Court in Russia’s Kaliningrad sentences lawyer to 12 years on treason charge

A court in Russia's western enclave of Kaliningrad on Thursday sentenced a rights lawyer to 12 years in prison on treason charges, prosecutors saying she passed sensitive information to Ukraine.

The rights group Slovo Zashchite identified the lawyer as Maria Bontsler, 66, and said she had worked with a number of defendants accused of political offenses in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory on the Baltic Sea bordering Lithuania and Poland.

Palestinian teen reunites with family after month in Israeli jail

A Palestinian teenager, Ezzedine Al-Lahalia, was reunited with his family after being held in an Israeli jail for a month on charges of throwing stones.

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Will Democrats try to strip US-Israel initiative from Pentagon funding?

Midterm gains give party room to overhaul NDAA funding, including provision to integrate US-Israeli military industries.

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'Devastated wasteland': Haitian security forces regain control of stadium from gangs

Haitian security forces said they have regained control of the country's main stadium, wresting it back from the gangs that have been using it for the past two years. They were assisted by the Task Force, a private security group…

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At least nine detained protesting at blast-hit Turkiye steel plant

Nine people were detained by Turkish security forces for protesting a ban on mobile phones at a steel plant following a deadly explosion. The workers gathered at the plant’s entrance to express their discontent.