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Colombian senator kidnapped, president targeted in election run-up
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» BOGOTá - A Colombian senator was rescued from kidnappers Tuesday as the country's president reported an attempt on his own life in the run-up to elections that observers have warned could be marred by violence.
89 kidnapped Nigerian Christians released
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KADUNA (NIGERIA) - The last 89 Christians held captive since criminal gangs attacked three churches in northern Nigeria in mid-January were released on Thursday, following a spate of mass kidnappings in the country.
Gunmen kill at least 162 in new Nigeria attack
AFP, Published on 04/02/2026
» KWARA — Gunmen killed at least 162 people in Nigeria's Kwara state in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent months, a Red Cross official said Wednesday.
12 Gaza deaths blamed on Israeli airstrikes
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2026
» GAZA - Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 12 people, the Palestinian health ministry said on Saturday, with children reported to be among the fatalities in the latest violence rattling a tenuous ceasefire.
Three shot dead in Australia, town in lockdown
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2026
» SYDNEY — Three people have been shot dead in an attack in the Australian state of New South Wales, police said on Thursday, with local media reporting the gunman remained at large and the shooting was a suspected incident of domestic violence.
Australian lawmakers pass stricter gun, hate crime laws
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SYDNEY - Australian lawmakers passed tougher hate crime and gun laws Tuesday, weeks after gunmen targeting a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach killed 15 people.
World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2025
» Dec 31 - 10...nine...eight...As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.
Accused Bondi shooters did 'tactical' training in countryside, Australian police say
AFP, Published on 22/12/2025
» SYDNEY - The two suspects in the mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach carried out "tactical" training in the countryside, police alleged on Monday, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised to the country's Jewish community and vowed tougher laws against extremism.
Nigerian government frees 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren
AFP, Published on 22/12/2025
» ABUJA - Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month.
Australia falls silent, lights candles for Bondi Beach shooting victims
AFP, Published on 21/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Australians fell silent in flickering candlelight Sunday to honour the Bondi Beach shooting victims, marking one week since gunmen fired into crowds at a Jewish festival.