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Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown
AFP, Published on 15/01/2026
» KAMPALA - Uganda was on edge as it headed for elections on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition.
Philippine ex-mayor gets life for scam-centre role
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/11/2025
» A Philippine court has found a former mayor guilty of human trafficking and sentenced her to life imprisonment for her role in setting up a scam centre that victimised foreigners.
Netanyahu eyes hostage breakthrough as Gaza families mourn victims
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's recent war with Iran had created "opportunities" for freeing hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza, where witnesses and rescuers reported more than 30 people killed Sunday.
Sao Paulo's pumas under attack as 'stone jungle' threatens rainforest
AFP, Published on 15/06/2025
» JUNDIAí (BRAZIL) - Apartment blocks and shopping centers sprout like mushrooms around a wild cat sanctuary that shelters pumas recovering from injuries suffered at the hands of mankind in Brazil's Sao Paolo state.
‘Contemplated suicide’: Ethiopians recount SE Asia scam centre horrors
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» NAIROBI - Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatised months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work in scam centres far from home.
Two former Syrian intelligence officials face US war crimes charges
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2024
» WASHINGTON: A US indictment unsealed on Monday charged two former high-ranking Syrian officials under ousted President Bashar al-Assad with war crimes, the US Justice Department said in a statement.
South Korea's parliament passes bill to ban dog meat trade
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2024
» SEOUL - South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare.
Egypt's Sisi pardons researcher a day after jailing sparked outcry
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» CAIRO - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted a pardon Wednesday to researcher Patrick Zaki, state media said, a day after Zaki's three-year jail term sparked an outcry from local rights groups and Western governments.
5 dead, over 70,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» At least five people were killed and over 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.
Kosovo court jails rebel commander for 26 years
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» THE HAGUE: A special Kosovo court in The Hague found a former rebel commander guilty on Friday of murder and torture and jailed him for 26 years in its long-awaited first war crimes verdict.