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Colombia rights watchdog reports 181 activists slain in 2023
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Some 181 community activists were murdered in Colombia in 2023, the human rights ombudsman's office said on Tuesday, calling the situation a tragedy. The number of murdered activist...
Jan 09, 2024
Ukraine producing more drones than state can purchase, minister says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian manufacturers have ramped up output of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to the extent that Kyiv's current drone procurement budgets are not sufficient to buy everything being...
Jan 09, 2024
Spanish court ends torture probe into Equatorial Guinea president's son
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court has ended its investigation into Equatorial Guinean government minister Carmelo Ovono Obiang over the alleged kidnapping and torture of two opposition leaders wit...
Jan 09, 2024
Egypt rejects Israeli request to monitor buffer zone with Gaza- sources
By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has rejected a proposal by Israel for greater Israeli oversight over the buffer zone on the Egypt-Gaza border and is prioritising ...
Jan 09, 2024
Explosions, kidnapping of police mark Ecuador state of emergency
QUITO (Reuters) - At least four Ecuadorean police officers have been kidnapped by criminals, the police said on Tuesday, and explosions occurred in several cities, a day after President Daniel Noboa d...
Jan 09, 2024
Detention of Russian theatre director and playwright accused of 'justifying terrorism' extended till March
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court said on Tuesday it had extended until March 10 the detention of a prominent Russian theatre director and a playwright who have been held since last May on charges of ...
Jan 09, 2024
One killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Kursk region, drones hit fuel complex
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A woman was killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Kursk region and drones struck a fuel facility in the neighbouring region of Orlyov, the two regions' governors said on Tuesday,...
Jan 09, 2024
Russia's Navalny jokes about freezing 'Polar Wolf' prison conditions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's most prominent jailed opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, heaped ironic praise on Tuesday on the polar conditions at the prison north of the Arctic Circle where he was m...
Jan 09, 2024
More than 1,000 Ukrainian towns lose power due to extreme winter weather
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's power grid operator said on Tuesday severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged residents to...
Jan 09, 2024
French national held in Azerbaijan for suspected espionage
PARIS (Reuters) - A French national has been detained in Azerbaijan suspected of espionage, Baku's envoy to France said on Tuesday, the latest sign of deteriorating ties between the two countries. Ley...
Jan 09, 2024
