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Italy's spread-out Olympics face transport challenge
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» MILAN, Italy - One of the biggest challenges in this month's Winter Olympics may be off the slopes: moving hundreds of thousands of spectators and athletes over a swath of northern Italy.
In Somalia, a shaky front line barely holds back the 'dogs of war'
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» AW DHEEGLE — The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia's Al-Shabaab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position.
Five survivors pulled from collapsed Indonesian school
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» SIDOARJO, Indonesia - Rescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed school in Indonesia on Wednesday as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.
Coffee and cash: how Hamas pays its civil servants in secret
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — One of thousands of public servants in Gaza's Hamas-run government, Karim, a public works ministry employee, received what seemed like an ordinary message on his phone: an invitation "for a coffee".
Lebanon cabinet meets again on Hezbollah disarmament
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» BEIRUT — Lebanon's cabinet met on Thursday for the second time in days to discuss disarming Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed group rejected the government's decision to take away its weapons.
Gaza peace talks stalled by troop withdrawal dispute
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» GAZA CITY - Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel’s proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on Saturday.
Freed Israeli hostage recounts 484-day nightmare in Gaza
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» TEL AVIV - More than four months since his release from Gaza, former hostage Keith Siegel bears the mental scars of 484 days of captivity in destroyed buildings and tunnels in the hands of Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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.
Buchenwald camp survivor recounts liberation, 80 years on
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» PARIS - Jacques Moalic, a 102-year-old former Agence France-Presse journalist, remembers vividly the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by American troops 80 years ago.
Ghosts of past spies haunt London underground tunnels
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» LONDON - Behind a blue door in a narrow London passage lies a little-known network of tunnels deep underground, once home to British spies and a secret long-distance telephone exchange.