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100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released: UN source, presidency
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» MINNA (NIGERIA) - Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said Sunday, though the fate of the 165 students and staff thought to remain in captivity remains unclear.
'We chose it': PKK fighters cherish life in Iraq's mountains
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» QANDIL MOUNTAINS — A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company.
China warns it will 'crush' foreign efforts to interfere over Taiwan
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2025
» BEIJING/TAIPEI — China warned on Wednesday it would "crush" any foreign attempts to interfere over Taiwan, after Japan announced plans to deploy missiles on an island near democratically-governed Taiwan.
Taiwan can join Apec summit if it sticks to one-China principle, Beijing says
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/11/2025
» HONG KONG — Taiwan's participation in next year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen as a regional economy will depend on its adherence to the one-China principle, Beijing said on Wednesday, amid growing cross-strait tensions.
Taiwan does not want China's 'one country, two systems', president says
Reuters, Published on 31/10/2025
» HUKOU, Taiwan - Taiwan does not want China's "one country, two systems" and must uphold its freedom and democracy, and resolve to defend itself, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, rejecting Beijing's latest push to get the island to come under Chinese control.
Cameroon's veteran leader Paul Biya wins controversial eighth term
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» YAOUNDé - The world's oldest head of state Paul Biya, 92, has extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon's presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, in the face of a fierce protest by his rival.
China's Xi calls for 'reunification' in message to new Taiwan opposition leader
Reuters, Published on 19/10/2025
» BEIJING/TAIPEI - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Sunday for efforts to advance "reunification" in a message of congratulations to the new leader of Taiwan's main opposition party, whose election took place amid accusations of interference by Beijing.
China says Taiwan president is 'prostituting' himself, after interview lauding Trump
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2025
» BEIJING — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is "prostituting" himself to foreigners to try and win their favour but his schemes are doomed to fail, China's government said on Wednesday after he gave an interview lauding US President Donald Trump.
PM calls for action after gold heist
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul yesterday emphasised that local police and military units are fully responsible for maintaining public safety in the deep South, following a robbery at a gold shop in Narathiwat on Sunday.
Stolen gold already out of Thailand, says defence minister
Online Reporters, Published on 07/10/2025
» Sunday's 35-million-baht gold robbery in Narathiwat was the work of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group according to the defence minister, and the looted gold is believed to have been smuggled across the border into Malaysia.