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Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
Paris attacker to go before judge facing terror charges
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» PARIS - A man suspected of stabbing a German tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower was to appear before a French judge on Wednesday with a view to being charged with carrying out a terror attack, a source close to the case said.
'Failure' in psychiatric care of Paris attacker: minister
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PARIS: There was a clear failure in the psychiatric care of the radicalised Islamist suffering from mental troubles who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested, France's interior minister said Monday.
'Terrorist plot' probe after deadly Paris stabbing
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» PARIS: A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism with mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris late Saturday night before being arrested, with prosecutors opening an investigation into a suspected "terrorist plot".
Israeli army launches strikes in Syria after rocket fire
AFP, Published on 09/04/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel launched artillery strikes on Syria Sunday morning after several rockets were fired from there and landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli army announced.
Concern mounts for Iranian climber who competed without hijab
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» PARIS: Alarm grew on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed at an event in South Korea without a hijab in what some saw as a gesture of solidarity with the women-led protests at home.
Iranian man drowns after raft capsizes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2022
» The body of an Iranian tourist was located yesterday, a day after he fell overboard and went missing while rafting in Khlong Ra Canal of Phangnga.
Body of Iranian drowned on canal boating trip found
Online Reporters, Published on 30/03/2022
» The body of an Iranian man missing since the inflatable tour boat he was in overturned in a canal in Phangnga on Tuesday was found on Wednesday.
Iran riot police deployed after 67 arrested in Isfahan
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» TEHRAN - Riot police were deployed in force Saturday in the Iranian city of Isfahan, a day after dozens were arrested in violent protests over the drying up of a lifeblood river.
Friday: 8 new Covid cases
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/10/2020
» Eight more Covid-19 cases, including a two-year-old, were reported on Friday, bringing the total to 3,727 cases.