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'Public lynching': Senegal cracks down on LGBTQ+ community
AFP, Published on 26/02/2026
» DAKAR - From a rise in arrests to online attacks, Senegal has been under an intensified crackdown on same-sex relations in recent weeks, prompting outcry from human rights groups and driving some in the LGBTQ+ community to consider exile.
Cambodia claims crackdown has halved scam activity
Published on 26/02/2026
» Cambodian authorities say a crackdown on online scam compounds has cut activity in half since the start of this year, as they face international pressure to dismantle networks accused of stealing billions annually from people worldwide.
Mexico's violence-hit Guadalajara to host World Cup games
AFP, Published on 24/02/2026
» GUADALAJARA — The city of Guadalajara erupted with cartel violence this past weekend, alongside other parts of Mexico, after an army raid left a notorious drug lord dead.
Iran would react 'ferociously' to any US attack, warns of regional conflict
AFP, Published on 24/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iran vowed on Monday to retaliate "ferociously" against any attack from the United States, and repeated its warning of a regional conflagration in response to President Donald Trump's latest threat of strikes.
Activists call on Department of National Parks chief to resign
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/02/2026
» A group of wildlife activists held another protest at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) yesterday, demanding the director's resignation over the death of wild elephant Seedor Hu Pub earlier this month.
More than 200 political prisoners in Venezuela launch hunger strike
AFP, Published on 23/02/2026
» GUATIRE — More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners were on hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes many of them.
Frayed nerves in France ahead of far-right rally
AFP, Published on 21/02/2026
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron appealed on Saturday for cooler heads to prevail ahead of a rally for a far-right activist whose killing, blamed on the hard left, has put the country on edge.
Radio Free Asia says it resumes broadcasts to China
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2026
» WASHINGTON — Radio Free Asia (RFA) has resumed broadcasts to people in China, its CEO said on Tuesday, after Trump administration cuts last year largely forced the US-funded outlet to cease operations.
German carnival revellers take swipes at Putin, Trump, Epstein
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» DüSSELDORF (GERMANY) - From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, no one is safe when Germans celebrate carnival with floats that satirise politicians. But the Russian president is not laughing.
France grants safe haven to anti-Kremlin couple detained by ICE
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» PARIS — France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States, but his wife was nowhere to be found after he landed in Paris on Monday. After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russia, Alexei Ishimov, 31, arrived in Paris from Seattle on Monday morning, Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondents saw.