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Death toll from airstrike in Yemen's Saada rises to 82
Updated : 15 hours, 26 min ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen's Saada province has surpassed 80, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) aid group said.
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Iraq tightens security on border with Syria after IS militants' ja
Updated : 20 hours, 23 min ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq on Saturday tightened security measures on the borderline with neighboring Syria after a jailbreak by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in a Kurdish-controlled prison in Syria's Hasakah Province.
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China sentences five women from Uyghur family to long prison terms
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): A Xinjiang court sentenced five Muslim Uyghur women from one family to lengthy jail terms for "illegal" religious activities, a media report said.
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Death toll of airstrike on Houthi-controlled prison in Yemen rises
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
Aden [Yemen], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Yemen's Houthi group reported on Friday that the death toll in an airstrike launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on a temporary prison in Yemen has risen to 77.
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IS militants attack Kurdish prison in NE Syria: report
Updated : 2 days, 18 hours ago IST
Damascus [Syria], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked a Kurdish-run prison in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah in an attempt to free IS inmates, a war monitor reported.
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Activists continue to speak against Chinese authorities over restr
Updated : 3 days, 3 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): A Tibetan activist, Tashi Wangchuk who called on Chinese authorities to allow the use of Tibetan in schools, government jobs and other sectors of Tibetan public life is again speaking out against language restrictions after spending five years in prison for
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Pakistani man gets 7-year sentence for assaulting 16 women in Cret
Updated : 3 days, 9 hours ago IST
Athens [Greece], January 20 (ANI): A 32-year-old Pakistani man was sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of violent attacks on women in Crete, according to local media reports.
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Hong Kong activist Leung released from prison after 6 years
Updated : 4 days, 9 hours ago IST
Hong Kong, January 19 (ANI): Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung has been released from prison on Lantau Island, after spending four years at a top security facility for taking part in violent demonstrations in February 2016, according to reports on Wednesday.
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Aafia Siddiqui aka 'Lady al-Qaida': The prisoner at the center of
Updated : 5 days, 8 hours ago IST
Washington [US], January 18 (ANI): Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving more than 80-years sentence in the US, has once again come to the limelight after her release was sought by the British hostage-taker at a Texas synagogue last week.
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Texas synagogue hostage crisis establishes Pakistan as state spons
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Pakistan has once again emerged as a terror-sponsoring country after reports of the man who took hostages of four people at a synagogue in the town of Colleyville, Dallas, linked to the Pakistani Scientist Aafia Siddiqui who was serving sentence in US pr
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Centre writes to states seeking treatment, care and rehabilitation
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed all the states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure the treatment and care of transgender persons in prisons.
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30 inmates of Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 11 (ANI): As many as 30 prisoners tested positive for COVID-19 at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, said officials on Tuesday.
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