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France grants safe haven to anti-Kremlin couple detained by ICE
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» PARIS — France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States, but his wife was nowhere to be found after he landed in Paris on Monday. After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russia, Alexei Ishimov, 31, arrived in Paris from Seattle on Monday morning, Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondents saw.
Robert Duvall: understated actor's actor, dead at 95
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Robert Duvall, a prolific, Oscar-winning actor who shunned glitz and won praise as one of his generation's greatest and most versatile artists, has died at age 95.
Spain, Portugal face fresh storms, torrential rain
AFP, Published on 08/02/2026
» RONDA (SPAIN) - Spain and Portugal endured fresh storms and torrential rain that claimed another life Saturday, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Storm Leonardo.
Iranian security officer stabbed, shot dead at protest
AFP, Published on 03/01/2026
» TEHRAN - A member of an Iranian paramilitary force was killed during a demonstration in the country’s west, the Mehr news agency reported on Saturday, the seventh day of protests that have spread to more than two dozen cities.
Fresh clashes kill six in Iran cost-of-living protests
AFP, Published on 02/01/2026
» TEHRAN - Protesters and security forces clashed in three Iranian cities on Thursday, with six people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out.
Conditions ‘beyond horrific’ in captured Sudanese city
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» CAIRO - When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.
'Rescued my soul': Hong Kong firefighters save beloved pets
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» HONG KONG — When Jacky Lee first heard about a raging fire at the Hong Kong housing estate where she lived, she rushed back to save Jason, her 15-year-old grey poodle still at home, fearing she would never see him again.
‘Very worried’: Hong Kong fire survivors hunt for the missing
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - The morning after saving her elderly neighbour from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, retiree Kwok was trawling through social media groups looking for signs other missing residents were safe on Thursday.
'Couldn’t do anything': deadly Hong Kong fire devours homes of thousands
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Residents anxiously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday at a temporary shelter as one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires in decades engulfed a 2,000-unit high-rise complex.
Israel names latest hostage body, families await five more
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel identified on Saturday the latest hostage remains sent back from Gaza by Palestinian militants, leaving only five more bodies to be returned under the US-brokered truce that halted the two-year war.