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Turkey officially withdraws from treaty protecting women

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ISTANBUL — Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from a landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won’t be...

Zambia approaches elections amid repression, says Amnesty

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zambia is on “the brink of a human rights crisis,” Amnesty International said Monday, alleging that President Edgar Lungu is using...

Hungary fans bemused by rainbow-flag reception in Munich

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MUNICH — Rainbow flags outnumbered German flags when soccer fans arrived for a European Championship game in Munich on Wednesday. ...

Hungary: Demonstrators gather anew to protest anti-LGBT law

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Hungary's capital Wednesday urging the country's president to nullify a newly adopted law that human rights...

Saudi Arabia executes young Shiite man for violent rebellion

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia executed a young man Tuesday who was convicted on charges stemming from his participation in an anti-government...

Mercenary group denies charge of racism in north Mozambique

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JOHANNESBURG — In the wake of the days-long attack by Islamic extremist rebels on the northern Mozambican city of Palma at the end of...

Mercenary group denies charge of racism in north Mozambique

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<p>JOHANNESBURG &mdash; In the wake of the days-long attack by Islamic extremist rebels on the northern Mozambican city of Palma at the end of...

Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing

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CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said. ...

Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing

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<p>CAIRO &mdash; Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said.</p> ...

More than 200 NGOs call for UN arms embargo on Myanmar

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UNITED NATIONS — More than 200 global organizations urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, saying the...