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Iraqi Kurdish journalist Sherwan Sherwani (Photo credit: Committee to Protect Journalists)

6 year jail for two Iraqi Kurdish journalists is unfair, says Committee to Protect Journalists

Feb 20, 2021

Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 : The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish national security" is "unfair and disproportionate", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny

Representatives of nine foreign embassies, EU attend Navalny's hearings

Feb 20, 2021

Moscow [Russia], February 20 : Representatives of nine foreign embassies and one from the European Union arrived for the hearings of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny on Saturday in Moscow.
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5 killed, 2 wounded in Kabul explosions: Police

Feb 20, 2021
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Japan lodges protest over Chinese ships' entry into Japanese coastal water: Reports

Feb 20, 2021

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8 Chinese fighter aircraft enter Taipei's air defense zone as Taiwan appoints US-trained defence minister

Feb 20, 2021

Taipei [Taiwan], February 20 : As a US-trained defence minister got appointed as Taiwan's defence minister, eight Chinese...
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France sends warships to South China Sea, ahead of maritime exercise with Japan, US

Feb 20, 2021

Paris [France], February 20 : Stepping up its presence in the South China Sea, France has planned two...
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Ghana records 556 COVID-19 cases in schools after reopening

Feb 20, 2021

Accra [Ghana], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Ghana has recorded 556 COVID-19 cases in 139 schools since their reopening last...
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S. Korea reports 446 more COVID-19 cases, 86,574 in total

Feb 20, 2021
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AstraZeneca to produce coronavirus vaccine doses in Japan for 40 million people

Feb 20, 2021
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'Plight of missing persons have increased': NGO highlights issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan during UN meeting

Feb 20, 2021
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Imran Khan's Sri Lanka visit aims at gaining brownie points to be used against India

Feb 20, 2021
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Two explosions rock Kabul, 2 killed

Feb 20, 2021
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Turkish police detain 9 IS suspects in Istanbul

Feb 20, 2021
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Africa's COVID-19 cases near 3.8 million

Feb 20, 2021
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China's new coast guard law might escalate maritime disputes, says US

Feb 20, 2021
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Brazil registers 51,050 new COVID-19 cases, 1,308 more deaths

Feb 20, 2021
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African Union urges Somalia political class to avoid narrow partisan political interests

Feb 20, 2021
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China amends juvenile criminal law, Offenders aged 12-14 years to face criminal punishment

Feb 20, 2021
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France reports 24,116 new COVID-19 cases, 328 deaths

Feb 20, 2021