POLITICS El Salvador extends state of exception; 50,000 arrested. 50,000 people have been locked up since late March for alleged gang ties. Congress has approved another month-long extension of the state of exception that suspends fundamental rights in the name of combatting the country’s powerful gangs. Israel and Turkey to reinstate ambassadors after 4 years. In 2018 diplomatic relations were terminated following the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli defence forces. This development will strengthen economic, trade and cultural ties. India to register up to 2.5 million voters in contested Kashmir. India is expected to register as many as 2.5 million new voters in the contested Jammu and Kashmir region. Local political parties said it was an attempt to influence upcoming elections. Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan. The terrorism charges follow a speech Khan gave in Islamabad on Saturday, in which he vowed to sue police officers and a judge. He also alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest. Mexico arrests former top prosecutor in 2014 missing students case. Mexican officials made the first high-level arrest in the notorious 2014 disappearance of 43 students, accusing a former top prosecutor of crimes in one of Mexico's worst human rights abuses. UAE ambassador to Iran to return, 6 years after relations severed. The Emirati and Iranian foreign ministers discussed boosting ties, including sending an ambassador back to Tehran. |
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