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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.
Ramaphosa labels US attacks on S.Africa 'misinformation'
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the United States late on Sunday of peddling "blatant misinformation" by claiming his country was killing white people.
Seize or freeze? Friction in Europe over Russian assets for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 05/03/2025
» PARIS - As Europe scrambles to boost military aid to Ukraine, calls are intensifying to fund it by seizing tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets, in an issue causing tension between European allies.
Trump accuses S.Africa of 'confiscating' land, cuts funding
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.
Negev Bedouin fear getting caught in crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» NEGEV (ISRAEL) - In Israel's southern Negev desert, Bedouin youth gather near a car hit by a rocket from the Gaza Strip, fearing the war is coming closer to them.
Oil execs on trial in Sweden over Sudan war crimes role
AFP, Published on 05/09/2023
» STOCKHOLM - A Swedish oil firm operated in Sudan with support from the military allegedly knew violence would affect civilians to bring the areas under control, prosecutors said Tuesday as two former executives faced war crimes charges.
More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.
Israeli settlements 'impede peace': UN Security Council
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The UN Security Council expressed its "dismay" with plans by Israel's hard-right government to retroactively legalize settlements in occupied Palestinian lands, warning in a statement Monday that such measures "impede peace."
Key suspect in EU graft scandal cuts deal with prosecutors
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» BRUSSELS - A key suspect in a spreading EU graft scandal, former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, has cut a deal to divulge information about countries involved and bribes made, Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday.
Germany seizes world's largest yacht owned by Russian oligarch
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» BERLIN - Germany has officially confiscated the world's largest superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, as part of sanctions against Moscow following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, police sources said Thursday.