Russia warns Assad not to snub Syria ceasefire plan
President Bashar al-Assad was out of step with the views of his main ally, Russia, when he said he planned to fight on until he re-established control
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IS Camp Speicher massacre: Iraq sentences 40 to death’
Iraq has sentenced 40 men to death over the killing of up to 1,700 military recruits at a former US base in 2014. The Camp Speicher massacre was carri
India protest march against ”sedition” arrest of student leader
Thousands of supporters of a student leader from a top Indian university have marched to protest against his arrest on sedition charges. The rallies a
Egypt to shut prominent centre that documents torture
Egypt has ordered the closure of the country’s last remaining centre for the treatment and documentation of alleged torture victims. Officials h
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