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man at podium outside in the snow
Politics
India’s Rahul Gandhi supporters finish 5-month rally and march against increasingly nationalist state
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Ukraine
Russian dissident remains in prison on trumped-up charges
A nurse talks with police.
Mass arrests in Zimbabwe over coronavirus regulation violations
Venezuela
Conflict
Venezuela’s violent protests have claimed 31 lives so far
A Syrian civil defence member uses an oxygen mask after a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib.
Conflict
‘Shocking’ video shows alleged chemical attack in Syria. But will it have an impact?
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera reads from Hannah Arendt's book "The Origins of Totalitarianism" as part of a 100-hour collective reading in Havana May 20, 2015.
Justice
Cubans ‘don’t understand … things like freedom of expression are things that belong to them’
A man sells cotton candy as he pushes his bicycle along a street in the rebel held al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah town, in Deraa province.
Conflict
Here’s why the partial truce in Syria has astounded even the experts
Syrians carry a body from a destroyed Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported hospital hit by missiles in Marat Numan, Idlib province, Syria.
Conflict
World powers wrangle over ‘bits and scraps’ of Syria
Abu Ezzat in the Old City of Aleppo.
Conflict
A father in Aleppo frets about five of his sons on rebel frontlines
A Russian court ruled on Tuesday to give Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (right) a suspended sentence for embezzling money, but jailed his brother Oleg (left) for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent.
Justice
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny avoids jail, but his brother becomes a bargaining chip
Syrian demonstrators pose with a sign in Kafr Nabl, near Idlib.
Conflict & Justice
Creative protest help boot extremists out of one Syrian town