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Gaza truce talks resume in Qatar as violence shows no let-up
AFP, Published on 05/01/2025
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel confirmed on Saturday that negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal had resumed in Qatar, as rescuers said more than 30 people had been killed in fresh bombardment of the territory.
Defeat of Syria's Assad stirs a mother's bitterness
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» TARTUS (SYRIA) - In the villages above the Syrian port city of Tartus they once hailed the sons who died fighting in Bashar al-Assad's service as martyrs.
Switzerland: land of languages, neutrality, farmers and pharma
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» GENEVA - A land renowned for cheese, chocolate and banks, Switzerland, nestled in the heart of Europe, held its general election on Sunday.
Residents leave Ukraine's Chasiv Yar to escape Bakhmut fighting
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» CHASIV YAR (UKRAINE) - As a Soviet army conscript, Vasil Slabun helped in the clean-up of radioactive material after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.
Zelensky visits Donbas near 'difficult' Ukraine front
AFP, Published on 06/12/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday visited the frontline region of Donetsk in east Ukraine, describing fighting in the area as "difficult" with Russian forces pushing to capture the industrial city of Bakhmut.
Ukraine leader orders probe after conscript shoots five dead
AFP, Published on 27/01/2022
» KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered police to investigate a mass shooting carried out by a member of the national guard that left five dead and several others fighting for their lives.
UN: 9m face hunger in war-torn northern Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 26/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA: The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday that the number of people requiring food aid in war-torn northern Ethiopia had surged to more than nine million.
Ethiopia imposes new restrictions on sharing information on war
AFP, Published on 26/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - War-hit Ethiopia has announced new rules against sharing information on battlefield outcomes in the war against Tigrayan rebels, a move that could bring sanctions against journalists.
Rebel march on Ethiopia capital to worsen humanitarian crisis: US
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday endorsed a state of emergency after rebels advanced on the capital, sparking a US warning that an aid crisis that has already plunged hundreds of thousands into hunger could worsen further.
Rebels say Ethiopia capital could fall within weeks as US plans to send envoy
AFP, Published on 03/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as Washington announced it would send a US envoy to the country to hold talks.