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Wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant arrested on return to US
AFP, Published on 07/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - The Salvadoran migrant at the heart of a row over President Donald Trump's hardline deportation policies was returned to the United States on Friday and arrested on human smuggling charges.
Syria to Libya to the EU: how people-smugglers operate
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» BEIRUT: For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean.
Around 60 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy
AFP, Published on 27/02/2023
» CUTRO (ITALY) - At least 59 migrants, including 11 children and a newborn baby, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, officials said.
'The Last of Us' -- a new test for video game adaptations
AFP, Published on 15/01/2023
» NEW YORK - However thrilling they are to play, video games rarely translate well to the big or small screen -- indeed, the crossover genre is littered with flops.
Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
Trouser snakes: US smuggler admits carrying reptiles in pants
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - A man who hid snakes and lizards in his trousers as he tried to sneak them into the United States as part of a $750,000 reptile smuggling enterprise faces decades in prison, officials said Wednesday.
Russia 'ready' to discuss prisoner swap after Griner jailing
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» MOSCOW - Russia said Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner.
Russian court: US basketball star Griner guilty
AFP, Published on 04/08/2022
» KHIMKI (RUSSIA): Russian prosecutors on Thursday requested that United States basketball star Brittney Griner be sentenced to nine and a half years in prison on drug smuggling charges.
Resuming talks with Russia, Blinken offers 'substantial' deal on prisoners
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States has made a "substantial proposal" to Russia to free Americans including basketball star Brittney Griner, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as he announced he will speak to his Moscow counterpart for the first time since the Ukraine war.
Cyprus takes risky bet on casinos
AFP, Published on 01/06/2022
» LIMASSOL (CYPRUS) - Europe's largest gaming resort, the City of Dreams Mediterranean, is emerging from bulldozed vineyards and lemon groves on Cyprus's southern coast.