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Human Rights Violations Weaken Hungary's Rule of Law - Council of Europe

Attacks Against Schools in Eastern Ukraine Increased Four-Fold in 2019 - UN Spokesman

OSCE Secretary General Hopes Work in Normandy Format to Resume Soon

Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger expressed on Tuesday hope that the work of the Normandy Format on settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine would be soon resumed

Meritxell Batet From Socialists' Party of Catalonia Elected as Head of Spanish Lower House

Meritxell Batet from the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), which is the Catalan affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), was elected on Tuesday as the president of the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, a Sputnik correspondent reported

Kurdish Lawmaker Says Arab Governor of Iraq's Kirkuk Discriminates Against Kurds

Rebwar Taha, an Iraqi lawmaker, representing the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, has accused the acting Arab governor of the city of Kirkuk in Iraqi Kurdistan, Rakan Jabouri, of discriminating against the Kurdish residents of the city by arbitrarily removing Kurds from posts in local institutions

Catalan jailed MPs attend Spain parliament opening

Five Catalan separatist politicians - currently on trial accused of rebellion - have taken their seats in the Spanish parliament under discreet police guard

Condolence reference held for legendary artist Jamil Naqsh

Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Tuesday organized a condolence reference of legendary artist, painter Jamil Naqsh here at PNCA

Bangladesh stops issuing visas to Pakistanis

For the last seven months, there has been no visa officer at the high commission

US tech firms to take hit from Huawei sanctions

The tough sanctions imposed on Huawei by President Donald Trump could deal a blow to the many US firms that make up the Chinese tech giant's supply chain

Malawi votes in tight three-way election

Five things to know about Malawi

The southern African country of Malawi, which holds presidential polls on May 21, is stable but poor with people dependent on agriculture and its enormous lake for their livelihoods

Jailed Catalan leader sees parliament mandate as win for ballot box

Trump Directs Ex-White House Counsel McGahn to Defy Congressional Subpoena - White House

Zelenskiy Takes Office as Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskiy took the oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people and assumed the office of the presidency on Monday

US, Palestine Did Not Discuss Preparations for Manama Conference - Palestinian Official

The United States held no consultations with Palestine regarding the US-led economic conference in Manama, intended as the first step in President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Middle East, the secretary general of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, told Sputnik on Monday