#BREAKING US calls for immediate release of Hong Kong democracy campaigners: Blinken
#UPDATES "We condemn the detention of and charges filed against pan-democratic candidates in Hong Kong's elections and call for their immediate release," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says
Hundreds of democracy supporters gather outside a Hong Kong court chanting slogans and flashing protest symbols as some of the city's best-known dissidents are expected to appear charged with subversion u.afp.com/UpPv
Alexandra Wong disappeared for over a year into China's opaque judicial system because she joined Hong Kong democracy rallies
But that did not deter her from joining protesters outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon court on Monday u.afp.com/Upme
Key points of China's recently imposed national security law for Hong Kong #AFPgraphics
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#BREAKING French court convicts ex-president Sarkozy on corruption charges
#BREAKING French court sentences ex-president Sarkozy to 3 years in prison, including two years suspended
#UPDATE Former French president Nicolas #Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption on Monday and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge, but with two years suspended it is unlikely he will physically go to prison
#BREAKING Several arrests after raids at FC Barcelona: police spokesman
#UPDATE Police raided the offices of FC Barcelona on Monday, carrying out several arrests just six days ahead of the club's presidential elections, a Catalan regional police spokesman told AFP u.afp.com/Uph5 for #AFPSports
#BREAKING Former FC Barcelona president Bartomeu arrested: source close to case #AFPSports
Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has not been seen since last month's military coup, is due to face court after a deadly weekend crackdown against relentless democracy protests u.afp.com/UpWk
#BREAKING Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi appears via video in court: lawyer
#UPDATES Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears via video in a Naypyidaw court to face charges international community widely believes are frivolous
Her lawyer says she appeared healthy during the hearing
🇸🇦 The US is expected to release a damning report that fingers Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018
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🇳🇬 Hundreds of schoolgirls are feared missing after a raid by an armed gang on a dormitory in northwest Nigeria, in the latest mass kidnapping in the troubled region
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🇸🇾 US air strikes target an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria, killing at least 22 fighters according to a war monitor, in response to recent rocket attacks targeting US troops in Iraq
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#BREAKING New mass kidnapping at school in Nigeria, hundreds missing: teacher
#UPDATE Suspected armed bandits have taken away girls from a school hostel in Zamfara, northwest Nigeria, a teacher has told @AFP.
"More than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a head count of remaining students," Sadi Kawaye said.
Police have not yet confirmed the incident
Map of Nigeria locating the Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe, where more than 300 girls are unaccounted for after suspected armed bandits raided a school dormitory