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September 22, 2018

Egypt court upholds corruption conviction of Mubarak, sons

Egypt's highest appeals court on Saturday rejected a motion by former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to overturn ...

September 20, 2018

Plight of jailed Catalans strains dialogue with Spain

A farm tractor with a crane lifts up half a dozen people holding Catalan independence flags in northeast Spain, trying to get ...

September 20, 2018

Catalan separatists mark anniversary of independence push

Thousands of Catalan pro-independence activists are protesting in Barcelona to mark the anniversary of demonstrations that ...

September 20, 2018

German anti-abortion activist loses case against injunctions

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a German anti-abortion activist's case against injunctions ordering him to ...

September 19, 2018

Thousands back home in north Syria after Russia-Turkey deal

Thousands of people who were recently displaced by violence in northwest Syria have returned home following a Russia-Turkey ...

September 14, 2018

Pussy Riot member said to regain consciousness in hospital

A member of Russia's Pussy Riot protest group says a fellow activist who was hospitalized for possible poisoning has regained ...

September 14, 2018

Defying dangers, Idlib residents protest Syria's Assad

In cities and towns across Syria's last opposition-held province, Idlib, residents poured into the streets on Friday to ...

September 14, 2018

The Latest: Turkey reinforces security posts in north Syria

The Latest on developments related to the war in Syria (all times local): 7:30 p.m. A senior official says political advisers ...

September 14, 2018

Young Russians taking the lead in anti-Putin protests

When almost all the protesters at recent anti-government rallies across Russia went home, teenagers and young adults were the ...

September 13, 2018

Activists: Turkey beefing up its troops in Syria's Idlib

Turkey sent in military reinforcements Thursday to beef up its positions inside Syria's last rebel bastion Idlib, activists ...

September 12, 2018

Accused abroad, Russians become celebrities at home

The last time Britain accused two Russians of an assassination, one of them ended up in the Russian parliament. The case of ...

September 12, 2018

Vietnam jails activist for 12 years in crackdown on dissent

A court in central Vietnam sentenced an activist on Wednesday to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of associating ...

September 10, 2018

Activists stage protest for filmmaker detained in Russia

Human rights activists have held a silent protest in support of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker on hunger strike in a ...

September 10, 2018

Misfire: Maria Butina's strange route from Russia to US jail

When Maria Butina arrived in Moscow from Siberia in 2011 to launch a Russian version of the National Rifle Association, her ...

September 10, 2018

Timeline of suspected Russian plot to infiltrate NRA, GOP

As Siberian gun rights activist Maria Butina faces a hearing in Washington, here is a look at the unusual path that led to ...

September 09, 2018

US backtracks on Russian spy suspect offering sex for access

Federal prosecutors are backtracking on their allegation that a Russian woman accused of working as a secret agent offered ...

September 05, 2018

Shout, arrest, repeat: Inside the Kavanaugh hearing protests

It's sort of a coordinated dance, but the performers are an organized group of protesters and a dozen or so uniformed Capitol ...

September 03, 2018

Malaysian Muslim lesbian couple caned in public punishment

Two Malaysian Muslim women convicted under Islamic laws of attempting to have sex were caned Monday in a rare public whipping ...

September 02, 2018

German police end march envisioned as far-right springboard

Police in eastern Germany brought an early close Saturday to an anti-migrant march that far-right activists hoped would ...