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White House lashes out at 'South Park' Trump parody
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The White House on Thursday lashed out at the creators of "South Park" after the bawdy satire skewered Donald Trump in an episode featuring an AI-generated version of the US president crawling naked through a desert.
Muslim pilgrims 'stone the devil' as hajj concludes in Saudi
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Iranians' World Cup dream crushed by US travel ban
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» TEHRAN — A year out from kick-off, Iranian football fans are watching their World Cup dream slip away after a US travel ban barred them from entering the land of "Great Satan" to cheer on their team.
Crowds 'stone the devil' in final hajj ritual
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic draws to a close.
Julian Sands: 'A Room with a View' star who forged eclectic career
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» LONDON - Julian Sands, whose body was identified Tuesday after he disappeared in January while hiking in California, was a British actor who shot to fame as the romantic hero in 1980s period drama "A Room with a View".
Hamburg gunman: disturbed entrepreneur who penned apocalyptic book
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» HAMBURG: Details are emerging about the gunman who shot dead six Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, painting a picture of a disturbed businessman who battled paranoia and penned an apocalypse-themed book.
Abe murder spotlights Unification Church controversy in Japan
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» TOKYO - The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the group.
Divided soul: rival Orthodox churches wage shadow war in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As war rages across Ukraine, Mykhaylo Tereshchenko is locked in his own spiritual battle that risks tearing his parish apart.
Hamas gunman kills one, wounds 3 in Jerusalem before being shot dead
AFP, Published on 22/11/2021
» JERUSALEM - A militant of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement opened fire Sunday in Jerusalem's Old City, killing one person and wounding three before he was shot dead, Israeli officials, police and medics said.
Pilgrims head to Mecca for 2nd pandemic hajj
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» MECCA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pilgrims will begin to arrive in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic with only fully vaccinated residents permitted to participate.