The absence of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum from the 30th Ibero-American Summit in Madrid has dealt a setback to Spain’s diplomatic efforts to restore
Israelis began voting on Tuesday in an election that could determine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future, as voters weigh his handling of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, subsequent wars and
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A group of 21 Indian news publishers has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the Supreme Court over a privacy law they say could undermine investigative journalism, expose confidential sources and
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Nearly 300 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since October 2023, while more than 400 others have been wounded, according to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation
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Bulgaria will hold a presidential runoff on November 1 after incumbent Iliana Iotova narrowly led her main challenger, former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov, in Sunday’s election, which recorded historically low voter
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Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, was acquitted of defamation by a local court in the northern town of Sultanpur on Monday, television channels reported, in a case stemming
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More than 23 million Americans had cast early ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, compared with about 15 million at the same stage of the 2022 election cycle, according to
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Mahdi al Mashat, president of Yemen’s Houthi Supreme Political Council, has accused Saudi Arabia of killing more than 562 civilians, mostly women and children, in attacks linked to the conflict, pledging to
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With 10 days remaining before the United States midterm elections, election officials, voting rights advocates and legal experts are warning that President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine confidence in the electoral system
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Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights activist awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, says decades of repression have failed to extinguish demands for democracy, equality and freedom in Iran. “Iranian society no
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Milan deployed 500 paratroopers to reinforce security across the city centre on Saturday as Italian authorities prepared for possible renewed unrest following a demonstration against the cost of living that descended into
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared himself confident of victory on the eve of the country’s presidential runoff, rallying supporters in Rio de Janeiro as he prepared for a closely
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More than 700 women die every day from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, while approximately 2.3 million babies die before reaching one month of age each year — around 6,200 a
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ended their final televised debate before Sunday’s presidential run-off without either candidate establishing a clear advantage, as they sought to
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Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are travelling home to vote in Tuesday’s election, hoping to help remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office in a contest expected to be closely
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US First Lady Melania Trump has helped broker a local ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky, the White House has announced, with both sides subsequently
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