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‘Thousands’ feared dead or missing in Libya floods
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» BENGHAZI, Libya - Thousands are feared dead or missing in Libya after huge flash floods devastated eastern regions, with a surge of muddy river water ripping away entire neighbourhoods in one coastal city, local authorities and international aid groups said Tuesday.
150 dead as 'catastrophic' storm floods hit Libya
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» BENGHAZI (LIBYA) - At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.
Libya foreign minister suspended after Israel meeting
AFP, Published on 28/08/2023
» TRIPOLI - Libya's internationally recognised prime minister has suspended his top diplomat after she met her Israeli counterpart, with news of the encounter triggering demonstrations in a country that does not recognise Israel.
France seeks answers after week of rioting
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron was on Tuesday to meet with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after the killing of a teenager at a traffic stop.
The difficult search for truth at France's biggest terror trial
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» PARIS: During the nine-month trial stemming from France's worst ever terror attacks in November 2015, the moment hundreds of victims were hoping for came late in proceedings.
Darfur violence lays bare deepening crisis
AFP, Published on 19/02/2022
» KHARTOUM, Sudan: Attacks on UN facilities, a surge in tribal clashes, lootings, rape, and anti-coup protests — Sudan's Darfur region is reeling from a widening security gap after last year's coup.
'I didn't kill anyone,' Paris terror attacker claims
AFP, Published on 09/02/2022
» PARIS: The only assailant still alive after the terror attacks that rocked Paris in November 2015 said Wednesday that "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't hurt anyone" as he took the stand for the first time in the trial over the jihadist massacres.
France begins marathon trial over November 2015 Paris attacks
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» PARIS: The biggest trial in France's modern legal history begins on Wednesday over the November 2015 attacks on Paris that saw 130 people killed at bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall.
In Iraq, generous Mideast tradition of 'istiftah' lives on
AFP, Published on 16/02/2021
» ARBIL (IRAQ) - As the sun rises over Arbil's historic bazaar, shopkeepers sweep their stoops and eagerly await the "istiftah" -- the first customer of the day, believed to be a good omen.
French court jails Moroccan for life over foiled 2015 train attack
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» PARIS - A French court on Thursday jailed for life a Moroccan man who planned a terror attack on a Paris-bound international train in 2015 but was thwarted by passengers including off-duty US soldiers.