Headlines- In a statement aired on television on Thursday, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, stating that "as long as the occupation exists, the resistance will continue."
- There has been "no tangible progress" in talks to put an end to the Middle East conflict, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.
- During a meeting with Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah of Kuwait, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed support for the Gulf country.
- On Thursday, the United States imposed new economic penalties on members of the Castro family, the president of Cuba, and some of his close relatives.
- John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, agreed to plead a guilty plea to one count of retaining national security information.
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International Women’s Day Celebration
Demonstrators rallying on International Women’s Day were assaulted by unidentified masked men in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, on March 8..Dozens joined an International Women’s Day march through the streets of Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, to demand equality and justice for women
Dozens Detained After Activist’s Death In...
Kazakh security forces detained dozens of people on March 1 in the wake of an activist’s death in custody. Some were detained while speaking to journalists. Others ended up in police vans after standing in public places without actually protesting. Kazakhstan’s opposition called for protests after activist Dulat Aghadil died within hours of his detention on February 24
Kazakh Police Detain 20 After Funeral...
The funeral has taken place of Kazakh civil rights activist Dulat Aghadil, who recently died in police custody. Some 1,000 people gathered in driving snow for the ceremony in Aghadil’s native village of Talapker. Later, police in Nur-Sultan detained around 20 activists who had gone from the funeral to a demonstration in the capital to demand an independent investigation into Aghadil’s death
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Dozens of protesters from across Kazakhstan gathered in the capital, Nur-Sultan, to protest against what say are “faulty mortgages” and “wrongful” court decisions by the courts…Kosovo marked the 12th anniversary of the country’s independence with a special theme for an important cultural and national icon
Hundreds Attend Funeral Of Girls Killed...
Hundreds of people bade farewell on February 5 to five girls killed in a house fire in the Kazakh capital, Astana. The girls, aged between 3 months and 13 years, were killed when their 30-square-meter house burned down during the early hours of the previous day~RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty