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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."
Prison film fest brings Hollywood and healing to US jailhouse
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» SAN QUENTIN, United States - Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair.
Syria tries to enforce ceasefire in Druze heartland
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.
Recovering Pope surprises crowd at Vatican square
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis made a surprise Sunday public appearance as he mingled with crowds at the Vatican just two weeks after leaving hospital for a serious case of pneumonia.
Deadly earthquake forces Thai patients into sports hall
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» Beneath basketball hoops and beside football goals, hospital beds line a sports hall -- patients evacuated from a hospital in the Thai capital for fear of damage by a devastating earthquake.
Ailing pope thanks doctors as condition improves
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who is responding well to treatment for pneumonia, thanked his doctors and healthcare workers Sunday as he missed delivering a fourth straight Angelus prayer in person.
Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's port city of Bahia Blanca has been "destroyed" after being pummeled by a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours, killing 13 and driving hundreds from their homes, authorities said Saturday.
Gaza healthcare nearing 'total collapse' due to Israeli strikes: UN
AFP, Published on 31/12/2024
» GENEVA - A United Nations report published Tuesday found that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip had left healthcare in the Palestinian territory on the verge of collapse.
HRW accuses Israel of 'acts of genocide' for restricting Gaza water access
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» JERUSALEM - Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.
Mayotte hospital on life support after cyclone
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» MAMOUDZOU - The haggard faces in the wreckage-and-water-strewn corridors betrayed the nerves and exhaustion of those soldiering on at the main hospital on the French archipelago of Mayotte, ravaged by a deadly cyclone last weekend.