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Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2024.
Hasina's speech marked the second anniversary of her ouster. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter following nearly two months of protests in 2024 that left nearly 1,400 people dead, according to the United Nations.
Sky News – World Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2024.
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Sky News – World Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2024.
NYTimes – World Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, a Nobel laureate, announced her return to Venezuela on social media after nearly 10 months in exile. Her homecoming follows national protests demanding free elections and comes after the U.S. military deposed then-President Nicolás Maduro, replacing him with interim president Delcy Rodríguez, who has exceeded her authorized term without scheduling an election.
NYTimes – World Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, saying his camp lost to the opposition Student List. The vote followed nearly two years of student-led protests against perceived corruption and authoritarianism and drew a near-70% turnout, the highest since Yugoslavia's 1992 break-up. Vučić had led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.
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