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Arrests in Germany over 'Cologne cathedral attack plot'
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» BERLIN - German police arrested three people on Sunday over an alleged attack plot targeting the cathedral in Cologne on New Year's Eve.
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.
Dutch court clears fighter jet parts exports to Israel
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - The Netherlands can continue to deliver parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in the Gaza Strip, after a Dutch court on Friday threw out a case brought by a group of human rights organisations.
Journalist deaths decline in 2023
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - The number of journalists killed in the line of duty fell this year, despite reporter deaths in Gaza in the past two months, media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday.
Hungary passes contested laws against foreign influence
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» BUDAPEST - Hungary's parliament on Tuesday passed a package of laws to curb foreign influence, which critics fear could be used to crack down on dissent against nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government.
The dangerous rise of 'medicalised' genital mutilation in Kenya
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» KISII (KENYA) - As Edinah Nyasuguta Omwenga fought for her life after developing complications during childbirth, she overheard doctors in the Kenyan hospital describe her condition as a textbook example of the damaging -- even deadly -- effects of genital mutilation.
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday.
Israel bombs Gaza after warning Hamas nears 'dissolution'
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel pressed on with its bombing of Gaza on Tuesday after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has left the Palestinian militant group on the "the verge of dissolution".
Israel bombs south Gaza after Hamas hostage threat
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel bombed southern Gaza's main city on Monday after Hamas warned no Israeli hostages would leave the territory alive unless its demands for prisoner releases were met.
War-torn Sudan faces 'catastrophe' as UN funds run short
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» PORT SUDAN (SUDAN) - The United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction of the nearly 25 million people needing aid in war-devastated Sudan, the head of the UN's humanitarian response in the country says.