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Kosovo, Serbia ‘need to normalise’ relations, says Kosovo PM
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» PRISTINA - Kosovo and Serbia need to “normalise” their relations, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti told AFP Wednesday, several days before legislative elections where he is seeking to extend his term with more solid backing.
Honduran ex-president leaves US prison after Trump pardons drug crimes
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - A former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, his wife said Tuesday.
Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» DIJON (FRANCE) - Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Mother sentenced to life in prison for New Zealand's 'suitcase murders'
AFP, Published on 26/11/2025
» AUCKLAND - A mother who murdered her two children and stuffed them into suitcases stashed inside a storage locker was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.
French prisons hit by mystery arson and gunfire attacks
AFP, Published on 16/04/2025
» PARIS - A wave of coordinated attacks have hit prisons across France, with unknown assailants torching cars outside several jails, leaving mysterious inscriptions and hitting one facility with automatic gunfire.
Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Clock ticking down to Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China
AFP, Published on 03/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - Time is running short for Canada, Mexico and China to avert sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, with the planned levies to take effect on Tuesday over what he deems an "unacceptable" flow of drugs.
Under pressure from Trump, Mexico extradites cartel kinpins
AFP, Published on 28/02/2025
» MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Thursday extradited some of its most notorious imprisoned drug lords to the United States in a bid to avert sweeping tariffs, including a cartel kingpin wanted for decades over the murder of a US undercover agent.
US releasing Russian crypto kingpin Vinnik in exchange for Fogel: official
AFP, Published on 13/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier, a White House official said Wednesday.
Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» COPENHAGEN - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was on Tuesday released from detention in Greenland, after Denmark decided to refuse a Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers.