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1 day ago

State Department Updates Travel Warning for Russia

If your travel plans in the near future involve making your way to Russia, the U.S. State Department has some information they would like to share with you. More specifically, they have some information that they would like to share with you in order to convince you not to go. In late December, the agency issued its highest possible warning against visiting the country in question. Or, as the agency's website bluntly declares: "Do not travel to Russia for any reason."
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fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago
France news

Iran jails 2 French citizens on 'spying' charges DW 10/14/2025

Iran sentenced Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris to lengthy prison terms for espionage, conspiracy against national security, and assisting Israeli intelligence; verdicts are first-instance and appealable.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago
UK news

Family of British couple detained in Iran express alarm over ongoing trial

British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman detained in Iran on espionage charges; family vows to campaign for their release, seeking consular access and government action.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

I deserve to heal': freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps

Smiling and joking in a Steve Biko T-shirt, he said he felt surprisingly well but needed time to find himself after so long either in solitary confinement or isolated in jail. About the British government's efforts to secure his release, he said simply: We did manage to get me out but we did not manage to get a consular visit. That still does not make sense to me. But that might be on the previous government. This one might have inherited the situation.
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