Tajikistan authoritarian regime under President Emomali Rahmon is holding many Pamiris in their prisons in Dushanbe, for political crimes as cited by the regime, including the slightest opposition to Rahmon who has ruled Tajikistan since 1994. This Eid-ul Fitr sees many such prisoners lamenting their fate in the dreaded cells while the rest of the world celebrates the joyous moment with families and loved ones.
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Suspect in fatal shooting of 8 in Illinois found dead in Texas
A gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials. Police in Joliet said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the confrontation near Natalia, Texas.
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38 injured in CTA Yellow Line train collision in Chicago
Dozens of people were injured in a crash involving a Chicago transit train Thursday morning. A Chicago Transit Authority train collided with a snow-fire plow around 10:35 a.m local time.
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Kaja Kallas urges EU leaders to respond to Russian aggression in Ukraine
Estonian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas has certainly been firm and consistently been among those urging an ever-tougher response to Russian aggression in Ukraine and agitation around NATO and European Union borders. Kallas, who grew up under Soviet occupation in Estonia, urged EU leaders to take the Russian threat seriously long before the invasion of Ukraine.
