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The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spent five years in a London prison while contesting extradition efforts. Before that, he holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.

The bank held rates for the fifth consecutive time, but said confidence was growing that inflation would return to its target and it could ease its stance soon.

Truong My Lan received the death penalty as Vietnam’s Communist Party cracks down on corruption in the fast-growing Southeast Asian economic hub.

U.S. officials have said they are bracing for a response to an Israeli strike in Syria this month that killed several senior Iranian commanders.

One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.

A dissident who promoted democracy and religious freedom, she was arrested by the K.G.B. After independence from Moscow, she was honored by Lithuania’s Parliament.

The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.

Mexico’s election will make history. It will be the largest in terms of voters and seats, and the country will elect a female president for the first time.

The legislature approved a law aimed at replenishing depleted Ukrainian forces. Lawmakers said the bill included incentives for volunteers and new penalties for those trying to evade conscription.

The military said it had carried out an operation in Gaza to kill members of Hamas, a day after attacking a car carrying three sons of Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s political leader.