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China conducts second day of military drills around Taiwan
AFP, Published on 30/12/2025
» BEIJING - China kicked off a second day of live-fire drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, aimed at simulating a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports and assaults on maritime targets.
Greta Thunberg among Gaza flotilla detainees to leave Israel
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» ATHENS - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be among more than 70 people of different nationalities to leave Israel on Monday after they were seized aboard an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla.
Hamas official says group still needs time to study Trump's Gaza plan
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A Hamas official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday that the group still needed time to study a plan for Gaza put forward by US President Donald Trump and backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ecuador deports more than 800 Colombian inmates as Bogota cries foul
AFP, Published on 27/07/2025
» BOGOTá - Ecuadoran authorities said Saturday they had deported more than 800 Colombian prisoners via a land border crossing, after Bogota protested that the move came without prior agreement.
New clashes outside London hotel housing migrants
AFP, Published on 21/07/2025
» LONDON - Anti-migrant protests degenerated again late Sunday outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers, as rioters threw bottles and smoke bombs at the police.
Germany presses ahead with deportations to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» BERLIN - Germany said on Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.
Trump urges Iran to talk as G7 looks for common ground
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» KANANASKIS (CANADA) - US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Iran, which Israel is pounding, to re-enter negotiations "before it's too late" as Group of Seven leaders considered a joint call for de-escalation.
Pakistan says India planning strike as tensions soar over Kashmir attack
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's information minister said early Wednesday that Islamabad had "credible intelligence" that India was planning an imminent military strike and he vowed a "decisive response", as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir.
India and Pakistan troops exchange fire in Kashmir
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» SRINAGAR (INDIA) - Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years.
Indian army says new exchange of gunfire with Pakistan
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» NEW DELHI - Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire overnight in contested Kashmir for a second day running, the Indian army said Saturday, following a deadly shooting that New Delhi blames its arch-rival.