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M23 marches on in east DR Congo as US vows action against Rwanda
AFP, Published on 14/12/2025
» KINSHASA - The M23 pressed onwards in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, even as Washington vowed action over its Rwandan backers' violation of a US-brokered peace deal.
UN chief warns against regional war over DR Congo
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo’s “territorial integrity” be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital.
DR Congo conflict ‘risks broader regional war’
AFP, Published on 01/02/2025
» GOMA, DR Congo - The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi’s president said on Saturday, as Africa’s top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious diseases.
Weary LA firefighters brace for 'last' dangerous winds
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday braced for the return of yet more dangerously strong gusts, as California's governor slammed "hurricane-force winds of misinformation" surrounding blazes that have killed 27 people.
Israel presses Gaza offensive in war it says will last 'months'
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (Palestinian territories) - Israel pressed its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday after telling key backer the United States that the war to crush Hamas will last "more than several months".
Israeli ground forces move into south of Gaza
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel has moved ground forces into the south of Gaza in its war on Hamas, witnesses said Monday, despite global concern over mounting civilian deaths and fears the conflict will spread elsewhere in the Middle East.
Israel expands offensive in Gaza
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel expanded its offensive against Hamas militants in besieged Gaza on Monday, as international concern deepened over the mounting civilian death toll in a war sparked by the October 7 attacks.
Families forced to wait as Israel, Hamas truce deal delayed
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» JERUSALEM - Families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and of Palestinians detained by Israel waited Thursday for at least one more day after a breakthrough four-day truce deal was put on hold.
Car blast shuts down US-Canada border crossing
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» NEW YORK - US terrorism investigators deployed Wednesday after a car erupted into a fireball at a US-Canada checkpoint, triggering border closures on one of the busiest travel days in the American holiday calendar
US urges 'pauses' in Gaza fighting as Israel besieges Gaza City
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» TEL AVIV - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken met Israeli leaders on Friday to call for more to be done to protect Palestinian civilians during the war to destroy Hamas.