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'Looming' risk of nuclear arms race, UN proliferation meeting hears
AFP, Published on 27/04/2026
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty began a meeting at the UN on Monday as fears of a renewed arms race escalate, with atomic powers once again at loggerheads over safeguards.
Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan's war
AFP, Published on 27/04/2026
» KHARTOUM - At a makeshift morgue in Khartoum, engineer turned mortician Ali Gebbai clicked through a spreadsheet of the dead. Thousands of entries, each with a photo and burial site, keep a harrowing record of Sudan's war.
Pogacar vows to keep going until Seixas 'destroys' him
AFP, Published on 27/04/2026
» LIEGE, Belgium - Cyclist Tadej Pogacar won a fourth Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument race after fending off a spirited challenge from teenage French sensation Paul Seixas.
As some hijabs come off in Iran, restrictions still in place
AFP, Published on 27/04/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Images of bareheaded women sipping coffee in cafes in Tehran, in apparent defiance of the Islamic republic's strict dress rule, have stirred interest outside Iran -- but for Elnaz, 32, it is no breakthrough.
Caught between wars, US Afghan allies trapped in Qatar without safe exit
AFP, Published on 27/04/2026
» DOHA - Stuck for over a year behind a perimeter fence on a defunct American base on Doha's edge, 1,100 former Afghan allies of US forces and their families have escaped Afghanistan with their lives only to find themselves trapped in uncertainty.
Gunman planned to target top Trump officials: attorney general
AFP, Published on 26/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - Investigators on Sunday said the gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner attended by US President Donald Trump planned to target top government officials, as scrutiny grew over the event's security.
Loud bangs and a Trump evacuation: chaos at correspondents' dinner
AFP, Published on 26/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - It was meant to be a glitzy Saturday night at a Washington ballroom featuring President Donald Trump, but the glamor was shattered by gunshots that left guests diving to the floor and the US leader bundled out by security personnel.
Shots reportedly fired, Trump evacuated from press dinner in Washington
AFP, Published on 26/04/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Shots were allegedly fired as US President Donald Trump attended a press dinner in Washington on Saturday night, witnesses and AFP reporters said as loud bangs were heard at the hotel venue.
Palestinians to vote in first elections since Gaza war
AFP, Published on 25/04/2026
» RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories - Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza head to the polls on Saturday for municipal elections in a first vote since the Gaza war, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment.
Mass MS-13 trial held at El Salvador mega-jail
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» TECOLUCA (EL SALVADOR) - Hundreds of alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang members sat chained, shaved and mute as they were accused of murder and torture during a mass trial at El Salvador's notorious Cecot jail, AFP reporters witnessed on Thursday.