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Tens of thousands in Georgia demand Saakashvili’s release
Protesters demand release of Georgian ex-president and opposition leader, imprisoned upon return from exile in Ukraine.
US FDA advisers back Moderna’s booster jab for COVID
With 66 million American adults still unvaccinated, President Biden is pushing for emergency approvals of booster jabs.
Love is in the air: Shredded Banksy fetches record-setting $25.4m
The artwork dubbed Love is in the Bin sold at auction for more than 1,750 percent than it sold for just three years ago.
US wholesale inflation surges to another record
US producer prices surged 8.6 percent in September from the same period a year ago - the biggest jump on record.
Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of ethnic hatred at UN court
Azerbaijan denied the allegations made at the ICJ and accused Armenia of 'decades-long ethnic cleansing'.
Pakistan Airlines suspends Afghanistan flights amid Taliban row
The suspension took place over what PIA called heavy-handed interference by the Taliban.
West Africa’s top ISIL leader is dead, says Nigerian army
Military commander claims Abu Musab al-Barnawi is dead, but West Africa's ISIL branch has yet to confirm.
Syrian man found dead on Polish-Belarusian border
Documents found on the body indicated he was a 24-year-old Syrian man, the latest in string of fatalities at the border.
HRW urges Kuwait to overturn transgender woman’s conviction
Maha al-Mutairi has been sentenced to two years in prison for 'imitating the opposite sex' online.
Shock, disbelief, panic: Living under the Texas abortion ban
New law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy fuels desperate scramble to find and provide abortion services.
Italy: Fresh pandemic woes for those jabbed with ‘wrong’ vaccines
People who accepted non-EU approved shots, such as Sputnik or Sinopharm, are being shut out from public life.
Turkish lira falls out of favour with local investors again
The lira fell as much as 1.1 percent to a fresh all-time low of 9.1883 per dollar on Thursday.
Turkey: Erdogan central bank firing clears way for more rate cuts
Two of the officials let go had opposed the last interest rate cut which sent the lira to a new all-time low.
Infographic: Palestine’s olive industry
Palestinian farmers face attacks by Israeli settlers across the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest season.
‘A living hell’: Churches, clergy targeted by Myanmar military
Rights groups say Christians, a minority in the mainly Buddhist country, are getting caught in the crossfire.
Alarm, disbelief as Duterte’s ex-drug enforcer runs for president
Rights groups warn Ronald dela Rosa's bid to lead the Philippines could signal a 'doubling down' in deadly drug war.
UN urges independent probe into death of ex-Venezuelan minister
Venezuela's government says Raul Baduel, who served as defence minister under Hugo Chavez, died due to the coronavirus.
US top court weighs Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
US Supreme Court hears arguments in case on death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
US does not support normalising ties with Syria, Blinken says
Antony Blinken said the US position will not change until there is 'irreversible progress towards a political solution'.