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Unspoilt corner of Portugal fears arrival of high-end tourism
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» COMPORTA — Above the pine forests and dunes that stretch along the nearly deserted beaches of southwestern Portugal, cranes rise from building sites soon to be luxury hotels -- a sign of the region's contentious transformation into a playground for the wealthy.
Israeli minister threatens to annex parts of Gaza
AFP, Published on 21/03/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened on Friday to annex parts of the Gaza Strip unless Hamas militants release the remaining Israeli hostages held in the war-battered Palestinian territory.
In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon
AFP, Published on 02/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone -- and the first to do so upright.
After celebrations, displaced Gazans return home to destruction
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» JABALIA (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Columns of people hundreds strong were making their way home in northern Gaza on Sunday, flanked on both sides by countless buildings turned to rubble, as a ceasefire took effect in the Palestinian territory.
'City of jinn': magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» BAHLā' (OMAN) - Deep in Oman's parched interior, the ancient oasis town of Bahla abounds with myths of camel-eating, fire-mouthed hyenas and men turning into donkeys -- a reputation for magic and mystery that persists to this day.
Finland to close border crossings with Russia
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» HELSINKI - Finland will close four of its eight eastern border crossings with Russia early Saturday, the government said, accusing Moscow of deliberately turning a blind eye to illegal migrants.
Mob storms Russian airport looking for Israelis
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» MOSCOW - A mob looking for Israelis and Jews overran an airport in Russia's Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday, after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel.
EU scrambles to address migrant surge in Italy
AFP, Published on 16/09/2023
» BRUSSELS - The European Union said on Saturday that its top official Ursula von der Leyen would visit the Italian island of Lampedusa, as Rome called on Brussels for help after a surge in migrant arrivals.
Uncertainty as Covid-era US border rules expire
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» EL PASO (UNITED STATES) - Rules that have allowed US border guards to summarily expel hundreds of thousands of would-be asylum seekers over the last three years expired early Friday, setting up an uncertain future for migrants and inflaming America's always-churning immigration debate.
At least 7 killed in car ramming outside Texas migrant center
AFP, Published on 08/05/2023
» BROWNSVILLE (UNITED STATES) - At least seven people were killed Sunday in south Texas and several others injured when a car plowed through a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid center, police said.