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Maduro Sends Pentecost Appeal for Unity From U.S. Jail

The message seeks to shore up his political support as prosecutors in New York and Miami continue separate criminal probes.

Trump Says He Will Raise Detained Beijing Pastor’s Case With Xi

Rwanda Government Critic Dies in Custody on Day of Scheduled Release

Iran Executes Mehrab Abdollahsadeh in Case Tied to 2022 Women’s Protests

Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized in Iran After Acute Health Decline

Venezuela Begins Work to Recast El Helicoide as Community Hub

Boualem Sansal Says Algeria Revoked His Citizenship, Declares He Is Now Only French

Myanmar Junta Announces Independence Day Pardon as Managed Elections Proceed

Palestinian American Teen Freed After 9 Months in Israeli Custody as Abuse Claims Fuel Calls for U.S. Action

Edem Bekirov, Crimean Tatar Activist Freed in 2019 Exchange, Dies in Istanbul

Stoptime Singer and Guitarist Leave Russia After Detention Release

China Formally Arrests 18 Zion Church Leaders on Internet Charges

Russia Jails Two 74-Year-Old Jehovah's Witnesses for Three Years

Imran Khan Escalates Attack on Army Chief Asim Munir, Rejects Talks With Government

France Says Kohler and Paris Leave Evin Prison, Now at French Residence in Tehran

Family Urges Starmer to Seek Jagtar Singh Johal’s Release on India Visit

Cecilia Sala Details Evin Prison Ordeal in New Account of Tehran Detention

102 U.S. Groups Urge Rubio to Seek Release of Detained Palestinian-American Teen

Moroccan Court Denies Release for Feminist Charged With Insulting Islam

Torture Allegations Spur Lawsuits Over U.S. Deportations to Cecot