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At least 116 prisoners have been released in Venezuela after their arrests during the presidency of Nicolas Maduro, the government has announced, nine days after the United States abducted Maduro. Venezuela’s Ministry of Penitentiary Services reported on Monday that the prisoners had been released...

Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people in the capital. For only the second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, it used a powerful, new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine...

Nicaragua’s left-wing government has announced the release of dozens of prisoners following pressure from United States President Donald Trump’s administration. The government of President Daniel Ortega said in a statement on Saturday that “tens of people who were in the national penitentiary system...

Venezuela has released a “large number” of high-profile political prisoners, including several foreigners, in an apparent concession to the United States less than a week after its forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The releases on Thursday were the first since Maduro’s former...

Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 14 Palestinians, including five children, on Thursday, medical sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israel continues to bomb the coastal enclave despite an October ceasefire. An Israeli attack tents for displaced people in al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza...

A comprehensive UN Human Rights Office report released today details the asphyxiating impact of Israel’s laws, policies and practices on every aspect of daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The report warns that Israel is violating international law...

Dozens of people were wounded after Israel’s army opened fire with live rounds, sound grenades, and tear gas at a prominent university in the occupied West Bank as students sat in classrooms and roamed the campus. Israeli soldiers smashed open the university’s gates as panicked students and staff...

Bolder protests are being recorded across Iran amid an increasing deployment of armed security officers as the government’s efforts to contain an unravelling economic situation fall flat. Footage circulating online showed huge protests on Tuesday night in the city of Abdanan, in the central province...

Syrian government forces engaged in deadly clashes with Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo governorate, with at least four people killed in artillery fire and gun battles. Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said a soldier was killed and three injured in an...

Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), including key U.S. allies, have warned that the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife by U.S. special forces could be a precedent-setting event for international law. The 15-member bloc met for an emergency meeting on...