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Listeners reacted angrily after the Houthi militia in Yemen shut down one of Sanaa’s most popular radio stations amid a crackdown on independent media outlets in areas under their control. Yemeni activists and journalists, including…
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London’s Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens said on Thursday there will be no crackdown on people waving the Palestinian flag. The announcement comes after UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman called on police chiefs…
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Saudi authorities have recently arrested several people and seized large quantities of illegal drugs in operations carried out across the Kingdom. On Saturday, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority at both Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz…
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Police arrested more than 1,000 people in raids across Turkiye on Tuesday in a renewed crackdown after a suicide bomb attack in Ankara by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK. About 90 people in 18 provinces across the country…
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At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to sources and official documentation reviewed by AFP on Thursday, raising a previously reported death toll. On Wednesday, Congolese…
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A 90-year-old man is among dozens arrested in past weeks in a new crackdown by Iranian authorities against Bahais, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, a group said Wednesday. The Bahais, whose faith is not recognized in the…
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Law enforcement from five countries have disrupted an intercontinental criminal network that was smuggling migrants from Cuba to the European Union, with the move leading to the arrest of 62 people, Europol and Interpol, who coordinated the…
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Police across Europe arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a crackdown that dealt a “serious blow” to the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, with suspects accused of drugs and weapons trafficking with counterparts in Latin America.…
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Police in Iran said on Saturday they have implemented a plan to deal with women who violate the country’s dress code. The number of women defying the dress code that headscarves must be worn in public has increased since a protest…
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Israel came under fresh criticism on Sunday for its continued crackdown on Al-Aqsa Mosque and East Jerusalem. Israel’s measures and US support for them will not lead to security and stability, warned Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the Palestinian…
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