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Astronauts set to leave ISS in first-ever medical evacuation
AFP, Published on 15/01/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Four crewmembers aboard the International Space Station were set to depart Wednesday after a medical issue prompted their mission to be cut a month short -- a first for the orbiting laboratory.
Hamas says Gaza truce gravely endangered after Israel's prisoner delay
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas on Sunday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal because of the manner it has freed Israeli hostages.
'I want my legs back': Gaza's child amputees
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories - Layan al-Baz cries in agony when the effect fades of the painkillers she receives after her legs were amputated -- the result of a strike on Gaza as Israel fights Hamas.
New Zealand avoid Pakistan whitewash despite Iftikhar run blitz
AFP, Published on 08/05/2023
» KARACHI - Henry Shipley and Rachin Ravindra shared six wickets as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 47 runs in the fifth and final one-day international in Karachi on Sunday.
Iran state TV hacked with image of supreme leader in crosshairs
AFP, Published on 09/10/2022
» PARIS: Hackers backing Iran's wave of women-led protests interrupted a state TV news broadcast with an image of gun-sight crosshairs and flames over the face of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in footage widely shared online on Sunday.
Taliban fighters swap arms for books as hundreds return to school
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» KABUL - Gul Agha Jalali used to spend his nights planting bombs -- hoping to target an Afghan government soldier or, better still, a foreign serviceman.
World squash event in Malaysia axed after Israelis barred
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR - A major squash tournament in Malaysia has been cancelled, the sport's governing body said, after the Muslim-majority country sparked anger by refusing to grant visas for Israeli players.
Afghan pomegranate pickers jobless as fruits rot at shuttered border
AFP, Published on 14/10/2021
» KANDAHAR (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghanistan's festive pomegranate season has begun, but this year thousands of tonnes of the juicy red fruit risk rotting on trucks blocked at Pakistan's frequently shuttered border -- leaving thousands of farm workers unemployed.
Taliban and Afghan forces clash again outside Herat city
AFP, Published on 01/08/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghan and Taliban forces clashed again on the outskirts of Herat on Saturday, a day after a police guard was killed when a United Nations compound in the western city came under attack.
Afghan war displaced settle in the ruins of a lost city
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» LASHKAR GAH (AFGHANISTAN) - Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes.