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US ends protection for Somalis amid escalating migrant crackdown
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» MINNEAPOLIS — The United States said Tuesday it would end a special protected status for Somalis, telling them they must leave the country by mid-March under an escalating crackdown on the community.
Guinea junta chief headed for victory in presidential vote
AFP, Published on 29/12/2025
» CONAKRY - Guineans voted in a presidential election Sunday with Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power four years ago, the clear favourite, and the main opposition leaders barred from standing.
Prime minister hopeful Tarique Rahman arrives in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 25/12/2025
» DHAKA — Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh on Thursday by huge crowds of joyous supporters after 17 years in self-imposed exile.
Australia remove Smith as England still need 126 to keep Ashes alive
AFP, Published on 21/12/2025
» ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA) - England lost Jamie Smith for 60 to reach lunch on 309-7 with the help of a rain delay Sunday as they battled to keep the Ashes alive in the third Test against Australia.
Australia four wickets from Ashes glory as England cling on
AFP, Published on 20/12/2025
» ADELAIDE, Australia - An unrelenting Australia were four wickets from retaining the Ashes at close of play in the third Test on Saturday as England clung to the dying hope that they could chase a record 435 to save the series.
Violence erupts in Bangladesh after wounded youth leader dies
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» DHAKA - Violence broke out in Bangladesh's capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country's 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore.
Salah admired from afar in his Egypt home village as club tensions swirl
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» NAGRIG (EGYPT) - In the Nile Delta village of Nagrig, residents love local son Mohamed Salah from a distance, with ructions between the Egyptian super striker and long-time English club Liverpool doing little to dim his lustre at home.
2026 Winter Olympics flame lands in Italy
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» ROME - The flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics arrived in Rome on Thursday for a two-month torch relay around Italy before the sprawling Games open on February 6.
Poll shows majority in EU see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» PARIS - A majority of citizens across nine European Union countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc’s members and Russia, according to a survey by the polling group Cluster 17 published on Thursday in the French international affairs journal Le Grand Continent.
Thousands march in Croatia against rise of pro-Nazis
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» ZAGREB - Several thousand people rallied in Croatia's capital on Sunday in an anti-fascist march protesting against the rise of World War II revisionism and far-right views in the country.