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Man sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill Trump in 2024
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» FORT PIERCE (UNITED STATES) - A man who plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September 2024, two months before the US election, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
West Bank Bedouin community driven out by Israeli settler violence
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» RAS 'EIN AL 'AUJA (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - With heavy hearts, Bedouins in a West Bank village dismantle their sheep pens and load belongings onto trucks, forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory by rising settler violence.
US offered Kyiv 15 years of security guarantees, Zelensky says
AFP, Published on 29/12/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The US has offered Ukraine "solid" security guarantees for 15 years with a possibility of an extension but Kyiv is seeking a longer period, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday after meeting Donald Trump.
Zelensky says Russia preparing for new 'year of war'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday Russia was preparing to wage a new "year of war" on his country in 2026, after his counterpart Vladimir Putin said Moscow would "certainly" achieve its objectives.
‘Land without laws’: Israeli settlers force out Bedouins
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» AL-HATHRURA, Palestinian Territories - As relentless harassment from Israeli settlers drove his brothers from their Bedouin community in the central occupied West Bank, Ahmed Kaabneh remained determined to stay on the land his family had lived on for generations.
In Istanbul, pope meets bereaved family, prays with Armenians
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» ISTANBUL - Pope Leo XIV wraps up a four-day trip to Turkey on Sunday after a warm welcome by its tiny Christian community, before heading to Lebanon with a message of peace for the crisis-mired nation.
'Stranded, stressed' giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroached
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» NAIVASHA — Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.
US shutdown poker: Which side has the winning hand?
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Washington is in a standoff and the chips are down -- with the government shuttered for weeks, federal workers stuck in limbo and millions who rely on health insurance subsidies scared of losing the shirt off their backs.
Chinese airlines oppose US plan to stop them flying over Russia on way to America
South China Morning Post, Published on 16/10/2025
» HONG KONG — All major Chinese airlines operating flights to the United States have formally opposed or asked for reconsideration of a proposal from the United States government that could bar them from flying over Russian airspace on US routes as early as next month.
Greta Thunberg lands in Greece with expelled Gaza flotilla activists
AFP, Published on 07/10/2025
» ATHENS - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Monday alongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza, AFP journalists saw.