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N.Korea says US missile shield plan risks ‘nuclear war’ in space
AFP, Published on 27/05/2025
» SEOUL - North Korea has slammed US President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield plan as a “very dangerous” threat that could spark nuclear war in space, state media said on Tuesday.
Gaza rescuers say 52 killed in Israeli strikes, including 33 in a school
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Rescuers said devastating Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 52 people on Monday, 33 of them in a school turned shelter.
'Death is sometimes kinder': Relatives recount Gaza strike that devastated family
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Alaa al-Najjar was tending to wounded children at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip when the news came through: the home where her own 10 children were staying had been bombed in an Israeli air strike.
Syria to help locate missing Americans: US envoy
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syria's new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, a US envoy said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties.
Rescuers say 9 children of Gaza doctor couple killed in Israeli strike
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday that an Israeli strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed nine children of a pair of married doctors, with the Israeli army saying it was reviewing the reports.
Highlights from Cannes as film festival wraps up
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» CANNES (FRANCE) - As the Cannes film festival hands out its prizes, AFP looks back at some of the highlights of a politically charged fortnight of screenings and celebrity sightings.
Israeli strikes kill 15, says Gaza civil defence
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» GAZA CITY - Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people on Saturday across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.
UN chief says Gaza war in 'cruelest phase' as aid trucks looted
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» GAZA CITY — The United Nations (UN) chief said Friday that Palestinians were enduring "the cruelest phase" of the war in Gaza, where more than a dozen food trucks were looted following the partial easing of a lengthy Israeli blockade.
China-Thailand meeting yields agreement on strategic cooperation and military exercises
Published on 23/05/2025
» Senior military officials from China and Thailand reached "important consensus" on strategic cooperation when they met on Thursday, according to the Defence Ministry in Beijing.
Gazans wait for aid as Israel faces mounting pressure
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» GAZA CITY - Gazans waited desperately for vital supplies on Wednesday after Israel said it had let in dozens of UN trucks but faced mounting international pressure to increase the aid flow and abandon its intensified military campaign.