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10 vessels attacked in Hormuz Strait: analysts
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - About 10 vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have come under attack since Iran blocked the strategic waterway in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes, data analysis groups report.
Tehran fuel dumps burn as Iran warns it can fight for months
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Huge fireballs and clouds of thick smoke erupted over Tehran on Sunday after US-Israeli air strikes hit fuel depots in the city, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to fight on for months to come.
Liverpool, Man City and Barcelona ease into Champions League last 16
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» PARIS - Liverpool, Manchester City and Barcelona booked last-16 places in the Champions League on Wednesday, as holders Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid missed out on the top eight.
Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up
AFP, Published on 21/01/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?
Uganda counts votes amid reports of violence
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» KAMPALA - Uganda’s opposition said its leader Bobi Wine was under house arrest on Friday, after an election that also saw a member of parliament accuse security forces of killing 10 people at his home.
Numerous teenagers among the dead identified in Swiss bar blaze, police say
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2026
» ZURICH: Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old were among those who died in the bar fire on New Year's Eve that killed 40 people in Switzerland, police said on Sunday, as the Pope passed on his sympathies to the victims and their families.
Up to 18,000 could die in major Tokyo quake, mostly from fires: estimate
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2025
» A powerful earthquake that has a high probability of occurring beneath Tokyo and nearby areas within the next few decades could kill up to 18,000 people, with two-thirds of the estimated deaths caused by fires, a government panel showed on Friday.
Grieving families of Air India crash victims await answers
AFP, Published on 12/12/2025
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - A flickering candle casts a dim light on the photo of 12-year-old Akash Patni, a pensive look on the face of the Indian boy who died in a plane crash that has left his family inconsolable.
India nightclub fire kills 23 in Goa
AFP, Published on 07/12/2025
» MUMBAI (INDIA) - A fire at a nightclub in the west Indian state of Goa has killed at least 23 people, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other officials said early Sunday.
‘Very worried’: Hong Kong fire survivors hunt for the missing
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - The morning after saving her elderly neighbour from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, retiree Kwok was trawling through social media groups looking for signs other missing residents were safe on Thursday.