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Hamas called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to protect Palestinian prisoners' rights based on the Geneva ...

The United Nations warned on Monday that Russian troops have been slaughtering captured Ukrainian soldiers at an increasing ...

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Chaotic scenes, the BBC called them. Well, that was putting it mildly. One could only imagine the headlines if an African woman had been forced to run the gauntlet through a mob of smartphone-wielding ...

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The Palestinian Authority has categorically rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate the residents of the ...

In a new four-article series, The Independent reveals the details of Bel Trew’s special investigation into the desperate plight of hundreds – potentially thousands – of people with disabilities caught ...

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