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Amnesty Says Indonesia Uses State-Linked Disinformation to Silence Critics

The rights group links state-run smears to real-world threats including an acid attack.

Iran’s Power Centers Tilt to IRGC as New Reports Detail Mojtaba Khamenei’s Severe Injuries

NYC Paid Nearly $100 Million for Unused 3-K Sites

Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria Nears 45% With Most Votes Counted

Golob Fails to Form Coalition, Clearing Path for Janša to Seek Power in Slovenia

Orbán's Fall Exposes a Captured Hungarian State

Myanmar Annuls Death Sentences, Orders New Year Prisoner Releases

Most Americans Want Major Political Reform and Lack Confidence in Change, Pew Finds

Iraq’s Parliament Elects Nizar Amidi President, Ending Months of Deadlock

Assayas’ ‘Der Magier im Kreml’ Wins Praise for Its Study of Kremlin Power

Mexico’s Supreme Court Says Embezzlement of Public Funds Can Expire

Vietnam’s Party Chief To Lam Elected President, Uniting Party and State Leadership

South Korea Cabinet Clears Constitutional Amendment for Assembly Vote

Mexico’s Electoral Institute Reviews Five Bids to Form National Parties

Burkina Faso’s Traoré Rejects Elections, Tells Nation to ‘Forget Democracy’

Burkina Faso’s Junta Leader Tells Country to ‘Forget’ Democracy

Meloni’s Bloc Files Electoral Overhaul With Majority Bonus After Referendum Loss

CAP and SDF Boycott Party-Based Municipal Elections in Sikkim

Trump Says CIA Told Him Iran’s New Supreme Leader Is Gay

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