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The foreign POWs stuck in Ukrainian prison limbo
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — "Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
Parents of abducted Nigerian students plead for rescue
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» PAPIRI, Nigeria - Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak.
Iraqis vote in general election in rare moment of calm
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» BAGHDAD — Iraqis began voting for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, in an election that both Iran and the United States will be closely watching.
Egypt frees rights activist after Sisi pardon
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» CAIRO - Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family in an emotional celebration following a long-awaited pardon by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Cambodia's border refugees waiting to head home but still wary after ceasefire
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2025
» SAMRAONG — On Cambodia's northwestern border, residents staying in makeshift refugee shelters were waiting to head home on Tuesday after a fierce five-day conflict with neighbouring Thailand ended in a ceasefire effective from Monday night.
Bone collectors: searching for WWII remains in Okinawa
AFP, Published on 23/06/2025
» ITOMAN (JAPAN) - Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human remains have lain forgotten since World War II.
‘I’m alive’: Russian Kursk evacuees reunite with families
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» RUSSIA - Russian pensioner Olga Shkuratova trembled, clutching a scrap of paper bearing a handwritten phone number for her son.
Hong Kong man, 29, lured to Southeast Asian 'scam farm' returns home
South China Morning Post, Published on 28/01/2025
» A Hong Konger who was lured to Southeast Asia and held captive at a "scam farm" in Myanmar since October returned to the city on Monday, as the government revealed that a security official would remain in Bangkok to continue efforts to rescue 10 other residents stranded in similar fraud centres in the region.
Israeli security cabinet to finalise ceasefire deal
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» JERUSALEM — Israel's security cabinet was set to meet Friday to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend.
Israeli cabinet to vote on Gaza ceasefire deal
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel’s cabinet was expected to meet on Thursday to approve a ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas, Israeli media reported, a day after mediators announced an agreement they hope will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.