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Hundreds arrested, roads barricaded in New Caledonia as riots continue
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2024
» SYDNEY - Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday morning, adding at least four alleged instigators were under house arrest.
At least 123 killed in Chile wildfire inferno
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2024
» VINA DEL MAR - The death toll from wildfires raging across central Chile hit 123 on Monday as helicopters dumped tons of water on blazes and emergency crews told reporters they were still finding bodies buried in the wreckage three days after the fires took hold.
Modi hails India’s ‘new era’ with opening of major Hindu temple
Published on 22/01/2024
» Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled his party’s decades-long promise by consecrating a controversial Hindu temple in northern India on Monday, marking a new milestone in the popular leader’s project of reshaping the country into a more avowedly Hindu nation.
Curfew partially lifted in SLeone capital after clashes killed 13 soldiers
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» FREETOWN - Clashes that shook Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Sunday left 13 dead in the ranks of the army loyal to the government, and were orchestrated by active and retired soldiers, the army spokesperson said Monday.
S.Leone under curfew after military armoury attacked
AFP, Published on 26/11/2023
» FREETOWN - Armed clashes erupted in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Sunday in what the government said was an attack on a military armoury, as it imposed an immediate national curfew.
S.Leone imposes curfew after military armoury attacked
AFP, Published on 26/11/2023
» FREETOWN - A military armoury in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government announced, as it imposed an immediate national curfew.
Polls open in Madagascar presidential election hit by boycott
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» ANTANANARIVO - Polls opened on Thursday in Madagascar's presidential election, which is being boycotted by most opposition candidates over concerns about the vote's integrity.
Myanmar junta imposes curfew amid surge in rebel-led fighting
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2023
» YANGON - Myanmar's junta has imposed a curfew in the western city of Sittwe, according to a government document and media reports, amid a surge in fighting on several fronts between the military and ethnic minority insurgent groups.
150 dead as 'catastrophic' storm floods hit Libya
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» BENGHAZI (LIBYA) - At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.
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.