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Fading colours: Bangladesh's threatened rickshaw art
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» DHAKA - Vibrant greens and swirling yellows, film stars, birds and architecture: Bangladesh's bicycle rickshaw drivers have for decades used their transport as a unique moving canvas of urban folk art.
Allies pressure Israel as war rages on
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces battled Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday despite growing international concern, even from Israel's allies, over the devastation of the Palestinian territory.
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday.
Hamas fighters to free more hostages as families reunite
AFP, Published on 26/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave.
Second stage of hostage-prisoner release awaited in Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas fighters were set to release a second group of hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, officials said, as a truce largely held in the devastated Gaza Strip after seven weeks of war that killed thousands of people.
Israel expands Gaza operation amid hostage deal talks
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Gaza braced for a further expansion of Israeli military operations on Monday even as cautious hopes built for a deal to release hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting.
Israel expands Gaza operation as mediator says hostage deal 'close'
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Teritories - Israeli troops were "expanding" their operation in the Gaza Strip Monday, as Qatari mediators said they were inching closer to a deal to free some of the 240 hostages held by Hamas militants.
Biden and Xi set for high-stakes summit
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will try to stop the superpowers' rivalry from spilling into conflict when they meet for the first time in a year at a high-stakes summit in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Foreigners killed or missing since Hamas attack
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» PARIS - Scores of foreigners have been killed, wounded or taken hostage since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7.
Xi hails Putin friendship and deep China-Russia ties
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed his close friendship with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as he hosted the Russian leader for talks that celebrated their nations' deepening political and economic ties.