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Leading opposition figure now set to remain in prison until February 15 following dramatic airport arrest.
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![Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday [File: Alexander Drago/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_20177582160032.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Harris will leave the Senate chamber two days before she is inaugurated as US vice president on January 20.
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Wendy Sherman, Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy secretary of state, was key US negotiator of 2015 Iran...
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US Justice Department brought more than 80 criminal cases in connection with violent riots at US...
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Centuries of union between Scotland and England are straining amid the UK’s exit from the EU and the COVID pandemic.
![Bobi Wine, the 38-year-old former musician-turned politician has emerged as the main challenger to 76-year-old Museveni, who has been in power since 1986 [Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-14T115235Z_1568524891_RC2N7L9O92SO_RTRMADP_3_UGANDA-ELECTION.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Preliminary results show lead for the incumbent president but the opposition leader dubs the tally as a ‘joke’.
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Display of military might at Pyongyang parade follows party congress at which Kim Jong Un admitted country’s failures.
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FSIN says it is ‘obliged’ to arrest Kremlin critic because he broke the terms of a previous suspended sentence.
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Legislators are calling on Giuseppe Conte to set out next steps after Matteo Renzi’s Italia Viva party quits government.
New global survey finds most people believe media, politicians are trying to mislead people by spreading misinformation.
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The charges are linked to former CNRP president Sam Rainsy’s unsuccessful attempt to return to the country in 2019.
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Several online platforms have cut off Parler following storming of US Capitol, accusing it of allowing violent content.
![Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in response to the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of US President Donald Trump: 'Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real' [File: US Senate Judiciary Committee via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-17T164849Z_957998530_RC245K98ICF9_RTRMADP_3_USA-TECH-SENATE.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Twitter removed US President Trump’s account citing risk of violence after storming of Capitol by his supporters.