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Salvadoran man at centre of Trump deportations row freed
AFP, Published on 23/08/2025
» WASHINGTON — A wrongly deported Salvadoran man sent back to the United States during a fierce row over President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies was released Friday from prison, where he had been detained on human smuggling charges.
Budapest Pride event to challenge ban in Hungary
AFP, Published on 28/06/2025
» BUDAPEST - A record number of people are expected to attend Saturday’s Pride march in the Hungarian capital Budapest, defying a ban that marks an unprecedented regression of LGBTQ rights in the European Union.
Budapest mayor defies police ban on Pride march
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» BUDAPEST - Hungarian police on Thursday banned the country's main Pride march from taking place in Budapest on June 28 but the capital's mayor defied them, vowing it would still go ahead.
Pentagon chief orders renaming of ship named for gay icon: reports
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a US Navy ship named after a gay icon, the assassinated former San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, a military affairs website reported Tuesday.
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» CANNES (FRANCE) - "It Was Just an Accident" by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday.
Continuity or rupture: what direction for the next pope?
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» PARIS - For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis's liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new direction.
Vance and Francis: divergent values but shared ideas
AFP, Published on 19/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics who preaches for a more open church and empathy for migrants.
Hungary passes bill against annual Budapest Pride march
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» BUDAPEST - Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, the latest in a series of measures under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country's LGBTQ community.
Namibian independence leader Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» WINDHOEK - Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma, who led his country's fight for independence from South Africa, died Saturday aged 95, the presidency announced.
Man City go for full house of trophies at Club World Cup
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pep Guardiola is hoping to complete his trophy haul as Manchester City manager at the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia as the Gulf Kingdom shows off its wares in hosting a major international football tournament for the first time.