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North Korea Tightens Control as Executions and Starvation Endure Ten Years After UN Report

Satellite imagery reveals upgraded border fortifications with prison camp renovations ahead of a follow-up UN report later this year.

Venezuelan Opposition Figure Juan Pablo Guanipa Arrested on Terrorism Charges Before Elections

Syrian Rebels Torch Hafez al-Assad's Tomb After Bashar al-Assad's Ouster

Rebels Uncover Queen Elizabeth II's Signed Portrait in Assad's Ransacked Palace

Iranian Activist Kianoosh Sanjari Dies by Suicide in Protest

Yulia Navalnaya Calls for Putin's Imprisonment as Ordinary Prisoner

EU Ministers Call for Increased Sanctions on Russia's Faltering Economy