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Israel intensifies attacks as Gaza deaths soar
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces pressed on with intensified attacks in the Gaza Strip's biggest southern city and a central refugee camp, after the territory's Hamas-run health ministry reported more than 21,000 people had been killed in 11 weeks of war.
Plane held on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane grounded in France for days over concerns it was part of a human trafficking scheme landed in India on Tuesday, with its passengers avoiding media questions as they quickly exited bustling Mumbai airport.
Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday.
In Chad camps, survivors recount Sudan war horrors
AFP, Published on 23/12/2023
» ADRé (CHAD) - Sitting outside her makeshift shelter in eastern Chad, Sudanese refugee Mariam Adam Yaya warmed up tea on some firewood in a bid to quell the pangs of hunger.
UK's Sunak faces key test over Rwanda migrant policy vote
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» LONDON: UK leader Rishi Sunak faces the riskiest week of his premiership, with lawmakers gathering Monday to decide whether to back his flagship policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
French court convicts six teens for role in beheading of teacher
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» PARIS - A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their role in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by a radicalised Islamist near Paris, in a case that horrified the country.
Verdict due in landmark Japan army sexual assault case
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese court is due Tuesday to give a verdict in the landmark trial of three ex-soldiers accused of sexual assault in a country where still very few victims come forward.
Under-pressure UK PM insists Rwanda migrant plan 'will work'
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» LONDON - UK leader Rishi Sunak insisted Thursday that his latest immigration plan would work, as the issue threatened to tear apart his ruling Conservatives, putting his premiership in jeopardy.
Julia Roberts wants cheeseburgers and booze at the apocalypse
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PARIS - Julia Roberts, who stars in the new apocalyptic comedy-drama "Leave the World Behind", says the end of humanity would be a good time to indulge herself.
Six pupils go on trial over 2020 murder of French schoolteacher
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» PARIS: Six teenagers go on trial in Paris on Monday for their role in the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, the first of two trials in a case that horrified France.