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Myanmar Moves Aung San Suu Kyi From Prison to House Arrest

The holiday‑timed commutation reads as a push for legitimacy by Min Aung Hlaing’s government.

UC Berkeley Defends Student Event With Palestinian Car-Bomb Convict as Protected Speech

Reza Pahlavi Doused With Red Liquid in Berlin After Denouncing Iran Ceasefire

Cuba Confirms Quiet Talks With U.S., Rejects Ultimatums, Presses to End Energy Squeeze

Myanmar Frees 4,335 in New Year Amnesty and Commutes All Death Sentences

Díaz-Canel Rejects U.S. Demands and Vows to Resist Any Invasion in NBC Interview

Judge Blocks Maduro Defense From Sharing Evidence With Unarrested Co-Defendants

Japan Says Citizen Detained in Iran Is Freed on Bail

Cuba Begins Releasing 2,010 Prisoners in Holy Week Pardon

Judge Declines to Toss U.S. Narco‑Terror Case Against Maduro, Leaves Sanctions Fight Unresolved

Imran Khan’s Son Appeals to UN, Drawing Government Pushback and International Focus

Judge Signals Maduro Case Will Proceed With Defense Funding Unresolved

Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ Earns Praise for a Chilling Portrait of Stalinist Red Tape

U.S. Envoy Details Belarus Deals Linking Prisoner Releases to Sanctions Relief

U.S.–Belarus Deal Frees 250 Detainees as Washington Eases Targeted Sanctions

Venezuela’s Interim Leader Replaces Entire Military High Command After Ousting Defense Chief

Medical Board Examines Imran Khan in Jail Pending Chief Commissioner's Transfer Decision

U.S.–Cuba Talks Strained as Trump Says He Could 'Take' Cuba

Cuba Confirms Talks With U.S. as Vatican-Brokered Prisoner Releases Begin

Cuba to Free 51 Prisoners in Vatican-Facilitated Move as Díaz-Canel Confirms Early U.S. Talks