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Bomb kills two French soldiers in Mali
AFP, Published on 03/01/2021
» PARIS: Two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died in similar fashion.
Turkish court rules jailing of top rights defender lawful
AFP, Published on 29/12/2020
» ISTANBUL - A top Turkish court on Tuesday sanctioned rights defender Osman Kavala's three-year detention without a conviction in a case watched closely for signs of a political thawing under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish court rules jailing of top rights defender lawful
AFP, Published on 29/12/2020
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected leading rights defender Osman Kavala's appeal for an immediate release, ruling that his detention for over three years without a conviction was lawful.
Venezuelan opposition wraps up 'popular consultation'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» CARACAS - Venezuela's opposition wrapped up a "popular consultation" on Saturday, in a symbolic poll hailed as "historic" by organizers but which did not prompt the massive mobilization seen during protests last year.
Arab Spring: How the West missed a date with history
AFP, Published on 07/12/2020
» PARIS: Ten years ago, as protests flared across the Arab world, Western governments failed to meet a date with destiny and help nurture dreams of democracy, missing an unprecedented chance to shape real reform.
Yellow ducks became protest symbol by accident
AFP, Published on 04/12/2020
» When police mounted a crackdown on a November rally, deploying tear gas and water cannon outside parliament in Bangkok, footage of demonstrators hiding behind giant inflatable ducks went viral.
From hope to agony, what's left of the Arab Spring?
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» BEIRUT: Ten years ago, a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region.
Mali ex-president Amadou Toumani Toure dies aged 72
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» BAMAKO - Mali's former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday.
Infiltration tactics of Britain's 'spy cops' on trial
AFP, Published on 09/11/2020
» LONDON: In 2010, friends told Kate Wilson that her ex-boyfriend and confidant Mark Stone, whom she met at an anti-G8 meeting, never existed.
Elite European anti-jihadist force takes first steps in Sahel
AFP, Published on 05/11/2020
» GAO (MALI) - Inside a military base in northern Mali, a concrete bollard emblazoned with French, Estonian and Swedish flags marks a zone reserved for a new anti-jihadist unit of elite European troops.