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Chile taking back land linked to Pinochet-era torture
Published on 23/07/2025
» VILLA BAVIERA, Chile - The government of Chile plans to expropriate a settlement founded by a German cult leader where torture took place under former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, as the government takes another step to shine a light on a dark period of the past.
Iran confronts Trump with toughest choice yet
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump faces potentially the hardest choice of his time in the White House, as he weighs up whether the United States should join Israel's bombing campaign against Iran.
‘This isn’t real’: Teacher recalls narrow escape from Austrian shooter
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» GRAZ, Austria - A teacher recounted on Wednesday how he found himself in a corridor with the shooter who killed 10 people in an Austrian school as he fled his empty classroom.
'Divine dreams' and 38 virgins at Trump prayer event
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump was surrounded by faith leaders calling for him to be given "divine dreams" in an extraordinary event at the White House on Thursday.
Trump’s ‘God squad’ holds sway at White House
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump said at his inauguration that he had been “saved by God”. Now he appears to be returning the favour with an increasingly conservative, religious focus in his second term as US president.
Trump targets abortion access at home and abroad
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump took aim at abortion access in the United States and overseas Friday, after promising activists rallying in Washington that he would protect the "historic gains" of the anti-abortion movement.
Protesters storm S. Korea court after president's detention extended
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» SEOUL - Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed a Seoul court Sunday after a judge extended the impeached leader's detention over his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law.
South Korea's Gen-Z divided over political crisis
AFP, Published on 13/01/2025
» SEOUL - In the shadow of Seoul's centuries-old Gwanghwamun Gate, young businesswoman Shin Ji-young wears a rainbow headband and waves a flag criticising South Korea's impeached president alongside thousands of protesters.
YouTube patriots? The men backing S. Korea's impeached president
AFP, Published on 09/01/2025
» SEOUL - Fears of North Korea, online conspiracies and unproven claims of electoral fraud -- conservative South Korean men told AFP why they had descended on impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence to protect him from arrest.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby faces final day in role
AFP, Published on 06/01/2025
» LONDON - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will officially step down on Monday as leader of the world's Anglicans, nearly two months after resigning over failures in the Church of England's handling of a serial abuse case.