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DR Congo fans dance in the rain after sealing World Cup spot
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» KINSHASA - Delirious football fans took to the soaked streets of the capital Kinshasa and danced into the night in the rain after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reached the World Cup for the first time in 52 years.
Somaliland centre saves cheetahs from trafficking to Gulf palaces
AFP, Published on 20/03/2026
» HARGEISA - The 127 cheetahs living in a Somaliland sanctuary were all torn away from their mothers to be kept as pets in the Gulf, survivors of a trade that threatens the very survival of the species.
Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
Venezuelans in Florida rejoice over Maduro's fall, fret over future
AFP, Published on 04/01/2026
» DORAL (UNITED STATES) - Venezuelans who loathed President Nicolas Maduro and for years dreamed of his ouster hugged, sang and cried with joy Saturday over his seizure in a stunning nighttime US military raid.
Bhutan proud of happiness score
News, Jitsiree Thongnoi, Published on 24/11/2025
» Introduced in the 1970s, the Gross National Happiness (GNH) philosophy has become a beacon of light for Bhutan, a country of roughly 800,000 people, to navigate its development policy and assess whether its citizens are content with their lives.
Global prayer for peace echoes across Bhutan
News, Jitsiree Thongnoi, Published on 11/11/2025
» Buddhist devotees from near and far have gathered in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, for the Global Peace Prayer Festival, from Nov 4-19.
‘Sending you love from Gaza’: Palestinians hail ceasefire deal
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories - Palestinians in southern Gaza clapped, cheered and danced in the pre-dawn darkness on Thursday, after Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire deal to end the devastating two-year war in the territory.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Grok, is that Gaza? AI image checks mislocate news photographs
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» PARIS - This image by AFP photojournalist Omar al-Qattaa shows a skeletal, underfed girl in Gaza, where Israel's blockade has fuelled fears of mass famine in the Palestinian territory.
Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' closes with huge Rome mass
AFP, Published on 03/08/2025
» ROME - Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.