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‘Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die’: the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WARSAW - Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.
'Ketamine Queen' pleads guilty over Matthew Perry death
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» LOS ANGELES - A dealer dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs that killed Friends actor Matthew Perry, when she appeared in a California court on Wednesday.
Bitter pill: Cuba runs low on life-saving medicines
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» HAVANA - Cuban Jessica Rodriguez never knows if she will find the medicines that keep her four-year-old son alive in a country that has all but run out of essential drugs.
Abortion access under threat in Milei's Argentina
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Four years after Argentina became the first big Latin American country to legalize abortion, women are finding it hard to access terminations due to President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" economics and anti-feminist diatribes, critics say.
Gene Hackman 'likely dead nine days when found'
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» SANTA FE — Hollywood legend Gene Hackman had likely been dead for over a week when he and his wife were found lifeless in their New Mexico home, the local sheriff said Friday.
Blurred posts, banned accounts: Abortion groups decry Meta 'suppression'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — Blurred posts, downranked searches and deleted accounts: Since United States President Donald Trump's election, groups sharing information about abortion pills say they have faced a surge in online censorship — hindering their ability to reach women urgently seeking the procedure.
Trump targets abortion access at home and abroad
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump took aim at abortion access in the United States and overseas Friday, after promising activists rallying in Washington that he would protect the "historic gains" of the anti-abortion movement.
Syrians protest after video of attack on Alawite shrine
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.
Five years on from the pandemic, long Covid keeps lives on hold
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» VIENNA - Three years ago, Andrea Vanek was studying to be an arts and crafts teacher when spells of dizziness and heart palpitations suddenly started to make it impossible for her to even take short walks.
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday.