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People take part in an EU Free Assange rally in Brussels, Belgium, 23 April 2022. The rally takes place at central Place de la Monnaie and is organized by the activist organization 'Free Assange Wave' campaigning to free the WikiLeaks founder who has been jailed in the UK and fighting extradition to the US. - EPA Photo

Russia has sent a notice of withdrawal from the Council of Europe (CoE) to the organisation's Secretary-General Marija Pejcinovic Buric. The CoE is an organisation whose aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. - 123RF Photo

Political scientist says Malaysia should criticise Russia's invasion in Ukraine

A photo of a man clearing debris at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on Feb 25, 2022. - AFP

Plastic pollution globally threatens marine ecology and the human food chain. - 123RF Photo

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Kyrgyz military at the Scorpion base in the city of Tokmak, about 60km from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Jan 14, 2022. Kyrgyz military consists of 150 servicemen, eight armoured vehicles and 11 military equipment from the 25th Special Forces Brigade 'Scorpion', returned to Kyrgyzstan after taking part in the peacekeeping mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan. The military from Kyrgyzstan served to protect the Almaty thermal power plant (CHP-2). (Source: EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO)

Almaty City Administration building burns during the protests over a hike in energy prices in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 06 January 2022 (issued 09 January 2022). Protesters stormed the mayor's office in Almaty, as Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency in the capital until Jan 19, 2022. 164 people where killed during the riots as reported by Health Ministry, while 2,265 people in different regions of the country applied for medical assistance. (Source: EPA/STRINGER)

Thousands took to the streets in Almaty and in the western province of Mangystau, saying the price rise was unfair given oil and gas exporter Kazakhstan's vast energy reserves. (Source: AFP)