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Landmines destroy limbs, lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar border
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» BANDARBAN, Bangladesh - In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
Trump's Maga base defies conservative pro-Israel doctrine
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Unconditional support for Israel has long been an entry requirement in US Republican politics, but that orthodoxy is being challenged by President Donald Trump's populist base -- where invocations of the "special relationship" are falling on deaf ears.
Muslim pilgrims 'stone the devil' as hajj concludes in Saudi
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» YANGON - Myanmar marked one month since suffering its fiercest earthquake in more than a century on Monday, with military bombardments unabated despite a humanitarian truce as thousands of survivors camp in makeshift shelters.
Feeling stressed? Cuddle a cow, says UK dairy farm
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» BEVERLEY (UNITED KINGDOM) - Morag, an imposing Highland cow with a caramel coat, ambles out of the main shed at Dumble Farm in northern England and stands ready to meet her guests.
'City of jinn': magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» BAHLā' (OMAN) - Deep in Oman's parched interior, the ancient oasis town of Bahla abounds with myths of camel-eating, fire-mouthed hyenas and men turning into donkeys -- a reputation for magic and mystery that persists to this day.
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia lights up new towers
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» BARCELONA - A celebratory light show graced the newest towers of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica on Sunday as the iconic attraction moves closer to completion 141 years after construction started.
Courting votes: a campaign like no other for Defendant Trump
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» MIAMI - US presidential elections are described as a 50-state obstacle course, but the hurdles across Donald Trump's path in the coming year look particularly daunting as a crush of court dates competes with campaign commitments in his 2024 calendar.
'Without hope': crackdown rattles Afghans in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» KARACHI - The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased but young bride Wahida's nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan.
'We are penniless': migrants bled dry on path through Darien Gap
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» ACANDI (COLOMBIA) - At the start of the perilous jungle trek through the Darien Gap to Panama, uniformed workers on the Colombian side hand out colored wristbands to migrants, like bouncers at a nightclub, to indicate what "services" they have paid for.