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The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover
AFP, Published on 19/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.
US embassy in Iraq hit as war enters third week
AFP, Published on 14/03/2026
» BAGHDAD - Explosions rocked cities across the Middle East on Saturday as the US embassy in Baghdad was hit by a drone strike and Tehran warned Emiratis to stay away from ports as it targets the world’s energy supply lines.
South Sudan models dominate global catwalks but visas a problem
AFP, Published on 13/03/2026
» JUBA — Heels click on cracked paving stones as fantastically long-limbed men and women practice moves they hope will whisk them away from South Sudan, one of the fashion world's favourite scouting locations.
Three brothers arrested over US embassy blast in Oslo
AFP, Published on 12/03/2026
» OSLO - Norwegian police said Wednesday three brothers had been arrested on suspicion of a "terrorist bombing" over a weekend explosion at the US embassy in Oslo, which caused minor damage but no injuries.
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» JERUSALEM - What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert?
Iran names Khamenei's son as new supreme leader
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Iran's ruling clerics on Sunday appointed the slain leader's son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, defying threats from the United States and Israel to oppose him.
NY police say device thrown near anti-Islam protest was IED
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» NEW YORK - A homemade incendiary thrown near anti-Islam protesters outside the New York mayor's residence was a viable improvised explosive device "that could have caused serious injury or death," police said Sunday.
Tehran fuel dumps burn as Iran warns it can fight for months
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Huge fireballs and clouds of thick smoke erupted over Tehran on Sunday after US-Israeli air strikes hit fuel depots in the city, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to fight on for months to come.
Explosion, gunfire as Afghan forces shoot at aircraft over Kabul
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» KABUL - An explosion followed by successive gunfire were heard in central Kabul on Sunday, AFP journalists reported, with the Taliban government saying Afghan forces were shooting at a fresh incursion by Pakistani aircraft.
French prosecutors probe Al-Fayeds over sex trafficking
AFP, Published on 27/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - He traded on the glamour of owning Harrods, the Paris Ritz and luxury yachts, but Mohamed Al-Fayed was at the centre of a dark web of alleged abuse, say French lawyers for women who liken him to US sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.