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Hamas forces back on Gaza streets as truce holds
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» GAZA CITY - Hamas security forces were tightening their grip on Gaza’s ruined cities Tuesday even as global support mounted for a US-backed deal that would see them disarmed.
Lebanon president vows punishment for attackers of UN peacekeeper
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» BEIRUT (LEBANON) — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vowed to punish the perpetrators of an attack on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping convoy, with authorities set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday.
Two dead, 56 injured in Romania gas station blasts
AFP, Published on 28/08/2023
» BUCHAREST - Prosecutors opened an inquiry Sunday into two explosions at an unlicensed liquefied petroleum gas filling station that left two people dead and 56 people injured north of Romania's capital Bucharest at the weekend.
Pakistan climber cleanses K2 as shrine to fallen father
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» K2 BASECAMP (PAKISTAN) - Gazing up from K2 Basecamp, Sajid Ali Sadpara sees Earth's second-highest mountain, his father's final resting place, and a blight of litter on the furthest reaches of the natural world.
Guard, gunman dead in shooting at US consulate in Saudi
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Saudi authorities were investigating Thursday after an assailant and a security guard were killed in an exchange of gunfire outside the US consulate in Jeddah, the gateway city for the massive hajj pilgrimage taking place in Mecca.
Ten deadliest quakes of the past 100 years
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» PARIS - With the estimated death toll still mounting, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is among the 10 deadliest of the past 100 years, with over 41,000 dead as of Friday.
Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» PARIS - The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is one of the 10 deadliest of the 21st century.
Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» PARIS: With the death toll rising by the hour, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb 5 is already among the ten deadliest of the 21st century.
German football bars boycott 'unacceptable' Qatar World Cup
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» BERLIN: When Germany kick off their Qatar World Cup campaign against Japan next week, the projector screens at Berlin's Fargo football bar will be in their unusual rolled-up position.
Commonwealth marks loss of figurehead, link to the past
AFP, Published on 09/09/2022
» SYDNEY: As Britain mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, a string of dominions, realms and former colonies marked the loss of a shared figurehead and an irreplaceable link to a quickly fading era.