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Robert Redford, Hollywood’s golden boy with a Midas touch
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» With his all-American good looks, Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday at age 89, was the eternal “Sundance Kid”, a US screen legend both in front of and behind the camera.
Clashes, homes torched in south Syria's Sweida despite ceasefire
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» SWEIDA (SYRIA) - Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria's Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to "slaughter" residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted.
Israel bombs Syrian army headquarters
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» SWEIDA, Syria - Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.
Abortion pill inventor Etienne-Emile Baulieu dies aged 98
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» PARIS - French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died at the age of 98 at his home in Paris on Friday, his wife told AFP.
UN envoy urges Israel to halt Syria attacks 'at once'
AFP, Published on 03/05/2025
» DAMASCUS - United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following sectarian violence this week.
Israel strikes Syria to warn ‘extremists’
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» DAMASCUS - Israel struck Syria on Wednesday in what it called a “warning” against attacks on the Druze minority, in a military intervention that came as sectarian clashes spread near Damascus, killing 13 people.
Trump brushes off Yemen chat breach as a ‘glitch’
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed the accidental addition of a journalist to a group chat about Yemen air strikes as a "glitch" and stood by his top national security team despite the stunning breach.
Syrian authorities expand fight against Assad loyalists
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syria's new authorities launched a sweeping security operation Friday after clashes with fighters loyal to former president Bashar al-Assad, the biggest challenge to their rule so far, left at least 71 people dead.
Ohio votes to protect abortion rights in latest post-Roe referendum for US
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» COLUMBUS - Residents of Ohio voted Tuesday to enshrine the right to an abortion in the Republican-run US state's constitution, US media projected, in what could be a bellwether for an issue which is likely to dominate next year's presidential race.
Outlaw militias torch 35 buses in Rio after crime boss is killed
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» BRASíLIA - Suspected paramilitary militia members torched 35 buses and a train drivers' cabin in Rio de Janeiro Monday, paralyzing parts of the scenic Brazilian city after one of their leaders was killed in a police operation, officials said.