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Land and environmental defenders face escalating threats, with Honduras highlighted ahead of Turkey's COP31 summit.

Security experts said the threats might be a way Russia is trying to punish European nations that have armed or financed Ukraine.

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SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks plunged more than 3 percent Tuesda...

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks plunged more than 3 percent Tuesda...

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks plunged more than 3 percent Tuesda...

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Israelis are in the final hours of an intense election season amid reports of a clash between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military over Iran.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is ordering some diplomats and the families of U.S. government employees to leave Saudi Arabia following a series of deadly attacks in the country by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and rising fears of an escalation in hostilities.

<p>Mounting anxiety as Russia’s war on Ukraine reaches Nato’s borders with targeting of vessels transporting agricultural cargo</p><p>Nato is deploying additional military assets to the Black Sea amid the recent deadly escalation of Russian attacks on merchant shipping, as five more vessels were attacked on Tuesday.</p><p>Russia’s military said it ⁠struck ​t