Chun Doo-hwan took power in a 1979 coup and repressed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office.

'You can't buy respect,' said the Czech candidate for Interpol president, Sarka Havrankova, about her rival UAE candidate, Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi.

Before, whole populations were locked down. Now, some countries are targeting only the unvaccinated. Is it justified?

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Officials say at least 45 people have been killed in a bus crash overnight on a motorway 40km south of Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

The driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in Wisconsin, killing at least five people, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute, police said.

Protesters marched through the Czech capital of Prague on Monday to decry the government’s restrictions on unvaccinated people as new infections soared.

French PM Jean Castex tested positive for COVID-19 after he learned that his 11-year-old daughter had the virus. Earlier in the day, Castex met with Belgian PM Alexander De Croo, who is now quarantining.

Lukashenko called on the EU to take in 2,000 migrants stranded in Belarus. The EU says Belarus has lured migrants to the country as part of a "hybrid attack" on the bloc.

Russian gas giant Gazprom threatened to cut supplies to Moldova within 48 hours.

Schools closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe after protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations descended into days of rioting and looting.

The Central European country has been widely attacked for curtailing independent media and smear campaigns against human rights defenders.

A Christmas market in Berlin opened on Monday, one of a few that will do so as the country faces the fourth wave of COVID-19.

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Here's a look at the images of before and after a volcano started erupting two months ago on Spain's La Palma island in the Canaries.

Tourists have been banned from visiting the small island near Sicily for one month due to dangerous levels of carbon dioxide.

“There are only a few cases," said Luis Argüello, spokesman for Spain's Catholic Church.

Ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast and left-wing former student activist Gabriel Boric will run in the second round for the Chilean presidency next month.

He went on to warn that "today the target is Poland, but tomorrow it will be Germany, Belgium, France or Spain".

Peter Lundgren was fined around €6,000 for sexually assaulting a fellow member of the Sweden Democrats in 2018.

The Liberals and Social Democrats may agree to rotate the role of prime minister between the two parties until the next elections in 2024.

She's been struggling to get enough support in recent days.

Abandoned luxury sailboats line the coast of Calabria, as organised smugglers ask for top money from refugees seeking safety on the Old Continent in what might be a new trend.

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The genocide saw 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate members of the Hutu majority slaughtered in just three months from April to July 1994.

As well as three consecutive nights of violence in the Netherlands, there was also protests in Austria and Belgium.

Here's a round-up of the COVID situation across Europe, where countries are targeting the unvaccinated amid a spike in cases.

Austria has gone into a nationwide lockdown as it battles a surge in coronavirus infections.

Officials in the Wisconsin city of Waukesha say at least five people were killed and 40 injured after an SUV drove through a Christmas parade.

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The ‘Right to Repair’ campaign wants the EU to rate electrical devices on a scale of reparability to hold manufacturers to account.

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United have slumped in recent weeks after a heavy summer investment gave many fans sizeable hope to challenge for trophies this season. Michael Carrick will preside over team affairs until a permanent replacement is found.

Bulgarians were voting today for the fourth time in seven months.

Demonstrators in Poland - close to the Belarusian border - demand that the government does more to help migrants.

Beijing had earlier expelled the Lithuanian ambassador.

Ukraine has rock-bottom vaccination rates as rumours spread that the vaccines contain microchips, are dangerous or do not stop the disease. Only 21% of Ukraine's 41 million people are fully vaccinated.

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Tens of thousands of people marched on Saturday through Paris and other cities urging the government to do more to prevent violence against women.

Thousands of protesters in Isfahan in central Iran have voiced their anger after the city’s lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion.

The former EU official turned Hungarian opposition leader was driving more than double the speed limit in a 50km zone.

The visitors were all fully-vaccinated, tested on arrival, and then had to wait for a negative result before going sightseeing.

"The new method has been adopted by migrants and Belarusian services," Poland's defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.

The 17-year-old was found guilty of shooting dead the officer on 30 June.

A Chinese state TV employee has posted photos of Shuai online.

The far-right opposition Freedom Party was among those who have called for the protest

Vietnamese workers at the first Chinese car tyre factory in Europe are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry and have no money.

Young people across the globe rely on government tax revenues for the realisation of their basic rights. Tax avoidance is therefore a children's rights issue, argues Zurich-based law teacher and NGO director Alexandra Dufresne.

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