DUBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Iranian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned repeatedly in her three-decade campaign for women's rights, was sentenced to a new prison term of 7-1/2 years, a group supporting her said on Sunday.
Mohammadi, 53, was on a week-long hunger strike that ended on Sunday, the Narges Foundation said in a statement. It said Mohammadi told her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, in a phone call on Sunday... (continue reading...)
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Guanipa has been freed in a prisoner release, according to family statement published on Sunday, the latest high profile liberation as families continue to anxiously await an unknown number of releases promised by the government and hailed by the United States.
Rights group Foro Penal says it has verified 383 liberations of political prisoners since the government announced a new series of... (continue reading...)
By Sheila Dang
Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump criticized American Olympic skier Hunter Hess on Sunday, days after the athlete expressed mixed feelings about representing the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in northern Italy.
"If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it's too bad he's on it," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social media platform, referencing Hess' comments. "Very hard to root for... (continue reading...)
By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Wendell Roelf
CAPE TOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Angola is pursuing a 20%-30% stake in Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers, a proposal being discussed with other diamond-producing African nations, a senior official from Angola's mining ministry told Reuters on Sunday.
De Beers, one of the world's leading diamond companies with operations spanning Botswana, Namibia, Angola, South Africa and Canada, has been put... (continue reading...)
By Crispian Balmer
ROME, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused centre-left opponents of trying to silence their critics in the entertainment world after a self-declared right-wing comedian pulled out of a hugely popular show.
Andrea Pucci had been expected to appear at this month's Sanremo music festival, a week-long song contest that is the most popular television event of the year in Italy.
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