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Finland Completes First 35 Km of Fence on Russian Border
HeadlinesEU Proposes Allowing Deportation of Asylum Seekers to Third Countries
HeadlinesUkraine to Host Foreign Ministers to Endorse 'special Tribunal' for Russian Leadership
US Sanctions Six Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Rights Abuses
US Cuts Force UN Rights Office to Shut Some Work, Including for Iraq Torture Victims
Date: March 11, 2025
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received termination notices from the U.S. government for five of its projects, forcing it to shut some programmes...
West Bank Bedouin Community Says Israeli Settlers Stole Hundreds of Sheep
Date: March 11, 2025
By Ali Sawafta and James Mackenzie EIN AL-AUJA, West Bank (Reuters) - Armed Israeli settlers stole hundreds of sheep from a Bedouin community in the Jordan Valley, local residents say, in one of the...
Philippine Ex-Leader Duterte Long Defiant on Deadly Drug War
Date: March 11, 2025
MANILA (Reuters) - Before he was elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte already was nicknamed "The Punisher" and "Duterte Harry" for his years-long and often violent campaign against...
Factbox-What Happened in Philippine Drug War That Led to Duterte's Arrest?
Date: March 11, 2025
MANILA (Reuters) -Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday in Manila on an International Criminal Court warrant for the "war on drugs" that defined...
Trump Administration Weighs Closure of Nearly a Dozen Diplomatic Missions Abroad
Date: March 6, 2025
(Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates by this summer and is considering closing more missions, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing U.S....
Thailand's Deportation of Uyghurs Was to Avert China 'retaliation', Minister Says
Date: March 6, 2025
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China last week was in the Southeast Asian country's best interest due to the possibility of retaliation from Beijing if...