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Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» KABUL - When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. "We're not allowed," a doctor told her. "If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison."
Macron takes risk with Palestinian state recognition
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron scored a major diplomatic coup by declaring his intention to recognise a Palestinian state but the move risks being followed by bitter retaliation from Israel while not providing concrete benefits to the Palestinians, analysts and sources say.
Ex-WhatsApp executive sues Meta over alleged security failures
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO (UNITED STATES) - A former top security executive at WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that parent company Meta systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures.
UN sets 2027 exit for Lebanon peacekeepers after Israeli strikes
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The Security Council voted Thursday for UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027, allowing only one final extension after pressure from Israel and its US ally to end the nearly 50-year-old force.
Germany suspends arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» BERLIN - Germany will halt the export of military equipment to Israel which could be used in the Gaza Strip, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday, reacting to Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.
Global acute hunger hits new high, 2025 outlook 'bleak'
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» PARIS - More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other crises -- and the outlook is "bleak" for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a United Nations-backed report said Friday.
Iran, US to hold new round of high-level nuclear talks
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» MUSCAT (OMAN) - The United States and Iran were to hold a fresh round of technical and high-level nuclear negotiations in Oman on Saturday, after both sides reported progress in previous meetings.
Trump seeks 'fair deal' with China but pathway unclear
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday played up prospects of a "fair deal" on trade with China, but his top officials offered few details of how Washington might de-escalate its damaging tariff war with Beijing.
Trump insists he could fire independent Fed Chair Powell
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that he could force out the head of the independent Federal Reserve, lashing out after Jerome Powell warned of tariffs-fueled inflation.
Lesotho hardest hit as new US tariffs rattle Africa
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» JOHANNESBURG — The small African kingdom of Lesotho said Thursday it would "urgently" send a government delegation to the United States to plead its case after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation.