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A new ABC News and IPSOS poll shows an uptick in Americans saying the U.S. is doing too much to support Israel, compared to January. Read More

Explainer: How US campus protests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era

A deep generational divide, anti-war protests on college campuses and a looming Chicago Democratic convention invite comparisons between today's protests against Israel’s attacks in Gaza and the ... Read More

Vietnam's Politics are Increasingly Fractious and Corrupt

The leaders of Vietnam, a one-party, opaque, and authoritarian state, usually try to present themselves as working closely together, free ... with no clear succession plan. The political fireworks ... Read More

Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty

Prisoners gather inside Chikurubi Maximum prison before their release on the outskirts of the capital Harare, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted amnesty to ... Read More

UAE 'repressive environment' complicating COP28 activism: Amnesty

Amnesty and Human Rights Watch accuse the UAE of jailing 64 Emirati political prisoners, including rights activists, many of whom authorities allege have links to outlawed groups such as the ... Read More

Vietnam politics

The highly-publicized nature of the Van Thinh Phat trial is a possible sign of further political turbulence at the upper echelons of Vietnamese ... Vuong Dinh Hue. The news has added fuel to ... Read More

The NPR Politics Podcast

Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters. Read More

Prisoners at risk of covid-19 infection

The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of prisoners of conscience amid grave fears over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran’s prisons. The authorities ... Read More

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connecting the capital city Phnom Penh with its southern coast (near Vietnam's Kien Giang). National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 11 visited China’s Shanghai Free-Trade Zone (SHFTZ) ... Read More

Zimbabwe Frees Prisoners, Including Those Sentenced to Death, in an Independence Day Amnesty

Zimbabwe Frees Prisoners, Including Those Sentenced to Death, in an Independence Day Amnesty HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 ... Read More

Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners in an independence day amnesty. The amnesty coincided with the country’s 44th ... Read More