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Trial starts in Amsterdam for 9 suspects in the 2021 slaying of a Dutch investigative journalist

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Suspects accused of involvement in the fatal 2021 shooting in Amsterdam of prominent Dutch investigative reporter Peter R. de Vries have repeatedly refused to answer questions from judges and lawyers as their trial opened. The nine suspects who went on trial Tuesday are accused of gunning down

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Churches, temples and monasteries regularly hit by airstrikes in Myanmar, activists say

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated country’s sole Christian-majority state. The 10 reported attacks on churches in the western state of Chin examined by the researchers

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Iran executes another prisoner detained during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following the death of a young woman detained for improperly wearing her headscarf. Iran’s state television said on Tuesday that the suspect was executed after being sentenced to death for killing a policeman and

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Russian missiles target Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, killing at least 6 and wounding dozens

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles targeted Ukraine’s two biggest cities on Tuesday morning, damaging apartment buildings and killing at least six people after Moscow shunned any deal to end the almost two-year war that is backed by Kyiv and its Western allies. The Russian barrage included more than 40

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China’s critics and allies have 45 seconds each to speak in latest UN review of its human rights

GENEVA (AP) — China will face international scrutiny Tuesday over domestic polices in places like Hong Kong, Tibet and the western Xinjiang region at the latest U.N.-backed review of its human rights record. An extraordinarily high number of more than 160 countries have registered to take part in the discussion. That means each will have

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