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Colombian FARC leaders ordered to make reparations for over 21,000 kidnappings
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» BOGOTá - A Colombian court on Tuesday held seven leaders of the defunct Colombian guerrilla army FARC responsible for the kidnappings of tens of thousands of people during the group's half-century of war with the state.
Freed Israeli hostage recounts 484-day nightmare in Gaza
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» TEL AVIV - More than four months since his release from Gaza, former hostage Keith Siegel bears the mental scars of 484 days of captivity in destroyed buildings and tunnels in the hands of Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Biden insists Democrats can win US midterms
AFP, Published on 05/11/2022
» CHICAGO - President Joe Biden insisted on Friday that Democrats will win next week's US midterm elections, but warned of a difficult two years if polls showing Republican victories prove correct.
Religious whipping marks Good Friday in Philippines
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith.
Killed for witchcraft, Scotland's forgotten victims find a voice
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» DUNDEE, UK: Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi are fighting for pardons for all those executed for witchcraft in Scotland, the vast majority of whom were women, and for a memorial to those forgotten by history.
Questions persist over Kazakh version of deadly unrest
AFP, Published on 16/01/2022
» ALMATY, Kazakhstan: As the dust settles on lethal clashes in Kazakhstan that prompted authorities to call in Russian-led troops, questions are mounting over the authoritarian government's handling of the unprecedented crisis.
Russia puts torture video whistleblower on wanted list
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday placed a former prison inmate who leaked harrowing videos of rape and torture inside a Russian prison on a wanted list.
Inmate who leaked Russia prison rape video seeks French asylum
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (FRANCE) - The former inmate behind a video leak showing alleged rape and torture inside a Russian prison said he could no longer keep the explosive revelations to himself, speaking to AFP from France where he is now seeking asylum.
Biden to announce 'good news' on $100 billion UN climate fund
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - US President Joe Biden is expected to announce "good news" on addressing a shortfall in a $100 billion global climate fund, a UN official said Monday following a closed-door meeting between countries on the sidelines of the general assembly.
Pope says meeting Shiite cleric 'good for my soul'
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis said Monday his meeting with top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani had been "good for my soul", as he returned to Rome following his historic trip to Iraq.