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Indian authorities round up Cockroach protesters; A Russian glide-bomb attack on Ukraine, and more
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Police detained more than 2,000 protesters in India in a crackdown on a demonstration organised by the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth movement which has demanded electoral reform. A missile attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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