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31.08.2024 13:51 For many years, the Assad regime has used arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance as a tool of repression against its real and perceived critics.

31.08.2024 13:51 The U.S. State Department announced on Friday that it will impose visa restrictions on 14 Syrian officials because of their involvement in human rights abuses in Syria, including enforced disappearances.

31.08.2024 13:51 Authorities in Zambia have announced measures to tighten enforcement of cybersecurity laws, saying the move is aimed at curbing online hate speech, propaganda, defamation and child abuse. But critics say the change is aimed at clamping down on freedom of expression.

31.08.2024 13:51 Russia has accused the European Union of "theft" after the bloc transferred the first tranche of profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to boost its military capabilities in the face of Moscow's invasion. The G7 group of leading industrialized nations plans a similar scheme.

31.08.2024 13:51 Earlier this month, on the same day that Ukrainian lawmakers effectively moved to ban an entire branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, the leader of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church publicly weighed in with a critical opinion on the historic, and controversial, step.

31.08.2024 13:51 "Ever since I was a child, I've only seen war," says Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent rights activist from Pakistan's southwestern province. "I am 26 years old and all I can remember are resistance movements in Balochistan, war and military operations. We have never had a normal life."

31.08.2024 13:51 Thailand has detained and deported more than 144,000 Myanmar citizens over the past three months, its labor ministry said, in a crackdown aimed at weeding out "job seekers" who use the turmoil in their country as an excuse to seek opportunities in Thailand, a Thai police chief said.

31.08.2024 13:51 A senior Iranian military commander says the Army's Air Defense Force has produced state-of-the-art systems and is ready to defend the country's airspace.

31.08.2024 13:51 Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says the force has a "major mission" on its agenda and its new achievement in international waters will soon be announced.

31.08.2024 13:51 The Iranian Air Defense Force is closely monitoring the activities of adversaries, including the Israeli regime, as the force enjoys the highest level of readiness, says its commander.

31.08.2024 13:51 General Alireza Sabahifard, the commander of the air defense force of the Iranian Army, has said that the force intercepts hostile aerial vehicles from tens of miles away.

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31.08.2024 13:51 Indian Navy's frontline frigate, INS Tabar had arrived on a two day visit at Malaga, Spain on 25 Aug 24 and post departure on 27 Aug 24 conducted Maritime Partnership Exercise with Spanish Navy Ship Atalaya in the Mediterranean Sea

31.08.2024 13:51 Self-reliance in every sector is the first condition for a strong economy and the nation is making giant strides towards realising Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'

31.08.2024 13:51 U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said he reaffirmed a US commitment to the "complete" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in talks with top Chinese officials this week.