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Reports Say U.S. Blocked María Corina Machado’s Return to Venezuela

If true, the reported interventions suggest the U.S. sought to avoid a political confrontation that could disrupt its Venezuela strategy.

EU Adds Six Russian Scientists to Sanctions Over Navalny Poisoning

Machado Is Barred From Returning to Venezuela as Quake Relief Faces Restrictions

BMA Votes to Reject IHRA Definition for Use in NHS

U.S. Expands Visa Bans After Death of Indigenous Leader in Nicaraguan Custody

U.S. Reinstates Sanctions on U.N. Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Venezuelan Interim Government Announces More Than 500 Political Prisoner Releases as NGOs Say Far Fewer Have Been Freed

Regional Prosecutors Say No Evidence of Torture of Azat Miftakhov at Harp Colony

Trump Says Xi Signals Jimmy Lai’s Release Is Unlikely After Beijing Talks

Civilian Flotilla Leaves Turkey for Gaza to Challenge Israel’s Naval Blockade

Trump Pressed to Win Jimmy Lai’s Release as China Visit Begins

İmamoğlu Faces Espionage Trial as Prosecutors Allege Data Passed to Ex-Spies

Israel Deports Two Gaza Flotilla Activists as Spanish Detainee Returns Home

Jayapal Defends Talks With Foreign Envoys on Oil for Cuba as Republicans Allege Legal Violations

Israeli Court Extends Detention of Two Flotilla Activists by Two Days

Myanmar Converts Aung San Suu Kyi’s Prison Term to House Arrest

Myanmar Junta Orders Suu Kyi to Serve Remainder Under House Arrest

Belarus Frees Polish Journalist Andrzej Poczobut in Multi-Country Prisoner Swap

Kursk Defense-Plant Worker Jailed on Treason Charges Reported Dead in Saratov Prison Hospital

Delhi High Court Takes NIA Rejoinder in Yasin Malik Case, Sets July 21 Hearing on Death Penalty Appeal