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Dreams of wealth turn to dust for migrant workers in Qatar
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» SREEPUR, Bangladesh: Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Qatar in recent years to work on giant construction schemes as it boosted its infrastructure ahead of the World Cup.
Flight ban imposed as pressure builds on Belarus
AFP, Published on 12/11/2021
» MOSCOW: Turkey on Friday barred people from several Middle Eastern countries from flying to Belarus, as pressure mounts on Minsk to end a migrant crisis on its border with EU member Poland.
Belarus warns against new EU sanctions, says could cut gas
AFP, Published on 11/11/2021
» SOKOLKA, Poland: Belarus's strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko vowed Thursday to respond to any new sanctions imposed over the migrant crisis on the country's border with Poland, including by potentially cutting off the transit of natural gas to Europe.
Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.
Chasing the virus: How India's largest slum beat back a pandemic
AFP, Published on 01/07/2020
» MUMBAI: When coronavirus claimed its first victim in India's largest slum in April, many feared the disease would turn its narrow, congested streets into a graveyard, with social distancing or contact tracing all but impossible.
North Korea's Kim opens huge mountain development
AFP, Published on 03/12/2019
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened a flagship construction project close to Mount Paektu, a symbol of the Korean nation and officially the birthplace of his father and predecessor, state media reported Tuesday.
North Korea's Kim opens huge mountain development
AFP, Published on 03/12/2019
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened a flagship construction project close to Mount Paektu, a symbol of the Korean nation and the supposed birthplace of his father and predecessor, state media reported Tuesday.
Among the believers in North Korea's 'holy land'
AFP, Published on 19/09/2019
» MOUNT PAEKTU (NORTH KOREA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor is said to have been born in a simple wooden hut on the slopes of a sacred mountain, and guide Kim Un Sim has no doubts: "Welcome to our holy land."
Trump vows to hit Taliban 'harder' than ever as US marks 9/11
AFP, Published on 11/09/2019
» NEW YORK - President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban "harder" than ever as America marked the 18th anniversary on Wednesday of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.
Mexico marks anniversaries of two deadly quakes
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» MEXICO CITY - Memorials were held in Mexico Wednesday in memory of the two earthquakes that devastated the country on September 19 -- one that killed 369 people last year, and another in 1985 that killed more than 10,000.