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Venezuela says it has released 116 prisoners

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Venezuela's government said on Monday that 116 prisoners have been released from prison, adding to releases made in December, according to a statement from the Ministry of Penitentiary Services. The release benefited "people deprived of their liberty for acts associated with ...
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Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a surprise audience

ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday. The meeting, which hadn't been previously included in the list of Leo's planned appointments, was later ...
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Iran protests continue with 538 people killed, activists say

(LONDON) -- The death toll from mass protests in Iran has risen to 538, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) on Sunday.The group says it has confirmed the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 members of security ...
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Cambodian, South Korean police arrest 26 for alleged scams, sex crimes, Blue House says

SEOUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A joint investigative team of Cambodian and South Korean police has arrested 26 suspects over alleged online scams and sex crimes targeting South Korean citizens, the Korean presidential office said on Monday. The bilateral task force found that the ...
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Off the ballot, Ugandan president’s son waits in the wings this election

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - One figure looms large ahead of Uganda's elections Thursday, although he is not on the ballot: the president's son and military commander, Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Kainerugaba, long believed to be the eventual successor, stood down for his father, President Yoweri Museveni, ...
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South Korea to probe drones North Korea says violated its airspace

SEOUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Korean authorities have launched an investigation focused on the possibility civilians may have flown drones that North Korea said violated its airspace, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. President Lee Jae Myung has vowed a swift probe and said ...
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Australian arts festival decision to bar Palestinian author after Bondi attack spurs boycott

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A top Australian arts festival has seen the withdrawal of dozens of writers in a backlash against its decision to bar an Australian Palestinian author after the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as moves to curb antisemitism spur ...
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Trump says he and US military weighing ‘strong options’ on Iran

Jan 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is weighing a range of responses to escalating unrest in Iran, including possible military options, as massive protests continue to roil the country. (Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Tom Hogue) Brought to ...
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Landmark Myanmar Rohingya genocide case to open at UN’s top court

THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya will open at the United Nations' top court on Monday. It will be the first genocide case the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hear in full ...
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Wildfires in south Argentina rip through nearly 12,000 hectares of forest, threatening communities

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Raging wildfires in the Argentine Patagonia have blazed through nearly 12,000 hectares of scrubland and planted and native forests, threatening local communities, according to firefighting authorities in a report published Sunday. The fires started almost a week ago in the Andean ...
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s mitigation hearing set to begin ahead of sentencing

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court will on Monday hear the mitigation plea of pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai, the final step before sentencing in a landmark national security trial that has drawn international condemnation and ...
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Iran warns Washington it will retaliate against any attack

DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Iran warned President Donald Trump on Sunday that any U.S. attack would lead to Tehran striking back against Israel and regional U.S. military bases as "legitimate targets", Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf told parliament. Israel is on high alert for ...
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