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'Scary to be queer': Lebanon cracks down on LGBTQ rights
'Scary to be queer': Lebanon cracks down on LGBTQ rights
by  AFP

Lebanon's LGBTQ community, long among the most vocal and visible in the Middle East, has been targeted by a crackdown that has seen queer activists harassed and Pride gatherings cancelled. But the community has long been visible and outspoken, defying arbitrary crackdowns on its bars, nightclubs and community centres.

MI5, FBI chiefs warn over China in rare joint address
MI5, FBI chiefs warn over China in rare joint address
by  AFP

The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday about China's commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence service's London headquarters. McCallum said MI5, the British domestic intelligence service, had sharply expanded its China-focused operations.

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