peacefully in heavy rain through the Georgian capital on Saturday, after the United States...
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