Japan police arrest 111 in online child exploitation crackdown

Japan’s National Police Agency says that a nationwide crackdown targeting online child sexual exploitation was conducted in February and March, leading to the arrest of 111 people aged 14 to 68. The operation focused on offenses related to online child pornography and sexual abuse, marking Japan’s first participation in a coordinated international investigation with five…

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Kurdish fighters leave northern city in Syria as part of deal with central government

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is expanding its authority in the country. The fighters left the predominantly Kurdish northern neighborhoods of Sheikh Maksoud and Achrafieh, which had been under the control of Kurdish…

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