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A Tunisian court released government critic and former presidential hopeful Safi Said from custody Thursday after he was arrested for crossing into Algeria “illegally,” Tunisian media reported. Said, 70, a vocal opponent of Tunisian…
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Prominent Libyan journalist Ahmed Sanussi has been released by the authorities after spending three days in detention, local media reported on Monday. “The prosecution released journalist Ahmed Sanussi on Sunday evening ... three days…
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A Libyan political activist who was abducted by an unknown armed group in western Libya has been released, local media reported Thursday. Al-Moatassim Al-Areebi, 29, was released a day after the United Nations said it was “deeply…
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Ethiopia lodged a complaint Thursday over statements by the US ambassador after he said the release of political prisoners could help the country engage in a productive dialogue and that detaining critics won’t resolve the country’s issues.…
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Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in brutal October 7 attacks in Israel and indicated that more could follow. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan were back…
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has demanded the immediate release of Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been detained following a coup d’état. Bazoum has not been heard from since early Thursday…
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The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking secret military papers challenged a judge’s decision that he remain behind bars, pointing Monday to the pretrial release of former President Donald Trump and others charged in…
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President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said two French citizens, Bernard Phelan and Benjamin Briere, who were detained in Iran are now free. Ties between France and Iran have deteriorated in recent months with Tehran detaining seven French…
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Advisers to the World Health Organization have urged China to release all information related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic after new findings were briefly shared on an international database used to track pathogens. New…
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Two Pakistani brothers held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay detention facility for two decades were freed and returned home on Friday to be reunited with their families, officials said. Pakistan arrested Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani…
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