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Japan Politics · Japan Japanese voters could unleash political turmoil as they head to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper house election, with rising prices and immigration concerns threatening to weaken Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power. Opinion polls suggest Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito may fall short of the 50 seats needed to retain control of the 248-seat upper house of parliament in an election where half the seats are up for grabs.See the Story
Japan heads to polls in key test for PM Ishiba
37% Center coverage: 118 sources
African Politics · SudanThe Emergency Lawyers human rights group said in a statement on Monday that the RSF had attacked several villages on Saturday around the city of Bara, which the paramilitary controls. In one village, Shag Alnom, more than 200 people were killed via arson or gunshot. Looting raids of the other villages killed 38 civilians, they said, while dozens of others had gone missing.See the Story
Sudanese RSF forces kill almost 300 in North Kordofan, activists say
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Donald Trump · SyriaA Melkite-Catholic priest in Sweida, Syria, issued a desperate plea for help from the outside world as Syrian Islamists have been murdering Druze and Christians in Syria. Father Tony Boutros, a representative of the Melkite-Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See in Rome, was kidnapped in 2015 while driving to a church for Mass. He was then serving as the pastor of the Church of St. Philip the Apostle in S…See the Story
‘Look At The Massacres’: Syrian Priest Posts Desperate Plea As Islamist Attacks Intensify
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