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DR Congo polls open amid conflict in east
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Polling stations opened on Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict.
Schoolgirl seeks to kill teacher with knife at French school: prosecutors
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» RENNES (FRANCE) - A 12-year-old schoolgirl threatened a teacher with a knife in an apparent murder attempt at a French school on Wednesday, prosecutors said, the latest incident in the country's increasingly tense education system.
France arrests guru, 40 others in raids on yoga sect
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - French authorities on Tuesday arrested 41 people in raids against a controversial yoga sect, including its leader, the guru Gregorian Bivolaru, a source close to the case told AFP.
International Criminal Court opens new probe into Sudan violence
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The International Criminal Court has opened a new probe into alleged war crimes in Sudan, its chief prosecutor said Thursday, expressing "great concern" over escalating violence.
Police end search at Portugal dam in Madeleine McCann case
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» SILVES (PORTUGAL) - Police scouring a reservoir in southern Portugal hoping to shed light on the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann said Thursday they had finished their three-day search.
Police search Portugal reservoir in McCann case
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» SILVES, Portugal: Police were carrying out new searches near a reservoir in Portugal Tuesday connected to the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, who vanished from a resort in the Algarve region 16 years ago.
French girl, 12, laid to rest after 'evil' murder
AFP, Published on 24/10/2022
» LILLE (FRANCE) - A 12-year-old girl whose murder shocked France and also sparked a bitter political controversy was to be laid to rest on Monday, with an Algerian woman already targeted by an expulsion order charged with the killing.
C.Africa football boss and 'Rambo' on trial for war crimes
AFP, Published on 16/02/2021
» THE HAGUE: A former top Central African Republic football official and a militiaman nicknamed Rambo go on trial at the International Criminal court Tuesday charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
US Army sacks commanders over Texas base crime wave
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - The US Army announce Tuesday it was removing or suspending 14 commanders and unit leaders at Fort Hood after a slate of murders and sex crimes at the Texas base.
Maddie suspect loses bid for prison release
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» LUXEMBOURG - The prime suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann on Thursday lost his bid to be freed from jail, with the European Court of Justice rejecting his appeal against a separate rape conviction.