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Estimated 2,000 Imprisoned In Uzbekistan For Practicing Religious Beliefs, U.S. Report Finds (RFE RL)

An estimated 2,000 people remain imprisoned in Uzbekistan for peacefully practicing their religious beliefs, a new report by the United States Commission on International...

Seven Years For Following A Telegram Channel? Some Belarusians Are Unsubscribing Just In Case (Todd Prince, RFE RL)

The government of Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka has shut down independent media, blocked websites, and jailed and tortured journalists in an attempt to stamp...

Iraq elections 2021: Tishreen movement becomes a political force in south (Suadad al-Salhy, Middle East Eye)

The small town of Suq al-Shuyukh on the banks of the Euphrates river in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar governorate was quiet on Sunday evening. Polling stations...

West Bank: Israeli forces kill 16-year-old Palestinian from Gaza (Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye)

Israeli forces killed a teenage Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday night, according to reports in Palestinian media. A spokesperson...

Facebook to investigate Israel-Palestine content suppression (Middle East Eye)

Facebook will allow an independent body to launch an investigation into content moderation of Arabic and Hebrew posts after the tech giant was accused of...

UAE: Cambridge University drops £400m deal over Pegasus spyware allegations (Andrei Popoviciu, Middle East Eye)

The University of Cambridge has halted its record £400m collaboration with the United Arab Emirates, following allegations that the Gulf state used Pegasus spying software to hack...

Space Perspective raises $40 million for stratospheric ballooning system (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Space Perspective, a company developing a stratospheric ballooning system intended to give people views like those from space, has raised $40 million to fund...

China launches first solar observatory, tests grid fins (Andrew Jones, Space News)

China carried out its 37th orbital launch of the year Thursday, successfully sending the Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer and 10 other satellites into orbit. A...

Orbit Fab signs technology sharing agreement with U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Orbit Fab, a venture-funded startup offering a refueling service in space, has signed a technology sharing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory,...

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