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  • After United States halted its strikes on Iran for the last two nights, the Iranian military said it had halted retaliation airstrikes against US allies in the Middle East.
  • Reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their respective territorial waterways is a topic of ongoing talks between Iran and Oman.
  • Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, personally blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of carrying out the Caspian Sea attack at Israel's behest.
  • After a nearly 24-hour search in downtown Berlin following the Pride attack, Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots killed.
  • Since the start of the year, wildfires in France have burned around 115,000 hectares, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on Sunday.
  • Eight people, including six children, were discovered dead inside a Michigan home on Friday.

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February 24, 2021

Press Briefing by UN Special Rapporteur...

A view of the press conference with Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, and Caroline Horn, Senior Legal Adviser to Agnes Callamard

February 23, 2021

Belarusian Athletes Purged For Opposing Lukashenka

More than 100 men and women have been barred from competitive sports in Belarus since signing an open letter calling for an end to police violence against peaceful anti-government protesters

Brazilians Grapple with Soaring Disappearances

Brazil has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and tens of thousands of people are listed as missing – many of them at the hands of drug traffickers and other armed groups

Focus Venezuela

Among those seeing an opportunity for change in Venezuela under the new U.S administration is Leopoldo López, one of the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition who fled the country in 2020

Canadian Lawmakers Approve Motion Labeling Xinjiang...

Canada’s House of Commons on Monday passed a motion designating rights abuses in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, making it the second nation to do so following the U.S. last month

February 22, 2021

South African Medics to Row Northwest...

Two South African medics are swapping their medical gear for oars as they train for a risky 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) journey by rowboat through the Arctic Northwest Passage

Britain’s Royal Family Braces for ‘Harry...

Britain’s royal family is bracing for a March 7 airing of an American television interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, widely referred to as Harry and Meghan, amid reports that the content is explosive and will make for uncomfortable viewing for the British monarch and senior royals

February 21, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Myths

People the world over have questions about the safety COVID-19 vaccines and some are reluctant to get immunized

To Help American Spotlight Rare Disease,...

What would prompt a person to run 880 kilometers for a person he met on Facebook?

February 20, 2021

Afghans Rescued from Taliban Say They...

Afghan officials said this week they have managed to secure the release of 43 detainees from the Taliban’s custody in a military operation in Baghlan province. Some of the detainees

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