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Ukraine signs deal with Greece for winter deliveries of US gas
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» ATHENS - Ukraine signed a deal with Greece on Sunday for winter deliveries of American liquefied natural gas to Kyiv, as Ukrainian energy infrastructure is battered by Russian strikes.
Indian state blames cricket team for deadly stampede
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» BENGALURU (INDIA) - State authorities blamed the management of India's Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricket team for last month's deadly stampede during celebrations for their first IPL title.
China launches military drills in Taiwan Strait
AFP, Published on 02/04/2025
» TAIPEI - The Chinese military announced new exercises Wednesday in sensitive waters near Taiwan, in a second consecutive day of drills around the self-ruled island it claims as its own.
Hamas fires at Tel Aviv in first riposte to deadly Israel assault
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas said it fired rockets at Israeli commercial hub Tel Aviv on Thursday in its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of air and ground operations in Gaza.
'Living in dictatorship': Istanbul mayor's arrest sparks anger
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» ISTANBUL - "We're living in a dictatorship," said Kuzey, an Istanbul shopkeeper after police detained the city's popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption allegations.
Focus on Arctic, Canada boosts northern forces
AFP, Published on 25/02/2025
» YELLOWKNIFE, Canada - In the mess hall of a Canadian military base a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere pointed to a map highlighting the region that is becoming a national priority.
One dead, several police wounded in 'Islamist' knife attack in France
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» MULHOUSE (FRANCE) - One person died and two police officers were seriously injured Saturday in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an "Islamist terror act".
Israel bombs Gaza as UN weighs new ceasefire call
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israel launched more deadly strikes on Gaza Tuesday as the UN Security Council was due to vote on another ceasefire demand and concern mounted over the conflict's impact on global shipping.
Israel steps up war as Hamas says Gaza deaths near 10,000
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli forces pushed on with intense strikes targeting Palestinian militants in Gaza on Monday as the war neared one month and the Hamas-run health ministry's death toll approached 10,000 inside the besieged territory.
Blinken visits West Bank as fierce fighting roils Gaza
AFP, Published on 05/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas as Israel pressed its war to destroy Hamas that has already claimed thousands of lives.