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Iranian dissident rapper reportedly remains defiant under torture by regime
According to a source close to the Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi has reportedly been subjected to severe torture in prison after being abducted by regime forces over a month ago.
China eases 'zero-COVID' rules following protests — but Xi may have painted himself into a corner
China is easing draconian COVID-19 restrictions in a patchwork manner. But for reasons both medical and political, it will be hard to really end the 'zero-COVID' policy — even as the Chinese people give every sign their patience is at a breaking point.
Russia rejects price cap on its oil of $60 US a barrel, again warns of cutoffs
Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country's oil set by Ukraine's Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it.
U.S. gets tougher on Turkey amid strikes against Kurdish allies
Biden administration officials are toughening their language toward NATO ally Turkey as they try to talk Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan out of launching a bloody and destabilizing ground offensive against American-allied Kurdish forces in neighbouring Syria.
El Salvador deploys 10,000 soldiers, police to town in gang crackdown
The government of El Salvador has sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation's capital to search for gang members. The operation was one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele's nine-month-old crackdown on street gangs
