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Police search Australian bush for gunman after two officers killed
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» POREPUNKAH — Police searched the Australian bush on Wednesday for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.
Far-right candidate excluded from Romania presidential vote
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» BUCHAREST - Romania's electoral bureau on Sunday rejected far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu's candidacy for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, sparking outrage among his supporters in Bucharest.
Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» DEIR EL-BALAH, Palestinian Territories - Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire, with 183 prisoners held by Israel due to be released later in the day.
Unfazed devotees shrug off stampede at India mega-festival
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» PRAYAGRAJ (INDIA) - Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.
Right-wing YouTubers back South Korea president's last stand
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» SEOUL - Camped on the street winding up to the residence of South Korea's impeached president, protesters direct vitriol at police and echo obscure conspiracies as investigators prepare to execute a warrant for his arrest.
Dublin violence motivated by hate: Irish PM
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» DUBLIN: Rioters who torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin following a knife attack outside a school brought "shame" on Ireland, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday, condemning the worst violence in decades which authorities blamed on right-wing groups.
Worst unrest in decades hits Dublin, police say
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» DUBLIN: A night of torched vehicles and shop looting sparked in Dublin after a knife attack outside a school was of an "extraordinary" level of violence unseen in decades, police said Friday.
Clashes in Dublin after children injured in suspected stabbing
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» DUBLIN - Protesters in Dublin on Thursday torched a car and fought police, an AFP journalist reported, after three children were injured in a suspected school stabbing that social media rumours attributed to a foreign national.
France on top alert after teacher's murder
AFP, Published on 14/10/2023
» ARRAS, France - France on Saturday said it will deploy 7,000 soldiers after declaring a top-level alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher by a Chechen-origin man, who also severely wounded three others at a school.
Teacher stabbed to death in attack at French school
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» ARRAS (FRANCE): A man of Chechen origin stabbed to death a teacher and severely wounded two other adults Friday at a school in northeastern France, with prosecutors opening a probe into a suspected act of terror.