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Grabbing the bull by the tail: Venezuela’s cowboy sport
AFP, Published on 07/03/2026
» SAN FERNANDO DE APURE, Venezuela - Four mounted cowboys jostle for position near the bull pen gate.
'Enemy at home': Iranian authorities tighten grip as war rages
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - War has emptied the usually traffic-jammed streets of Iran's capital, but Islamic republic authorities have filled them with checkpoints and security forces as they tighten their grip on the population.
Court orders Greenpeace to pay $345 million to US oil pipeline company
AFP, Published on 28/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Greenpeace must pay US$345 million in damages to the operator of the US oil pipeline it protested, a North Dakota court ordered Friday.
More than 200 political prisoners in Venezuela launch hunger strike
AFP, Published on 23/02/2026
» GUATIRE — More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners were on hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes many of them.
Anxious Venezuelans seek clarity on new amnesty law
AFP, Published on 21/02/2026
» CARACAS - Families in Venezuela continued to wait anxiously outside prisons Friday, as questions swirled about a newly passed mass amnesty law pushed through by interim authorities following the US toppling of Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela parliament unanimously approves amnesty law
AFP, Published on 20/02/2026
» CARACAS — Venezuela's National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a long-awaited amnesty law that could free hundreds of political prisoners jailed for being government detractors.
Hungry, wounded, orphaned: South Sudan's children trapped in new conflict
AFP, Published on 18/02/2026
» AKOBO (SOUTH SUDAN) — An 18-month-old boy lies motionless on a dirty hospital bed deep in the conflict zone of South Sudan, a bullet wound in his leg -- another newly orphaned victim in the world's newest country.
Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
Iran’s president confirms talks with US after Trump threats
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» Iran’s president confirmed on Tuesday that he had ordered the start of talks with the United States, provided they were free of threats, after his counterpart Donald Trump suggested “bad things” would happen without a deal.
Prominent Venezuelan activist released after over four years in jail
AFP, Published on 02/02/2026
» CARACAS - Renowned Venezuelan human rights activist Javier Tarazona was freed Sunday after more than four years in a notorious Caracas prison on charges including terrorism and treason.