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Bosnia’s Serb statelet calls referendum on ruling against leader
AFP, Published on 23/08/2025
» SARAJEVO - Bosnia’s Serb statelet, whose President Milorad Dodik is defying a ban on him holding office, will stage a referendum on Oct 25 on the federal court ruling against him.
Survivors of Bosnia ‘rape camps’ come forward 30 years on
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» SARAJEVO - It took years for Zehra Murguz to be able to testify about what happened to her and other Muslim women in the “rape camps” run by Serb forces during the war in Bosnia.
Bosnian Serb leader Dodik indicted for snubbing peace envoy
AFP, Published on 11/09/2023
» SARAJEVO - Bosnia's Serb leader Milorad Dodik was indicted on Monday for refusing to heed rulings made by an international envoy charged with overseeing the country's landmark peace accords.
Successful test for Nasa's giant Moon rocket
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» WASHINGTON: Nasa successfully carried out a key static test of its troubled Space Launch System rocket on Thursday, a win for the agency as it prepares to return to the Moon.
NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short
AFP, Published on 17/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Saturday but they shut down earlier than planned, the space agency said.
Myanmar army tries to discredit Rohingya abuse confessions
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» YANGON - Myanmar's military has sought to undermine the confessions of two soldiers who said they were ordered to "exterminate" Rohingya Muslims before taking part in the massacre of scores of men, women and children.
Coronavirus generates rash of swindlers in Italy
AFP, Published on 26/02/2020
» MILAN - From jacking-up the prices of disinfectant gel to scammers posing as Red Cross volunteers, Italy's battle to contain its coronavirus outbreak has been a gift to grifters of various stripes.
Koenigsegg, a supercar challenging Swedish stereotypes
AFP, Published on 08/01/2020
» ÄNGELHOLM (SWEDEN) - For a quarter century, Koenigsegg has been making supercars for a niche market typically reserved for Italian luxury brands, while challenging perceptions of Swedish modesty.
Warming forcing Arctic animals to change feeding habits
AFP, Published on 06/03/2019
» TOKYO: Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found.
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'
AFP, Published on 16/03/2018
» KOE TAN KAUK (MYANMAR) - Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.