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Ex-jihadist Syrian leader heads for the White House
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» DAMASCUS - President Ahmed al-Sharaa will become Syria’s first leader to pay an official visit to the White House on Monday, a crowning achievement for the ex-jihadist who since taking power has ended his country’s isolation.
How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape?
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now an Indian zoo says it has one.
Singapore to impose harsher penalties on drug-laced vapes from September
Reuters, Published on 28/08/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September as it changes the classification of anaesthetic agent etomidate from a poison to a drug, the government announced on Thursday.
Singapore plans stiffer penalties, jail time for vaping offences
Bloomberg, Published on 18/08/2025
» Singapore will introduce stiffer penalties for vaping offences, including possible jail time for “severe” violations, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Sunday.
‘Seventh heaven’: Tears and laughter as Ukrainian PoWs return
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» CHERNIGIV REGION, Ukraine - Waxy and emaciated, Konstantin Steblev spoke to his mother for the first time in three years after being released as part of the biggest ever prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.
Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school: witnesses
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» DEPEYIN (MYANMAR) - A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the nation recover from a devastating earthquake.
Brazil mine disaster trial ends with claimants hopeful of justice
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» LONDON - A trial as to whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes in London on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of victims demanding billions in compensation.
Trump's Gaza 'riviera' should be for Gazans, says minister
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» GENEVA - US President Donald Trump's idea to rebuild the Gaza Strip as a swanky riviera is unacceptable unless it is for Gazans themselves to live in, a Palestinian minister said on Friday.
'Life or death consequences for millions': NGOs stunned by US aid freeze
AFP, Published on 06/02/2025
» PARIS - The freeze in aid funding by Donald Trump's new US administration has left humanitarian workers seeing a large proportion of their budget cut off and fearing millions will be affected as programmes are suspended.
Israel-Hamas truce holding after first hostage-prisoner swap
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» JERUSALEM - A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.