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Families of Russia's mobilised fight back despite fear
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» MOSCOW: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilisation drive in September 2022.
Karabakh refugees see little hope for Azerbaijan peace
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» NOYAKERT, Armenia - Before fleeing the advancing Azerbaijani troops for Armenia, Suren Martirosyan glanced back one last time at his fruit garden in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the momentary vision has haunted him ever since.
Man held in France for murder of wife and 4 children
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MEAUX, France - French police on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his wife and their four children, a prosecutor said.
Israel PM says no peace until Hamas destroyed
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas is destroyed, the territory demilitarised and Palestinian society "deradicalised", after warning the war is set to intensify.
'Harrowing': WHO decries deadly strike on Gaza refugee camp
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» GENEVA - World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying children.
Pope kicks off Christmas celebrations in shadow of wars
AFP, Published on 25/12/2023
» BETHLEHEM (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world's favourite holidays.
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.
Hopes grow for another Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - The leader of Hamas visited Egypt on Wednesday as hopes grew that Israel and the Palestinian militant group may be inching towards another truce and hostage release deal in the Gaza war.
Israel pursues Hamas in and around Gaza's biggest cities
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel pressed on with its offensive in and around Gaza's main cities on Friday, more than two months after Hamas's deadly attack sparked a war that has claimed thousands of lives and left the Palestinian territory in ruins.
Nigeria army drone strike accidentally kills 85 civilians
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» LAGOS - A Nigerian army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 civilians on Sunday in a village in northwest Kaduna State, officials said, in one of the country's deadliest military bombing mishaps.