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Tensions soar across Indonesia as protests against police erupt in multiple cities

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Protests erupted in multiple cities and tensions soared across Indonesia on Friday, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers’ allowances. Protesters marched to the headquarters of the police mobile brigade in

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Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni

Italy’s PM Meloni ‘disgusted’ over porn site allegedly showing doctored images of her and other high-profile women

By Sophie Tanno and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has voiced outrage over a porn site that allegedly featured doctored images of herself and other high-profile women, alongside sexist and offensive captions and commentary. The forum, known as Phica – a name based on a slang term “figa”

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Paetongtarn Shinawatra arriving at Government House in Bangkok on August 29.

Thailand’s prime minister removed from office over leaked phone call scandal with Cambodian strongman

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai court removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday, ruling that her controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader breached ethics rules, in a move that plunges the kingdom into fresh political turmoil. Paetongtarn, a member of the powerful Shinawatra political family

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ruled the East African nation with an iron fist since 1986.

Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country is facing backlash over US migrant deal

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s decision to approve the Trump administration’s offer to take in migrants unwanted by the United States has sparked criticism in the East African nation that already houses the continent’s largest refugee population. “The whole scheme stinks” without parliamentary oversight, Mathias Mpuuga, until recently the leader of the opposition

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Germany boosts ammunition and the military but remains vague on security guarantees for Ukraine

By Sebastian Shukla, Sophie Tanno, and Claudia Otto, CNN Unterluss, central Germany (CNN) — For three years European nations have funneled huge amounts of arms to Ukraine to help Kyiv battle Russia’s full-blown invasion. Now, with reserves dwindling from a grinding, ammunition-guzzling conflict that shows no sign of ending, a factory that opened in Germany

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Rescuers work at the site of a building which was hit by a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv

Putin accused of ‘sabotaging’ peace efforts after diplomatic buildings hit in massive assault on Ukraine

By Laura Sharman, Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Catherine Nicholls, Betsy Klein Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — European leaders expressed outrage after Kyiv was bombarded by Russia’s second-biggest aerial attack since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with at least 23 people killed, including four children, according to officials. Buildings belonging to the European Union and the British

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