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NATO forges closer ties with Asian partners in response to concerns over China

NATO plans to deepen relations with four Indo-Pacific partners as Russia and China strengthen ties against the U.S.New Zealand, Japan and South Korea’s leaders will attend the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., while Australia will send its deputy prime minister.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has voiced the importance of…

43 sentenced to life in prison following heavily-scrutinized UAE trial

A mass trial of dissidents in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 43 people to life in prison on Wednesday while several other defendants received long prison terms in a case that has been widely criticized by activists abroad.The sentences given by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal came in…

Iraq issues death sentence against wife of late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The wife of late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is set to be hanged after an Iraqi court on Wednesday issued a death sentence against her for committing “crimes against humanity,” genocide against the Yazidi people and “terrorist actions.” Asma Mohammed was arrested in Turkey in 2018 before being handed…