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Egypt’s Criminal Court has referred the case of Karim Salim, the notorious “al-Tagamoa Serial Killer,” to the Grand Mufti for approval of the preliminary death sentence passed against him. The decision was made on Saturday under Article 2-381 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the final verdict set to be announced on September 12. Salim, [...]

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Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance said Sunday that Donald Trump will not support a national abortion ban and would veto any attempt at it if elected president in November, noting that Trump supports the right of individual states to decide. The comments come after the Democratic Convention directed harsh criticism on former president Trump for [...]

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Footage from Northeast Live shows tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees were holding rallies in refugee camps Sunday to mark the seven-year anniversary of “genocide day” in Myanmar. Individuals involved in the rallies continued to call for an end to the violence and the ability to return to their home state, seven years on from [...]

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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reaffirmed on Sunday his call for a “secular civil code,” underscoring the strong support his administration demonstrated for the introduction of the code since the commencement of his term. The address builds on Modi’s Independence Day speech, in which he argued strongly for the establishment of a secular Uniform [...]

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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, warned Sunday that the Taliban’s “Law on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice” imposes severe restrictions on the rights of Afghans. Otunbayeva noted that the 35-article law, which includes harsh measures such as a ban on women’s [...]

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Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) approved a controversial allocation of seats in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, granting President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party and allies a supermajority to pass constitutional reforms without opposition backing. In its decision, the INE’s governing council voted to allocate 364 of the 500 seats in the Chamber [...]

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Former Memphis police officer Emmitt Martin III pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of US federal civil rights and conspiracy charges. An indictment issued in September of last year accused Martin of using excessive force against Tyre Nichols, an unarmed 29-year-old black man. On January 7, 2023, police stopped Nichols while in his vehicle [...]

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The Canada Industrial Labour Relations Board (CIRB) Saturday ended unprecedented nationwide rail shutdowns by ordering a return to normal operations as of August 26. Both employers and union have stated they will comply with the unanimous decision, however, the union will seek an appeal to the Federal Court of Canada. The board heard arguments Friday [...]

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US Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin G. Ritz announced on Friday that a man was charged with making threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama on social media. Ritz’s office said that Kyl Alton Hall made various threats on X, formerly known as Twitter, on [...]

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Russia and Ukraine exchanged a total of 230 prisoners of war on Saturday, following an intermediation by the United Arab Emirates. The exchange happened on the 33rd commemoration of Ukraine’s Independence Day of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. The UAE Foreign Ministry noted that the recent exchange brings the total number of prisoners released through [...]

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