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Rescue teams evacuate flood-ravaged Australian town
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» CAIRNS (AUSTRALIA) - Rescue teams on Tuesday evacuated a flood-ravaged town in northeastern Australia, racing to airlift hundreds of people to safety before they run out of food and water.
Israeli forces battle Hamas in southern Gaza
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the Oct 7 attacks.
Israeli forces encircle main southern Gaza city
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestiian territories - Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza's main city on Wednesday, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war.
Israeli strikes rock Gaza for second day after truce collapse
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza for a second day on Saturday after a week-long truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension.
Israel pressured to protect Gaza civilians as fighting encircles hospital
AFP, Published on 11/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel faced growing calls Saturday to protect civilians in Gaza as its battle with Hamas encircled the territory's main hospital, where an aid agency described the situation as "catastrophic".
Fierce street-by-street combat in Gaza City
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli troops and Hamas were locked in heavy, close quarters fighting in Gaza City on Thursday, including a 10-hour battle that Israel said toppled one of the Palestinian militants' "strongholds".
Israel pounds Gaza City as tens of thousands flee
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza City on Thursday as soldiers battled street-by-street with Hamas militants, and tens of thousands of Palestinians desperate for safety fled their homes southwards in the besieged territory.
Fighting flares in DR Congo forcing 50,000 to flee
AFP, Published on 08/10/2023
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - Rival armed groups have clashed in DR Congo's east killing five civilians and forcing more than 50,000 to flee, the United Nations said Saturday, after a six-month lull in fighting.
Russia holds local polls marked by Ukraine campaign
AFP, Published on 10/09/2023
» MOSCOW: There is little suspense over the results of Russian local elections ending Sunday, with no real opposition and ballots in occupied regions denounced as "fake" by Kyiv and the West.
North Korea confirms June launch of military spy satellite: KCNA
AFP, Published on 30/05/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea has confirmed it will launch a reconnaissance satellite in June, saying it is needed to monitor military movements of the United States and its partners in real time, state media reported Tuesday, citing a senior defence official.