Rescuers are racing the clock to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades. Some 2,497 people were killed in a disaster that devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains.
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UN, Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor Call Again on Tajikistan to Release Journalists
UN Special Rapporteur of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has once again called on the authorities of Tajikistan to release imprisoned Tajik journalists and bloggers.
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Prabowo Subianto wins quick counts Indonesia’s presidential election
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election after unofficial vote counts showed him with a significant lead over his rivals.
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Russia’s Foreign Miniser to visit North Korea
Russia’s foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, days after the United States claimed Pyongyang had delivered munitions and military equipment to Russia for use in the fighting in Ukraine. Sergey Lavrov will be in North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday.
