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Heads of state and senior ministers, including French President Emmanuel Macron, are meeting in Phnom Penh this weekend for a summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).

<p>Beset by poverty, <a href="https://www.dawn.com/live/iran-israel-war">war</a> and repression, the residents of Yemen’s ancient capital Sanaa, under Houthi control for over a decade, struggle to survive.</p> <p>The Houthi movement seized the city in 2014, forcing the government to flee south and sparking a brutal civil war in one of the world’s poorest cou

Exiled Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof pointed to Jafar Panahi’s latest prison sentence as proof that Iranian cinema remains under repression, speaking at a Tokyo International Film Festival press conference for the Kurosawa Akira Award. Rasoulof and Japanese director O Mipo are this year’s recipients. “Of course, Iranian cinema continues to face repressi

<p>WASHINGTON: Pakistan has warned that the Taliban continue to allow terrorist groups to operate from Afghan soil, as a UN human rights expert urged member states not to normalise relations with the Kabul regime without verifiable improvements in human rights.</p> <p>Addressing the UN Human Rights Council’s interactive dialogue on Afghanistan on Thursday ev

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Taiwan is probing organised crime's links to Chinese efforts to carry out "transnational repression", a security official said on Thursday, after Taipei's government said Beijing was behind an attack on a comedian who mocked President Xi Jinping.

Taipei has complained that Beijing is using various underhanded methods to target Taiwanese nationals viewed as politically suspect.

Piantedosi: 'Nessuna prova che i ragazzi siano manovrati'. Sala: 'Preoccupati per sabato'