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U.S. Sanctions Ortega-Murillo Sons and Gold Sector Allies in Nicaragua

Washington moves to choke off revenue it says funds political repression.

Bobi Wine Says He Has Left Uganda After Weeks in Hiding

Machado Says She Will Return to Venezuela Within Weeks to Drive Transition and Election Push

María Corina Machado Says She Will Return to Venezuela Within Weeks

Belarus Opposition Leader Nikolaj Statkewitsch Reported Released, Recovering From Stroke

Five Nations Say Independent Tests Show Epibatidine Killed Alexei Navalny

Erdoğan Elevates Gürlek to Justice Minister as Parliament Scuffles Mark Oath

Iranian Man Urges Trump to Reject Deal With Tehran in Viral Video, Then Reportedly Kills Himself

Ukraine Labels Iran's IRGC a Terror Group as Tehran Warns of Consequences

Leaked Vietnamese Defense Memo Casts U.S. as 'Belligerent' and Maps Out Possible Conflict

Shaquille O’Neal’s Istanbul Photo-Op With Erdoğan Draws Rebuke From Enes Kanter Freedom

Anaís Castro’s Testimony Reverberates After Reported U.S. Capture of Nicolás Maduro

Russia Puts Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Hypersonic Missiles on Combat Duty in Belarus

Iran Executes Aghil Keshavarz After Supreme Court Upholds Espionage Verdict

Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Reappears in Oslo, Says U.S. Aided Her Escape

María Corina Machado Reemerges in Oslo After Year in Hiding

Venezuela Deports Argentine C5N News Crew After Airport Interrogation

Machado Confirms She Will Attend Nobel Peace Ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10

France’s Laurent Vinatier Faces Possible February Spy Trial as Russia Extends Probe

U.N. Panel Adopts North Korea Rights Resolution With 61 Co-Sponsors