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Russian draft-dodgers cautiously return home
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» MOSCOW: Ivan Nesterov, a well-built fitness trainer, came back to Russia six months after fleeing the mobilisation that propped up Russian forces fighting in Ukraine last fall.
Lebanon marks 3 years since catastrophic Beirut blast
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» BEIRUT - Lebanon on Friday marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut. Yet nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation.
Koran set alight at protest outside Sweden parliament
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» STOCKHOLM: Two men set the Koran alight outside parliament in Stockholm on Monday, an AFP reporter saw, at a protest similar to previous ones that have sparked tensions between Sweden and Muslim nations.
Italian MPs back surrogacy ban on couples going abroad
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» ROME - Italian lawmakers on Wednesday backed a bill to extend the country's ban on surrogacy to couples who seek it abroad, sparking warnings the move was unconstitutional and would damage children's rights.
Israel braces for unrest over judicial reform
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» JERUSALEM: Israel braced for fresh strikes and protests Tuesday following a divisive parliamentary vote on a controversial judicial reform which has split the nation and drawn criticism from allies abroad.
Israelis intensify protests ahead of final vote on reform bill
AFP, Published on 23/07/2023
» TEL AVIV - Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters rallied in Tel Aviv and near parliament in Jerusalem on Saturday, intensifying action against a controversial judicial reform bill that faces a final vote early next week.
Still 'open for negotiations' on judicial overhaul: Israel PM
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he is still "open for negotiations" on a key clause of his hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms, as protests intensified ahead of final votes on the bill.
Iraqi protesters torch Swedish embassy in Baghdad
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» BAGHDAD - Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden.
Israelis throng train stations, block roads to protest judicial reforms
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» TEL AVIV - Thousands of Israeli protesters crowded railway stations and blocked roads on Tuesday in the run-up to a parliament vote on the government's judicial reform agenda opponents say would "dismantle democracy".
Trump says he expects to be indicted over Capitol riot
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter from prosecutors suggesting he is likely to be criminally indicted over the Jan 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol.