Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad
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Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Ghouta, Ms. Al-Khalil kept a diary, fragments of her experience under bombardment and siege. Like some 113,000 Syrians who have been forcibly disappeared since 2011, she was abducted, on Dec. 9, 2013. We still don’t know where she is or if she…

U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
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U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over what it described as acts of transnational repression for their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and on U.S. soil. The…

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal in ‘Juliana’ Climate Case
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal in ‘Juliana’ Climate Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a landmark climate case brought by 21 young people against the federal government, ending its 10-year journey through the courts. But the case provided a blueprint for numerous other climate-related lawsuits that…

East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
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East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her. Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony. Winfridah Kwamboka never even made it back home. East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly…

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant
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Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of…

Did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Order a Murder in Chile?
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Did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Order a Murder in Chile?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Shortly after 3 a.m., a battering ram burst open the door to a 14th-floor apartment and three men dressed in the black tactical gear of the Chilean police rushed in. Brandishing guns, they grabbed Ronald Ojeda in front of his wife and 6-year-old…

An American Teacher Went to Ukraine. Now He’s in a Russian Prison.
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An American Teacher Went to Ukraine. Now He’s in a Russian Prison.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Stephen James Hubbard left America behind decades ago, first for Japan, then Cyprus and finally Ukraine. He didn’t like the government — any government, really. He was a wanderer, growing up in a small town in Michigan and traveling the world before ending…