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  • The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month claimed the lives of over 5,000 people, according to officials, who also stated that the country would need $346 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction.
  • According to the US Central Command, strikes against Iran were carried out for the seventh consecutive night.
  • Iranian foeces targeted a Thai-flagged vessel that attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
  • The US attacked an Iranian oil tanker docked at Karg Island, deputy governor of Bushehr, Iran said.
  • After what it described as an Iranian strike involving ballistic missiles and drones, Kuwait's military claimed on Friday that several of its ground forces injured and that both military and civilian facilities damaged.
  • Iran said it attacked an American military base in eastern Syria on Friday.

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September 8, 2021

Kenya’s Jobless Youths Take to the...

Kenyan authorities claim that the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic impact has forced thousands of young people into the streets, with many turning to criminality

Eight More Tibetans are Arrested in...

Police in western China’s Sichuan province arrested eight more residents of a Tibetan township in Kardze prefecture this month, taking into custody six monks and two laywomen amid a crackdown by authorities on language rights and possession of banned images of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, sources said

September 7, 2021

Coup in Guinea:’Situation is Calm’ in...

The situation is calm in Conakry. Traffic in the city is normal and people have gone to work like every day”, Church from the capital of Guinea sources told Fides, where on Sunday, September 5, a military coup deposed President Alpha Condé

Ethnic Groups Fear More Repression After...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call for ethnic minority groups to put the interests of the nation first has fueled concerns that the government will double down on up its repressive policies against them, analysts said

September 3, 2021

After Violent Attacks, Georgia’s LGBT Community...

Right-wing protestors attacked activists and journalists, accusing them of propagating “anti-Georgian sentiments,” and a planned LGBT Pride March in Tbilisi was cancelled in July. A TV cameraman was brutally beaten and died as a result of the attack

Out of 700 Women Journalists in...

Despite assurances from the Taliban that press freedom would be respected and that Afghan women journalists could work, a new media landscape began to emerge without them. RSF calls on the Taliban to provide immediate guarantees for their freedom and security

‘When I Found Out What Happened...

Louise Xin is a Chinese-Swedish fashion designer who launched her eponymous Stockholm-based brand in November 2020 as Scandinavia’s first rental-only couture label

September 2, 2021

Innovation is Key to Freedom for...

Thousands of migrants risk their lives as they travel from Senegal’s coastlines to Spain on a treacherous sea route. Those that succeed will face a life outside the law as well as the stigma of being labelled an illegal immigrant

Journalist-Turned-Rights Attorney Held Incommunicado in China’s...

Rights lawyer Zhou Xiaoyun, who formerly worked as a senior editor at the cutting-edge Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper in Guangzhou, remains incommunicado after being held under “residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL),” RFA has learned

Many Afghans Fleeing to Istanbul in...

Those who fought alongside NATO forces are among the growing number of Afghans landing in Turkey after fleeing the Taliban

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