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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, pictured at the Pentagon on July 25, 2024, has scrapped plea agreeemnts with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged accomplices

US Scraps Plea Deal With 9/11 Mastermind

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to one of the longest prison terms ever handed down to a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin

Poisoned And Jailed: Kremlin Critic Kara-Murza

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was released from a 25-year prison sentence on Thursday in a prisoner swap, has spent years warning the world of the dangers of a revanchist President Vladimir Putin.
Nigerians are unhappy with soaring inflation and the end of a fuel subsidy

Nigeria Police Fire Tear Gas On Hardship Protests

Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living.
Students Against Discrimination staged nationwide rallies last month that ended in a police crackdown and the deaths of at least 206 people

Bangladesh Police Release Student Leaders After Unrest

Bangladesh police on Thursday freed six student leaders whose campaign against civil service job quotas sparked deadly nationwide unrest, as the government looked to calm tensions and forestall fresh demonstrations.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has vowed justice for 'devils' and 'demons'

Venezuela's Maduro Says Opponents Should Be Locked Up

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, facing mounting pressure to offer evidence his election victory was valid, said Wednesday that opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia should be imprisoned following deadly protests across the country.
Israel claimed responsibility for a strike in Beirut that killed a Hezbollah commander

Iran To Hold Funeral For Hamas Chief Haniyeh

Iran was set to hold funeral processions on Thursday for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Doha after he was killed in a strike in Tehran blamed on Israel.
This undated FBI file image shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as he appeared on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists website

US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind

US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.

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