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  1. Who is Mohammad Ghamira and why has his death, alleged abuse ignited outcry in Syria?

    A man poses for a picture, wearing a yellow and navy vest.

    Syrians took to the streets this week to call for justice over the death of Mohammad Ghamira, a Syrian man who died in hospital after alleged abuse by security forces while in detention. His death has become a litmus test of whether the new Syrian government's promises of accountability will translate into action.

  2. As Israel’s military advances its yellow line, Gazans fear they’re being pushed to the sea

    A boy sits on a yellow cement block surrounds by rubble.

  3. Iran rejects Trump's threat of 'economic warfare' on 'unprecedented scale'

    A man in a suit speaks at a microphone.

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to launch campaign of "economic warfare" against Iran "will only bring further defeat."

  4. NASA will no longer attempt to save its aging Swift space telescope

    Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

    NASA has spent $30 million US in an attempt to raise the sinking Swift Observatory, which has been operating for 20 years, but on Wednesday called off the rescue mission.

  5. Russian missile barrage kills at least 16 in Ukraine and wounds dozens

    A firefighter with his back to the camera gets out of the passenger side of a vehicle as off in the distance of a rural area, large black clouds of smoke fill the sky near a series of low-rise structures.

    Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack that lasted for hours and killed at least 16 people, officials said Thursday.