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Tunisia Accused of Blocking Family Access to Jailed Opposition Leader After Prison Collapse

Relatives say withheld medical records and barred visits raise urgent human rights and legal questions about his care

Ethiopia Holds Parliament Vote Expected to Deliver Landslide for Abiy's Party

Veteran Russian Dissident Nina Litvinova Dies by Suicide, Citing War and Repression

Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo Runs Race to Press Venezuela to Free Foreign Prisoners

U.S. Eases Restrictions To Let Venezuelan Embassy Resume Banking

North Korea Claims Near-Perfect SPA Vote as Kim Consolidates Control

Congo-Brazzaville Vote Marred by Nationwide Internet Disruption as Counting Begins

Vietnam Holds One-Party Parliamentary Vote Ahead of Leadership Confirmations

Congo Republic Votes in Election Poised to Extend Sassou Nguesso’s Rule

Congo’s Sassou Nguesso Poised to Prolong Four-Decade Rule in Sunday Vote

Xi Demands Absolute Party Loyalty From China’s Military at ‘Two Sessions’ as Anti-Graft Purge Deepens

Venezuelan Opposition Figure Reported Under House Arrest After Re-Detention

Jonathan Rauch Now Calls Trump’s Governance Fascist

Bobi Wine Speaks From Hiding After Uganda Army Chief’s Death Threats

Uganda Elections Marred by Internet Blackout and Hours-Long Voting Delays

Venezuela Claims 116 Political Prisoners Freed as NGOs Confirm Far Fewer

Trump Sets Washington Meeting With María Corina Machado as U.S. Tests Return to Caracas

Machado Skips Nobel Peace Ceremony as Daughter Accepts, Panel Tells Maduro to Step Down

Syria Marks One Year Since Assad’s Fall With Mass Rallies and Calls for Reconstruction

Hong Kong’s Patriots-Only Election Records 31.9% Turnout After Deadly High-Rise Fire