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Historic Moon mission set for launch
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» MERRITT ISLAND — On Wednesday three men and one woman are set to embark on the first crewed journey to the Moon since 1972, a landmark odyssey that aims to launch the United States into a new era of space exploration.
Massive US-Israeli strikes hit Iran after Trump threat
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» TEHRAN - US and Israeli strikes hit military facilities in central Iran, damaged a major religious site in the northwest and provoked power cuts Tuesday, after President Donald Trump threatened to blow up the country’s oil and energy plants.
More arrests over attempted attack on US bank in Paris
AFP, Published on 29/03/2026
» PARIS - Police have arrested two more people over an apparent bid to explode a homemade device outside the Paris branch of the Bank of America, the French domestic security service said on Sunday.
Iran claims aluminium plant attacks in Gulf as Houthis join war
AFP, Published on 29/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Iran claimed on Sunday attacks on two major aluminium plants in the Gulf, further raising the economic stakes of the Middle East war after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis joined the conflict.
‘Humanitarian catastrophe’ risk rising in Lebanon
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» GENEVA - Nearly a month into the Middle East war, Lebanon is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis that now risks teetering over into a catastrophe, the United Nations refugee agency warned Friday.
Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» VIENNA - Hungarian leader Viktor Orban's officially declared wealth is fairly modest: some savings and a jointly owned villa in Budapest.
UN pushes fuel solutions for Cuba amid US talks
AFP, Published on 26/03/2026
» HAVANA - The United Nations has proposed an emergency plan for crisis-hit Cuba, including tracking fuel use, amid talks with the United States on allowing energy imports for humanitarian services, a UN official said Wednesday.
California jury finds Meta, YouTube liable for social media addiction
AFP, Published on 26/03/2026
» LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms, ordering the companies to pay $3 million in damages and opening the door to potentially far larger punitive awards.
Russia's Max: The unencrypted super-app being forced on citizens
AFP, Published on 23/03/2026
» WARSAW — Russia is pushing its Max messenger -- a social media platform without encryption -- onto its citizens with a massive promotion campaign and the simultaneous blocking of Whatsapp and Telegram, the country's two most popular messenger applications.
Cuba hit by total blackout as US fuel blockade bites
AFP, Published on 17/03/2026
» HAVANA - A power outage struck the entire island of Cuba on Monday, the state-owned electric company said, the latest blackout as the United States pursues its oil blockade against the island's communist government.