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Iran detains Nobel-prize winner in 'brutal' arrest
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iranian security forces on Friday detained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as "brutal" by the Norwegian Nobel committee.
UN rights council orders probe of Sudan atrocities
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to probe alleged atrocities in El-Fasher in Sudan and to seek to identify perpetrators so they can be brought to justice.
Tracing the 'Green Sahara' in Chad's northern desert
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» N'DJAMENA — A cloud of dust escapes from an excavation site in the sand of Chad's arid north, where scientists are looking for signs of human habitation in an area once humid and called the "Green Sahara".
Israel pounds Gaza City as Trump eyes post-war plan
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» GAZA CITY - The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory.
Hopes for survivors wane after Pakistan flooding kills hundreds
AFP, Published on 17/08/2025
» BUNER (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani rescuers dug homes out from under massive boulders on Sunday as they searched for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 344 people, with more than 150 still missing.
Search continues after Pakistan building collapse kills 16
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» KARACHI - Rescue teams in Pakistan worked in searing heat and humidity on Saturday to recover residents trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed, killing 16 people.
Pakistan tests missile weapons system amid India standoff
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military said it carried out a "training launch" of a surface-to-surface missile weapons system on Saturday, further heightening tensions with India after last month's deadly attack in disputed Kashmir.
Swedish court affirms life sentence for Iranian
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» STOCKHOLM - A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents.
Iran accuses jailed Swedish EU diplomat of conspiring with Israel
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have accused a Swedish EU diplomat, held in a Tehran prison for more than 600 days, of conspiring with Iran's arch-enemy Israel, the judiciary said Sunday.
'If we bathe, we won't drink': Gazans struggle as water supplies dwindle
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - In the southern Gaza Strip, scores of people line up at bathrooms, many of them not having showered for days after Israel cut off water, electricity and food following Hamas's deadly assault.