James Hider
Stories
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World
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who crushed dissent, dies at 63
Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in the 1980s.
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Alexei Navalny is the latest Putin critic to die in suspicious circumstances
The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison was shocking, but hardly surprising. It follows a long line of fallen critics and opponents of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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U.S. drone strike kills a leader of an Iran-backed militia in Iraq
A U.S. drone strike in the Iraqi capital has killed at least one leader of an Iran-backed militia, Kataib Hezbollah.
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Iran's regional flashpoints are increasing. Here's what to know
Pakistan and Iran have traded cross-border rocket attacks, stoking fears of widening conflict even farther.