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  • At least 16 people were killed and 32 injured when a powerful earthquake rocked Tibet in southwest China on Thursday night.
  • On Thursday, thousands of people participated in protests to support of abortion rights around Poland, including in Warsaw, the country's capital, and more than 20 other cities.
  • The state-owned Emirates News Agency reported that Lana Nusseibeh is the United Arab Emirates' nominee for secretary-general of the United Nations.
  • After last weekend's protests, French authorities on Thursday banned or restricted new demonstrations.
  • The European Union's top prize for human rights achievement, the Sakharov Prize, has been given to the International Criminal Court in 2026.

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March 23, 2023

Nyepi and Ramadan Observances Align This...

Two major religious observances coincided in Indonesia on Wednesday as Nyepi, a Balinese Hindu festival, shut down most activity on Bali island for 24 hours, and Muslims prepared to begin the Ramadan month of fasting and prayer.

November 23, 2019

Indonesian Officials Praise Bali Bomb-Maker for...

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, has been hit by a string of terrorist attacks in the past two decades, with more recent strikes being blamed on militants affiliated with Islamic State

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