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After 844 days, Israel turns off Hostages Square clock
Reuters, Published on 27/01/2026
» TEL AVIV - A clock in a Tel Aviv square that became a rallying point for Israelis demanding the release of hostages taken during the October 2023 Hamas attack will be turned off on Tuesday, 844 days after it began counting their captivity.
Nato chief's tactic on Trump's Greenland threats? Change topic
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) — US President Donald Trump's demands to take over North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) ally Denmark's territory Greenland have thrust alliance chief Mark Rutte into an uncomfortable position.
Venezuelan capital quiet, streets emtpy after US strike
AFP, Published on 04/01/2026
» CARACAS - A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela's capital Caracas Saturday as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning US strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro.
Swan on tracks halts bullet train services in northeastern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2025
» Bullet train services on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan were temporarily suspended on Wednesday morning after a swan was spotted on the tracks, the railway operator said.
France marks decade since harrowing Paris attacks
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» PARIS - France on Thursday marks a decade since suffering its worst attack, with the only surviving assailant jailed for life and plans for a long-term memorial.
Archaeologists unearth clues on French colonial massacre in Senegal cemetery
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» THIAROYE — Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind a WWII-era massacre by French colonial forces.
Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and old
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» SYDNEY — High above Sydney's beaches, drones seek one of the world's deadliest predators, scanning for the flick of a tail, the swish of a fin or a shadow slipping through the swell.
Ecuador's president says he was target of attempted poisoning
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» QUITO - Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa said Thursday that an unknown assailant had attempted to poison him with chocolate and a jam laced with chemicals, gifted to him at a public event.
Two dead in stampede at Kenya funeral for opposition leader Odinga
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» NAIROBI - Two people died and dozens were injured in a stampede at the state funeral of Kenya's revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday as crowds rushed to see his coffin, Doctors Without Borders said.
Peru to impose state of emergency in capital after wave of violence
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» LIMA - Peru's new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organised crime.