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Two Louvre heist suspects a couple with children: prosecutor
AFP, Published on 03/11/2025
» PARIS - Small-time criminals are believed to be behind the spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre, the top Paris prosecutor said Sunday, adding that two of the suspects are a couple with children.
Two more suspects including woman charged over Louvre heist
AFP, Published on 02/11/2025
» PARIS - Two more suspects, a man and a woman arrested this week over the jewel heist at the Louvre, were on Saturday charged and remanded in custody, prosecutors said.
Dutch vote in test for Europe's far right
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» THE HAGUE — The Dutch headed to the polls Wednesday for a snap election seen as a litmus test for the strength of the far right, which has made powerful gains across Europe.
UK police arrest wrongly-released asylum seeker jailed for sex assault
Published on 26/10/2025
» LONDON - British officials said on Sunday they had arrested Hadush Kebatu, a migrant sex offender whose offences led to weeks of protests and who was mistakenly released from prison, in north London after a nearly three-day manhunt and would deport him.
US pushes plan to disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» JERUSALEM - US Vice President JD Vance warned on Wednesday of the tough task ahead in disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure its ally Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal.
UK, US sanction Southeast Asian scam networks
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2025
» LONDON: Britain and the United States on Tuesday sanctioned a Southeast Asia-based multinational network accused of operating large-scale online scam centres that used trafficked workers to defraud victims around the world.
Hong Kong in fight for foreign university students as Singapore emerges as rival
Published on 13/10/2025
» The number of international first-year students at Hong Kong's public universities remained below pre-pandemic levels in the last academic year despite the government doubling quotas for non-locals, with an admissions official saying Singapore has emerged as a growing education powerhouse.
Countdown to hostage release as Trump to host Gaza peace summit
AFP, Published on 12/10/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas will release its remaining hostages on Monday and will play no role in Gaza's future government, the group told AFP, as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders prepared to convene in Egypt for a major peace summit.
Peru ousts president blamed for failing to stem crime
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» LIMA - Lawmakers in Peru removed president Dina Boluarte from office just after midnight on Friday, ending a stint in office plagued by protests, corruption probes and rampant crime.
Three dead, 38 trapped in Indonesia school collapse
Published on 30/09/2025
» SIDOARJO, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers were racing on Tuesday to find 38 people feared trapped beneath the rubble of an Islamic boarding school that collapsed in East Java during afternoon prayers, killing three, according to disaster officials.