Showing 1 - 10 of 51
Tourists empty out of Cuba as US fuel blockade bites
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» HAVANA — With rolling power cuts, hotel closures, and flight routes suspended for lack of fuel, tourists are gradually emptying out of Cuba, deepening a severe crisis on the cash-strapped island.
Iran says progress made towards US talks despite attack jitters
AFP, Published on 01/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iran's top security official said Saturday that progress had been made towards negotiations with the United States, even as the Islamic republic's army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes.
Russia's 'shadow tanker fleet' and how it works
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» PARIS - France's interception of an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's "shadow fleet" draws attention to how the vessels allegedly operate in order to escape Western sanctions.
US announces attack on Colombia rebel group boat as Trump ends aid
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced Sunday another strike against what it called a drug-running boat, this time attacking an alleged Colombian leftist rebel vessel in an apparent expansion of a US military operation off the coasts of South America.
Venezuelan Nobel winner says Maduro will leave power 'with or without' talks
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» CARACAS - Nicolas Maduro's time is up but he can still leave power peacefully, Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado told AFP in an interview from hiding on Monday.
Round-the-world sailor battled waves — and cancer
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» PARIS - It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe, let alone win it. But winning it while battling cancer, as French skipper Charlie Dalin did in January, is another kind of toughness altogether.
Greta Thunberg lands in Greece with expelled Gaza flotilla activists
AFP, Published on 07/10/2025
» ATHENS - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Monday alongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza, AFP journalists saw.
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.
Last flotilla boat sails on towards Gaza after Israel interceptions
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» JERUSALEM — The only remaining boat in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza sailed towards the war-torn Palestinian territory on Friday, after Israeli navy interceptions of its fellow vessels drew worldwide protests.
Israel to deport Gaza flotilla activists
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» JERUSALEM — Israel said on Thursday it will deport pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla intercepted at sea as they headed towards Gaza, adding that none of the vessels had successfully breached its maritime blockade.