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Ally of late Navalny accuses 'Putin’s henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up

Mar. 13, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A close associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” on Wednesday of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized. Police said an assailant attacked Leonid Volkov on...

The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital

Mar. 12, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said late Tuesday that the politician's close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania's capital. Kira Yarmysh, who had been Navalny's spokesperson, said the assailant smashed a...

Traces of toxic gas found during evacuation of Swedish security agency, local media report

Feb. 28, 2024 10:51 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Traces of a toxic, colorless gas were found at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency where a suspected gas leak last week forced authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility, a local paper reported Wednesday. The daily Svenska Dagbladet...

International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria

Feb. 22, 2024 12:59 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international investigative team said Thursday that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State group used mustard gas, the latest finding of use of poison gas and nerve agents in Syria's grinding civil...

Police use tear gas against Indian farmers marching to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices

Feb. 13, 2024 08:42 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police on Tuesday used tear gas and detained some farmers who clashed with them and tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the capital's outskirts for more than a year. ...

Police in Sri Lanka use tear gas to disperse opposition protest against dire economic conditions

Jan. 30, 2024 20:28 PM EST

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's police used Tuesday tear gas and water cannons to disperse an opposition protest in the island nation facing its worst economic crisis while gearing up for a national election later this year. Protesters from the main opposition United...

Pakistani police use tear gas to disperse pre-election rally by supporters of former leader Khan

Jan. 28, 2024 10:36 AM EST

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, less than two weeks before a national parliamentary election that Khan was blocked from running in because of a criminal conviction. ...