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Bangladesh PM-elect and lawmakers sworn in
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» DHAKA - Bangladesh’s prime minister-to-be Tarique Rahman and lawmakers were sworn into parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first elected representatives since a deadly 2024 uprising.
UN experts link Guatemala's attorney general to illegal adoptions
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» GUATEMALA CITY — United Nations (UN) experts on Monday called for an investigation into Guatemala's Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras for possible involvement in illegal adoptions of Indigenous children in the 1980s, during the country's civil war.
Thirty four Australians released from Syrian camp holding IS-affiliated families
Published on 16/02/2026
» ROJ CAMP — Syrian Kurdish forces on Monday released 34 Australians who were detained in a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Syria, saying they would be flown to Australia from Damascus.
Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
'Ultra-left' blamed for youth's killing that shocked France
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» LYON - France's government said Sunday the "ultra-left" was behind the fatal beating of a French youth aligned with the far right, after the killing inflamed political tension ahead of March local elections.
Canada PM to mourn with grieving town, new details on shooter emerge
AFP, Published on 14/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE, Briotish Columbia - A grief-stricken community in western Canada will mourn with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, who headed to the remote town of Tumbler Ridge to honour victims of a mass shooting.
German leader urges US to repair ties with Europe
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» MUNICH - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged on Friday that a rift had opened up between Europe and the United States but issued an appeal to Washington: “Let’s repair and revive transatlantic trust together.”
Merz, Macron to address first day of Munich security meet
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» MUNICH — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron will Friday address the first day of the Munich Security Conference at a time of strained ties between Europe and the United States.
Tearful Canadian mother mourns daughter before Carney visits town shaken by killings
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE — A grieving Canadian mother whose daughter was murdered in a mass school shooting addressed the public on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to a community in mourning.
Tourists empty out of Cuba as US fuel blockade bites
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» HAVANA — With rolling power cuts, hotel closures, and flight routes suspended for lack of fuel, tourists are gradually emptying out of Cuba, deepening a severe crisis on the cash-strapped island.