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Colombian guerrillas free Liverpool striker Luis Diaz's kidnapped dad
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» VALLEDUPAR (COLOMBIA) - Colombia's ELN guerrilla group on Thursday freed the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, ending a 12-day ordeal by handing the kidnapped man over to a humanitarian mission.
Death of 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry causes shock
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Shock over the sudden death of Matthew Perry, troubled star of the beloved "Friends" sitcom, rippled from Hollywood to his boyhood home in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the world would remember his "joy."
'We don't exist': Pakistan's Ahmadi minority living in fear
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» RABWAH (PAKISTAN) - Sadia Amjad's father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of the minority Ahmadiyya sect that has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan.
Families endure grief's 'open wound' a year after nursery massacre
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» NA KLANG, Nong Bua Lamphu - Clutching a well-worn teddy named "Little Bear", Paweenuch Supolwong fiddles with Buddhist amulets hanging heavy on her neck as her grandmother tells of the trauma still afflicting the four-year-old.
President under house arrest after Gabon coup
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE, Gabon: Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.
Gabon officers say election result cancelled, 'regime' ended
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE - A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime" and cancelling an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.
Kenya's Odinga rules out talks over protests without mediator
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Opposition leader Raila Odinga told AFP Wednesday that he would not hold talks with President William Ruto without a third-party mediator after months of anti-government protests.
UK announces toughened up sanctions regime against Iran
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» LONDON - Britain on Thursday announced plans for a tougher sanctions regime against Iran over alleged human rights violations and hostile actions against its opponents on UK soil.
Erdogan: Turkey's undisputed titan enters third decade of rule
AFP, Published on 29/05/2023
» ISTANBUL - Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented his status as the most important figure in modern Turkish history, after victory in Sunday's presidential runoff extended his transformative two-decade rule to 2028.
Ethiopia's Tigray war displaced stage demonstrations
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - Thousands of people displaced by the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region staged protests Tuesday demanding to be able to return home and calling for the withdrawal of "invading forces", witnesses and local television said.