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Bosnia commemorates Srebrenica genocide 30 years on
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» SREBRENICA, Bosnia - Thousands of mourners on Friday commemorated in Srebrenica the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II.
Richest woman in Indonesia loses $3.6 billion in just three days
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/03/2025
» JAKARTA — For three weeks straight, Marina Budiman became roughly US$350 million richer each day.
Palestinian official says hundreds leave Jenin as Israel presses raid
AFP, Published on 23/01/2025
» JENIN (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation there.
Sweden deal crowns Erdogan's shift West
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has performed one of his trademark policy U-turns on Sweden's accession to NATO that culminates a gradual pro-Western tilt of course since his May re-election.
Iraq's prized modern art plagued by forgery, trafficking
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» BAGHDAD - Many masterpieces of Iraqi painting were looted or destroyed during the years of war, but now the country's artistic heritage faces another threat: rampant counterfeiting and illicit trafficking.
Huge crowds swarm from Mecca for hajj climax
AFP, Published on 26/06/2023
» MINA, Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked or rode buses Monday to a giant tented city near Mecca for the climax of the annual hajj that Saudi officials say could break attendance records.
Against the stream: Iraq artist battles to save boating tradition
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» BAGHDAD - Young Iraqis row a flotilla of traditional wooden boats down the Tigris river in Baghdad, celebrating an ancient nautical heritage in the now drought-stricken country.
Residents in shadow of Indonesia volcano reckon with ruin
AFP, Published on 05/12/2021
» Surrounded by an apocalyptic scene of molten ash and mud, locals who live in the shadow of Indonesia's Mount Semeru combed through ruined belongings Sunday after their homes were blanketed by its eruption a day earlier.
In Iraq, generous Mideast tradition of 'istiftah' lives on
AFP, Published on 16/02/2021
» ARBIL (IRAQ) - As the sun rises over Arbil's historic bazaar, shopkeepers sweep their stoops and eagerly await the "istiftah" -- the first customer of the day, believed to be a good omen.
S.Africa suspends AstraZeneca jab launch over study
AFP, Published on 08/02/2021
» South Africa said Sunday it would suspend the start of its Covid-19 vaccinations with the AstraZeneca jab -- which forms a major plank of Thailand's vaccination strategy and is to be produced by Siam BioScience in Bangkok -- after a study showed the drug failed to prevent mild and moderate cases of the virus variant that has appeared in Africa's hardest-hit nation.