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Julie Fisher says Washington remains "committed" to working with Belarus wherever possible, even though relations have been badly strained amid a crackdown by the regime of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashena against dissent since a disputed election in August 2020.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that she tried hard to prevent the situation in Ukraine from developing into a full-blown conflict.

Several protesters have gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, demanding the release of relatives they say are being illegally held in China's northwestern Xinjiang Province, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits the Central Asian country.

Shon Robbins’ job as a controlled burn specialist for the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources frequently takes him into some of the most tick-infested places in the northeast

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says overwhelming evidence shows that the Iranian authorities' mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 amounts to crimes against humanity.

Mr Nico Robin took to Twitter to share a picture of his sneakers that his father had got hand-painted from Karachi, Pakistan.

Jailed Kazakh opposition figure Zhanbolat Mamai faces up to 10 years in prison after authorities additionally charged him with organizing mass disorders and distributing false information in an emergency situation. 

While Iran's leaders have blamed "foreign enemies" for ongoing anti-government protests, the demonstrators themselves have directed their anger at the clerical establishment.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed that Ukrainian forces' "heroic defense" of the Donbas region will continue despite being outnumbered and outgunned by the invading Russian military, as fierce street fighting continued for the control of the key city of Syevyerdonetsk.

Bulgaria's prime minister has pledged to lead a minority government after one of four parties in a governing coalition formed just six months ago quit the government.