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US ends protection for Somalis amid escalating migrant crackdown
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» MINNEAPOLIS — The United States said Tuesday it would end a special protected status for Somalis, telling them they must leave the country by mid-March under an escalating crackdown on the community.
Guinea junta chief headed for victory in presidential vote
AFP, Published on 29/12/2025
» CONAKRY - Guineans voted in a presidential election Sunday with Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power four years ago, the clear favourite, and the main opposition leaders barred from standing.
Prime minister hopeful Tarique Rahman arrives in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 25/12/2025
» DHAKA — Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh on Thursday by huge crowds of joyous supporters after 17 years in self-imposed exile.
Violence erupts in Bangladesh after wounded youth leader dies
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» DHAKA - Violence broke out in Bangladesh's capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country's 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore.
Salah admired from afar in his Egypt home village as club tensions swirl
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» NAGRIG (EGYPT) - In the Nile Delta village of Nagrig, residents love local son Mohamed Salah from a distance, with ructions between the Egyptian super striker and long-time English club Liverpool doing little to dim his lustre at home.
Poll shows majority in EU see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» PARIS - A majority of citizens across nine European Union countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc’s members and Russia, according to a survey by the polling group Cluster 17 published on Thursday in the French international affairs journal Le Grand Continent.
Landmine casualties hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2025
» GENEVA - Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banning their use, a new report showed on Monday.
Thousands march in Croatia against rise of pro-Nazis
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» ZAGREB - Several thousand people rallied in Croatia's capital on Sunday in an anti-fascist march protesting against the rise of World War II revisionism and far-right views in the country.
Indonesia says 303 dead in 3 provinces due to severe rains
Bloomberg, Published on 30/11/2025
» Indonesia’s national disaster agency has raised its death toll from the severe rains sweeping parts of the archipelago to 303, all in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
S.Africa G20 declaration highlights: minerals, debt, climate
AFP, Published on 23/11/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - Leaders from the G20 group of top economies endorsed Saturday a declaration at a summit in South Africa that highlights issues related to access to critical minerals and measures to cope with climate change.