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Pope expresses 'deep concern' over Israel-Palestinian violence
AFP, Published on 09/04/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis noted his "deep concern" on Sunday over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, delivering an Easter Mass in which he denounced the barriers to peace in the world.
Israeli army launches strikes in Syria after rocket fire
AFP, Published on 09/04/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel launched artillery strikes on Syria Sunday morning after several rockets were fired from there and landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli army announced.
Riots break out in Nigerian cities amid cash scarcity
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» LAGOS - Rioters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in three Nigerian cities on Wednesday as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash, officials and local media said.
Peru Congress again rejects snap poll despite protests
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» LIMA - Peru's congress on Wednesday voted down another bid to advance elections from April 2024 to this year, a move sought by President Dina Boluarte to calm unrest that has left dozens dead in seven weeks of anti-government protests.
Protesters stand ground as Peru congress mulls early elections
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» LIMA - Protesters who have brought parts of Peru to a standstill for weeks closed in on Lima's international airport Tuesday as lawmakers mulled bringing elections forward in a bid to end the deadly mobilization.
Peru president urges congress to move elections forward
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» LIMA - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte made a renewed appeal Sunday for Congress to hold early elections as a way to end weeks of deadly protests, warning that otherwise she will seek constitutional reform to make a vote happen.
US on edge over video of fatal police beating
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest on Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man by five police officers who, the victim's mother said, "beat him to a pulp".
Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern city braced for possible civil unrest and President Joe Biden urged demonstrators to protest peacefully.
Boluarte calls for Peru 'truce' as protesters mass again in Lima
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» LIMA - Peru's President Dina Boluarte called Tuesday for a "national truce" to end weeks of nationwide unrest as protesters again clashed with police in the capital to press for her resignation and fresh elections.
Peru protests rage on despite president's plea for calm
AFP, Published on 21/01/2023
» LIMA: Stone-throwing protesters fought pitched battles with police at fresh demonstrations demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday, while several hundred tourists were left stranded near Machu Picchu.