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China accuses US's Hegseth of 'vilifying' remarks at security forum
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2025
» BEIJING - China has protested to the United States over "vilifying" remarks made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the foreign ministry said on Sunday, while accusing it of deliberately ignoring calls for peace from regional nations.
Speed demons: the 'uriko' beer vendors of Japanese baseball
AFP, Published on 13/06/2023
» TOKYO - In between chanting fans at Japan's Tokyo Dome baseball stadium race an army of women in fluorescent uniforms carrying unwieldy backpacks with attached spray-guns.
Turkey's undefeated Erdogan nears knife-edge vote
AFP, Published on 07/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next Sunday puts his two-decade legacy on the line in a knife-edge vote against a powerful alliance built on anger over economic hardship and his authoritarian turn.
Jihadists spread from the Sahel to coastal West Africa
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» COTONOU - Their campaign began in northern Mali a decade ago, advanced into the country's powder-keg centre and from there into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso.
Macron expected to announce Mali withdrawal
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron this week will announce that French troops will be withdrawn from Mali and redeployed elsewhere in the Sahel following a breakdown in ties with the country's military regime, concurring sources say.
New law stokes tension in Nigeria's blighted oil delta
AFP, Published on 01/09/2021
» EJAMAH-EBUBU (NIGERIA) - Nigerian farmer Nwale Nchimaonwi celebrated when he learnt that an oil law to overhaul the industry and improve the plight of communities living on crude-producing land had passed after two decades wait.
Greece, Turkey battle fierce fires as heatwave continues
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» ATHENS - Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on the outskirts of Athens on Friday as dozens of fires raged in Greece in what the prime minister dubbed a "critical situation," while neighbouring Turkey came under increasing pressure over its handling of wildfires.
Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» CARACAS - A Venezuelan soldier takes cover behind an armored vehicle. For 48 hours he has ducked flying bullets.
China weighs risk and reward in a Taliban-led Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» BEIJING: The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and seemingly unstoppable march of the Taliban opens a strategic door to China that is laden with both risk and opportunity.
Police remove east Jerusalem barricades after violent protests
AFP, Published on 26/04/2021
» JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Sunday allowed Palestinians to gather in a flashpoint plaza outside Jerusalem's walled Old City, in a move apparently aimed at easing tensions after days of clashes.