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Trump ramps up Venezuela threats, warns airspace 'closed'
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» PALM BEACH (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his threats against Venezuela on Saturday, ominously warning that the country's airspace should be considered "closed."
80 years on, Korean survivors of WWII atomic bombs still suffer
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» HAPCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.
Ethiopian Airlines facing 'real challenges' despite Covid success
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Airlines successfully weathered the Covid pandemic by shifting its strategy, but Africa's only profitable carrier still faces "real challenges" in sourcing parts and staying competitive at a time of inflation, its CEO told AFP.
Malaysia seeks Interpol help to track US comedian over MH370 joke
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will on Wednesday ask Interpol to help track down a US comedian, local media reported, after her joke about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 sparked fury and even an apology from Singapore.
Mass exodus of foreigners as fighting rages in Sudan
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» KHARTOUM - Foreign nations pushed on Monday with frantic evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan, where heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loyal to two rival generals.
Biden says US not seeking conflict with China, despite balloon flap
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Wednesday the United States is not looking for conflict with China despite heightened tensions over last week's downing of a Chinese balloon that US officials say was part of a spy fleet spanning five continents.
US says China balloon 'fleet' is global as NATO joins concern
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States said Wednesday that suspected Chinese spy balloons like the one it shot down were part of a "fleet" that has spanned five continents, as NATO joined in voicing concern.
Erdogan says mulling ground operation in Syria
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he was mulling going beyond air strikes and launching a ground operation in Syria following a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish border town.
West pushes Russia at UN on Iranian drones in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» UNITED NATIONS, US: Western powers will raise alarm Wednesday at a UN Security Council session over Russia's attacks in Ukraine with purported Iranian drones, as the European Union prepared sanctions.