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Calls for accountability over lethal Hong Kong fire silenced
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Not long before he was reportedly detained, Miles Kwan approached commuters outside a Hong Kong train station, urging them to demand accountability for the deadly inferno that tore through nearby apartment blocks.
'Couldn’t do anything': deadly Hong Kong fire devours homes of thousands
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Residents anxiously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday at a temporary shelter as one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires in decades engulfed a 2,000-unit high-rise complex.
Trump demands probe into Epstein links to Bill Clinton
AFP, Published on 15/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Friday he wants the Justice Department and FBI to investigate links between the late alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and former Democratic president Bill Clinton.
UN rights council orders probe of Sudan atrocities
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to probe alleged atrocities in El-Fasher in Sudan and to seek to identify perpetrators so they can be brought to justice.
US military personnel do not risk prosecution for drug strikes: Justice Dept
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department on Wednesday defended lethal military strikes on suspected drug traffickers, brushing aside charges they may amount to extrajudicial killings that merit legal prosecution.
India probes deadly Delhi car blast
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» NEW DELHI - India’s defence minister vowed on Tuesday that those responsible for a deadly car explosion in the heart of the capital that killed at least eight people will face justice.
US strikes on alleged drug boats kill 6 more people
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - US forces have killed six more people in strikes on alleged drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the campaign's total number of deaths -- which critics describe as illegal executions -- to 76.
Engine fell off US cargo plane before deadly crash: officials
AFP, Published on 06/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - The death toll from a cargo plane crash in the southern US state of Kentucky rose to 11 on Wednesday, with investigators saying the accident was caused by one of the engines catching fire and detaching during takeoff.
North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» SEOUL - A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul's military said.
One dead in explosion at Ecuador shopping centre
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador- One person was killed and several more were injured in an explosion on Tuesday at a busy shopping centre in the port city of Guayaquil, local authorities said, as Ecuador grapples with a surge of violence related to the Latin American drug trade.