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Court upholds school hijab ban in India's south
AFP, Published on 15/03/2022
» BANGALORE, India: An Indian court upheld a local ban on the hijab in classrooms on Tuesday, weeks after the edict stoked violent protests and renewed fears of discrimination against the country's Muslim minority.
Ex-guerrilla Petro front runner in Colombia presidential primaries
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» BOGOTA - Colombians voted for senator and former guerrilla Gustavo Petro as the left's presidential nominee by a wide margin on Sunday, making him the front runner in an election that could yield the country's first-ever leftist leader in May.
Ukraine port city Mariupol blockaded by Russian forces
AFP, Published on 05/03/2022
» KYIV - Invading Russian troops have blockaded the strategic Ukrainian port city Mariupol, its mayor announced Saturday, as Moscow and Kyiv aimed to hold new talks over the weekend.
Russian troops leave Kazakhstan as state of emergency ends
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN): A Russia-led military contingent completed its withdrawal from Kazakhstan as the country lifted a state of emergency Wednesday after unprecedented unrest in the Central Asian state.
Kazakh prosecutors say 225 people have died in unrest
AFP, Published on 16/01/2022
» NUR-SULTAN (KAZAKHSTAN) - Violent unrest in Kazakhstan that began with peaceful protests in early January over energy prices has left 225 people dead, authorities said Saturday, in a dramatic increase on previous tolls.
Nearly 6,000 held in Kazakhstan over riots
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Nearly 6,000 people, including a number of foreigners, have been arrested in Kazakhstan over the riots that have shaken Central Asia's largest country, the presidency said on Sunday.
Kazakhstan detains ex-security chief
Published on 08/01/2022
» ALMATY, Kazakhstan: The former head of Kazakhstan's domestic security agency has been detained on suspicion of treason, the agency said on Saturday, after he was fired amid unprecedented unrest.
Kazakh leader says order 'mainly restored'
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» ALMATY: Kazakhstan's president said on Friday that order had been mostly restored in the country after days of unprecedented violence that saw a Moscow-led military alliance send troops to help quell unrest.
Europe rushes to bolster virus defences as South Africa detects new strain
AFP, Published on 26/11/2021
» THE HAGUE - Governments across Europe rushed on Friday to bolster their defences against a fresh coronavirus spike, as South Africa announced it had detected a new Covid-19 strain that scientists fear could torpedo efforts to beat the pandemic.
Netherlands rocked by second night of Covid riots
AFP, Published on 21/11/2021
» THE HAGUE: Fresh rioting broke out late Saturday over the Dutch government's coronavirus measures, with rioters pelting police with stones and fireworks as protests turned violent for a second night in the Netherlands.