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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — For decades, he was a feared US-backed dictator whose regime oversaw bloody Cold War-era massacres, accused of diverting huge amounts of state money to propel his family into luxury and political power. On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faces growing US military pressure and calls for his resignation, an old foe is returning to haunt him in his own backyard: Inflation, one of Venezuela’s chronic economic maladies, is on the rise again. “Prices are growing every day,” said Yon Michael

By Tal Shalev, Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament advanced two controversial bills on Monday, including one that would expand the use of the death penalty for convicted “terrorists” and individuals found guilty of nationalistically motivated murder. The death penalty bill, championed by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, passed its first

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand has said it was halting progress on a peace agreement with Cambodia, signed last month in Malaysia and overseen by US President Donald Trump, after a landmine explosion at the border injured several Thai soldiers on Monday. Thailand and Cambodia fought a five-day border conflict in

By Hira Humayun, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who has been held by US federal immigration for over two weeks, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK. The London-based journalist and commentator, who was visiting the United States on a speaking tour, was detained by

By Ana María Cañizares, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who were killed by “asphyxiation,” officials said. In the first attack, the criminal group Los Lobos was targeted by a breakaway gang known as