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North Korea holds national vote for Supreme People’s Assembly
North Koreans are voting to elect 687 deputies to the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly, a contest that reveals the system more than it changes power.
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Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam, no injuries reported
Police are investigating after a blast damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam and heightened concern after other recent attacks on Jewish sites in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Five arrested after protestors ransack Communist Party office in Cuba
State media says a small group vandalized a Communist Party office in Morón amid anger over blackouts and shortages, and five people were arrested.
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Maria Kolesnikova receives Charlemagne Prize in Aachen after prison release
The Belarusian opposition figure accepted the award in person in Germany four years after it was first conferred while she was jailed in Belarus.
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Thousands protest in Italy over war, Meloni reforms and looming judicial referendum
The Rome rally linked anger over Middle East wars with a domestic fight over justice reforms as Giorgia Meloni campaigned for a March referendum.
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Anti-war protests spread across Spain over Iran and Gaza
Thousands of people rallied in Spanish cities including Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia to protest the Iran war and the fighting in Gaza, reviving the country's anti-war movement.
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Bolivia hands over alleged cartel leader Sebastián Marset after arrest operation
Police arrested Marset in Santa Cruz and transferred him to US authorities, marking a major capture in a long-running South American manhunt.
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Nepal’s RSP wins parliamentary majority, according to election commission results
Nepal’s election commission said Balendra Shah’s RSP won a majority in the 275-seat House of Representatives, marking a major political shift.
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Suspect dies after attack on Detroit-area synagogue leaves 31 injured
Authorities said a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township killed the suspect and wounded 31 others, sending shock waves through the Detroit-area Jewish community.
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ICC drops Venezuela sanctions inquiry while moving ahead on Belarus case
The International Criminal Court has ended a probe into whether US sanctions on Venezuela amounted to crimes against humanity, even as it advances a separate Belarus investigation.
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Nineteen jailed over Moscow Crocus City Hall attack after closed-door trial
A Russian military court handed life sentences to 15 defendants and long prison terms to four others over the 2024 concert hall massacre near Moscow.
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Israeli military drops charges against five soldiers accused in Sde Teiman abuse case
Israel’s military has dropped charges against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman, ending a case that split the country.
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Jakarta Police Investigate Acid Attack on KontraS Official on Event Date 2026-03-12
Human rights activist Andrie Yunus suffered burns over 24% of his body after attackers on a motorcycle splashed acid at him in central Jakarta, according to police and KontraS.
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Old Dominion shooting suspect identified after deadly Norfolk campus attack
Police identified the suspect in the Old Dominion University shooting as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, an ex-Army National Guard member with a past terror conviction.
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Albanian court says TikTok ban violated free speech protections
Albania’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a nearly year-long government block on TikTok breached freedom of expression and press freedom.
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Tibetans mark uprising anniversary with renewed calls over China's rule
Sixty-seven years after the 1959 uprising, Tibetans around the world are still using public protests to keep their cause visible.
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Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto, police call it a national security incident
No one was hurt, but investigators are treating the early-morning attack as a serious security case amid heightened tension in the city.
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Six killed as suspected arson fire engulfs bus in western Switzerland
Police in Fribourg canton say a bus fire in Kerzers left at least six dead and five injured, and investigators are treating the blaze as a possible deliberate act.
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Madagascar’s interim president dissolves cabinet five months into rule
Michael Randrianirina dismissed his prime minister and dissolved the cabinet, offering no explanation and saying a replacement would come soon.
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Cardinal Louis Sako retires as head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church
The 76-year-old patriarch said he is stepping down to focus on prayer, writing and simple service, after years of friction with Iraqi politics and a church left weakened by war.
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UK prosecutors charge former Syrian intelligence member over 2011 Damascus killings
The Crown Prosecution Service says the case is the first of its kind it has brought under the International Criminal Court Act, with the defendant due in court in London on Tuesday.
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Kosovo court freezes Osmani dissolution decree and leaves Assembly in legal limbo
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court temporarily suspended President Vjosa Osmani’s decree dissolving the Assembly, while the government said the pause should allow the case to be fully examined.
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Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party surges to 124 direct seats as count nears completion
With one constituency still unresolved, the RSP has dominated both the direct-seat race and the proportional vote count.
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Peru arrests three after nightclub bombing as injured toll rises to 44
Police said three people were arrested after a bombing at Trujillo’s Dalí nightclub and the number of injured climbed to 44.
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