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Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the Jailed Egyptian-British Dissident Pardoned by Sisi
HeadlinesPig Heads, Some With 'Macron' Scrawled on Them, Found Outside Nine Paris Mosques
Egypt's Sisi Orders Authorities to Study Pardon for Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Spain Bans Israel-Bound Weapons Ships and Planes Over Gaza
Turkey Releases Youth Activist in Case Drawing European Criticism
Date: September 8, 2025
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of youth activist Enes Hocaogullari pending trial on charges including "inciting hatred", in a case that has drawn sharp...
Palestinian NGOs Vow to Continue Cooperation With Icc After US Sanctions
Date: September 5, 2025
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Three Palestinian human rights groups that had U.S. sanctions imposed on them for asking the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel over allegations of atrocity crimes...
Senior EU Official Says Israel's War in Gaza Is Genocide
Date: September 4, 2025
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A senior European Union official said on Thursday that Israel's operations in Gaza constitute genocide, the first member of the bloc's commission to make that charge. "The genocide...
US Trans Woman Challenging Netherlands Asylum Rejection Was Surprised to Find She Was Not Alone
Date: September 4, 2025
By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Bart Biesemans HEERLEN, Netherlands (Reuters) -Veronica Clifford Carlos, a 28-year-old artist from San Francisco hoping to win political asylum in the Netherlands, says...
Australia Passes Law to Speed Deportation of Non-Citizens to Nauru
Date: September 4, 2025
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Thursday passed a law allowing faster deportation of non-citizens to third countries, paving the way to send hundreds of refugees denied visas because...
Chinese Man Staged Rare Protest Before Big Military Parade
Date: September 3, 2025
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -A Chinese man staged a rare protest days before President Xi Jinping hosted global leaders for a military parade in Beijing by projecting anti-Communist slogans onto...