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120,000 minors crossed Darien Gap last year in bid to reach US
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» PANAMA CITY - Record numbers of migrants crossing the hostile Darien gap jungle in 2023 included 120,000 minors, the Panama government said Monday.
Gaza war overshadows football as Asian Cup looms for Palestine
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» JERUSALEM - Two weeks ahead of Palestine's opening game at the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar, the team is struggling to focus as war rages on in Gaza, where thousands have been killed.
Kylian Mbappe's future to dominate transfer window
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» PARIS - The future of Kylian Mbappe and his protracted courtship by Real Madrid is expected to be the key theme of the transfer window that opens in Europe on Monday.
‘Exhausted’ Gazans desperate for war to end
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories - After nearly three months of deadly strikes, incessant displacements and sputtering humanitarian aid, "exhausted" Gazans say they are desperate for an end to the fighting as Israel's war against Hamas looks set to grind on into the new year.
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 18
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» KYIV - Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war.
India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» NEW DELHI - India's government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published Thursday.
French actors denounce 'lynching' of Depardieu
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» PARIS - Nearly 60 French actors and other prominent figures have denounced the "lynching" of disgraced film legend Gerard Depardieu, who is charged with rape and is facing a litany of other sexual assault claims.
Sydney-Hobart race fleet sails into stormy seas
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» SYDNEY - More than 100 yachts set off on the annual Sydney-Hobart race Tuesday, with storms and hail threatening to lash sailors in one of the world's most gruelling ocean events.
UN Security Council demands Gaza aid deliveries 'at scale'
AFP, Published on 23/12/2023
» NEW YORK - The United Nations (UN) Security Council voted on Friday to approve a resolution that demands all sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict allow the "safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale."
Separatist leader recants Karabakh dissolution
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» YEREVAN - The leader of Armenian separatists, who were ousted from the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan this year, on Friday said his previous decree ordering the dissolution of separatist institutions was not valid.