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The Constitutional Court of Uganda has upheld the anti-gay law that allows for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”

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https://intlmonitor.com/africa/uganda-constitutional-court-upheld-anti-gay-law/

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A 12-year-old boy killed a schoolmate and injured two others at an institution in Helsinki, Finland. The suspect was apprehended by the police.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/kid-opens-fire-and-kills-schoolmate-in-finland/

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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Wednesday morning near Taiwan, triggering tsunami alerts in that territory, the southern islands of Japan and the Philippines.

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https://intlmonitor.com/asia/taiwan-japan-and-philippines-on-tsunami-alert-after-major-earthquake/

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An Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate building in Damascus killed at least eight people on Monday, including a prominent commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Iranian media.

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https://intlmonitor.com/middle-east/israeli-airstrike-killed-a-senior-official-of-irans-revolutionary-guard/

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The owner of a popular gay bar in the Russian city of Orenburg has been arrested for “extremism,” according to rights groups on Sunday, at a time when authorities are cracking down on the LGBTQ community.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/russian-police-raids-lgbtq-bar-under-extremism-charges/

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Aichi will become the first prefecture in Japan to recognize sexual minorities and common-law couples and their children as families under a “family ship” oath system that will come into effect on April 1.

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https://intlmonitor.com/asia/japan-aichi-is-first-prefecture-to-consider-same-sex-couples-with-children-as-family/

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has recalled batches of an anti-cholesterol supplement from the market suspecting it to cause adverse health effects through kidney failure.

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https://intlmonitor.com/asia/japan-five-dead-and-over-100-hospitalized-due-to-an-anti-cholesterol-supplement/

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The UN Office for Human Rights asserted on Thursday that the situation in Haiti, a country plagued by gang violence, is a “catastrophe” with over 1,500 deaths at the hands of these groups so far this year.

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https://intlmonitor.com/americas/un-describes-the-situation-in-haiti-as-a-cataclysm/

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The Russian space agency Roscosmos canceled the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday, just about 20 seconds before liftoff, but the crew is safe, authorities reported.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/russia-aborted-space-mission-20-seconds-before-takeoff/

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The school year began on Wednesday in Afghanistan, albeit without the girls whom the Taliban barred from classes starting from the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education.

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https://intlmonitor.com/asia/school-year-began-in-afghanistan-no-girls-beyond-6th-grade/

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The head of the US Southern Command, General Laura Richardson, did not rule out the deployment of forces to Haiti as part of “an international solution” to address the spiral of violence in the Caribbean country.

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https://intlmonitor.com/americas/us-considers-sending-troops-to-haiti/

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The Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a new round of attacks on “enemy” targets, including Israeli and American ones, this Tuesday. Thus, the Shiite group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, confirmed that their missiles had reached the port city of Eilat, in southern Israel.

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https://intlmonitor.com/middle-east/houthi-missiles-fall-over-israeli-port-of-eilat/

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Russian President Vladimir Putin was reelected for his fifth term with 87.28% of the votes, the electoral commission announced on Monday after the scrutiny of all polling stations in the country.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/vladimir-putin-reelected-with-87-of-votes-kremlin-announces/

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Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – who died in mid-February in an Arctic prison – called on the international community not to recognize the results of Russia’s elections, scheduled for this weekend.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/navalnys-widow-calls-international-community-not-to-recognize-russian-elections/

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The Israeli Parliament approved a new budget for the current year on Wednesday, focusing on the war over Gaza. Thus, in 2024, 160 billion dollars will be allocated for military issues, which is about 19 billion dollars more than what had been agreed for 2023.

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https://intlmonitor.com/middle-east/israeli-parliament-approves-new-budget-focusing-in-gaza-war/

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The leader of the far-right in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, announced on Wednesday that he will be unable to form a government despite his electoral victory in November, due to lack of support from parties with which he sought to form a coalition.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/netherlands-far-right-leader-geert-wilders-fails-in-his-attempt-to-form-government/

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John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who exposed alleged safety issues within the company, was found dead on Saturday in the parking lot of a hotel in South Carolina. He was scheduled to testify today.

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https://intlmonitor.com/americas/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-in-a-parking-lot/

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John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who exposed alleged safety issues within the company, was found dead on Saturday in the parking lot of a hotel in South Carolina. He was scheduled to testify today.

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https://intlmonitor.com/americas/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-in-a-parking-lot/

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The navies of Russia, China, and Iran will participate in joint naval maneuvers in the waters of the Gulf of Oman starting this Tuesday. The military activities, scheduled to conclude on Friday, aim to “jointly maintain regional maritime security,” as stated in a Chinese Ministry of Defense release on WeChat.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/russia-china-and-iran-to-carry-out-joint-naval-maneuvers-in-the-gulf-of-oman/

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The European Union has evacuated all its personnel from Haiti, where the capital, Port-au-Prince, is facing a severe security crisis due to a spiral of violence unleashed by armed gangs clashing with the police.

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https://intlmonitor.com/americas/the-european-union-withdraw-all-its-personnel-from-haiti/

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“Our flag is yellow and blue. This is the flag for which we live, we will die, and we will triumph. We will never raise other flags,” replied the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmitro Kuleba.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/ukraine-counters-popes-call-for-raising-white-flag/

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Pope Francis has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to have “courage” to raise the “white flag” and negotiate the end of the war with Russia.

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https://intlmonitor.com/europe/pope-francis-urges-ukraine-to-admit-defeat/

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Iranian authorities have arrested two women for dancing in the streets of Tehran. In Iran, women face various restrictions, including the prohibition of dancing and singing in front of men.

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https://intlmonitor.com/middle-east/iran-arrests-two-women-for-dancing-in-public/

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After nearly two days of deliberations, a jury in New York declared on Friday that Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, is guilty on all the drug trafficking charges against him.

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https://intlmonitor.com/americas/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-of-honduras-found-guilty-of-drug-trafficking/

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The UN human rights body stated in a report released on Friday that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem constitute a "war crime".

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https://intlmonitor.com/middle-east/un-says-that-the-expansion-of-israeli-settlements-is-a-war-crime/

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