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Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» KABUL - When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. "We're not allowed," a doctor told her. "If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison."
Antarctic climate shifts threaten 'catastrophic' impacts globally
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» PARIS - Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations", scientists warned Wednesday.
Spain on heat alert and 'very high to extreme' fire risk
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» MADRID - All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at "very high to extreme risk" from wildfires.
Search continues after Pakistan building collapse kills 16
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» KARACHI - Rescue teams in Pakistan worked in searing heat and humidity on Saturday to recover residents trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed, killing 16 people.
Pakistan building collapse kills at least 7
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» KARACHI - A five-storey building collapsed in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.
UN Charter: a founding document violated and ignored
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» UNITED NATIONS - Eighty years ago Thursday, 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to sign the United Nations’ founding charter in order “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.
England stunned by Senegal to put Tuchel under immediate pressure
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» NOTTINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - England slumped to a 3-1 home friendly defeat by Senegal on Tuesday to ramp up the scrutiny on boss Thomas Tuchel one year out from the World Cup.
Alvarez bags penalty double as Atletico beat Valladolid
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» MADRID - Julian Alvarez netted two penalties as Atletico Madrid dispatched bottom side Real Valladolid 4-2 on Monday in La Liga.
Real Madrid hold Real Sociedad in eight-goal thriller to reach Copa del Rey final
AFP, Published on 02/04/2025
» MADRID — Real Madrid edged into the Copa del Rey final with a thrilling 4-4 draw against Real Sociedad after extra time on Tuesday, securing a 5-4 aggregate semi-final victory.
South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose super-aged society
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» ANDONG, South Korea - Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires.