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Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered 9 people
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» TOKYO - Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.
For Turkish city named after founder, centenary holds special significance
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» KEMALIYE (TURKEY) - Standing at the foot of the cliff overlooking Kemaliye, the golden statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of the nation, evokes the glorious past of this small town in eastern Turkey.
Grief and suspicion in Ukraine village hit by deadly strike
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» GROZA (UKRAINE) - Galina Yudina, from the tiny Ukrainian village of Groza, is still reeling from the shock of Russia's missile strike that killed more than 50 people just a few dozen metres from her.
Russian missile strike on Ukraine village wreaks carnage
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» GROZA, Ukraine: Spread out on the grass opposite the ruins of a cafe, blackened and dismembered bodies lay among the carnage wrought by a Russian missile strike on the eastern Ukrainian village of Groza.
Car bombs rock Ecuador capital as prisoners seize 57 guards, police
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» QUITO - Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants: HRW
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» LONDON - Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.
Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants: HRW
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» LONDON - Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.
Leftist lawyer leads as violence-hit Ecuador heads to run-off poll
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» QUITO - Leftist frontrunner Luisa Gonzalez looked set to take on a surprise candidate, the youthful son of one of Ecuador's richest men, in a run-off election in October, official results showed Sunday.
Ecuador to vote in election dominated by 'horror' of violence
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» QUITO - Ecuador will hold a presidential election Sunday after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation.
Ecuador counts the cost of days-long riot as guards freed
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» QUITO - Seventeen Ecuador corrections officials held hostage by prison inmates were freed Wednesday, authorities said, as they struggled to compile a death toll from the dismembered body parts left over from days of fighting between rival gangs.