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In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel mines
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KAJAANI - Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Fear and fury at ICE facility protest near Chicago
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» BROADVIEW (UNITED STATES) — The language was foul, the rage abundant: Thursday's scene outside an ICE facility near Chicago reflected the anguish gripping some Americans as their government unfurls its crackdown on immigrants.
FBI releases video clip of suspect in Charlie Kirk killing
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/09/2025
» UTAH — The suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk slipped behind a building, braced himself on the roof and swung off the edge, hitting the ground hard and leaving behind palm smudges and a single shoe print. He bolted across a patch of grass, cut through a parking lot and vanished into the trees.
French, German, Polish leaders to visit Moldova in show of force in face of Russia
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» CHISINAU — The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are due in Moldova on Wednesday in a show of support, a day before campaigning starts for next month's tense parliamentary election amid claims of Russian interference in the pro-European Union (EU) nation bordering Ukraine.
Ill-equipped and tired: a night with a Ukrainian air defence unit
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» UNDISCLOSED — A menacing buzz reverberates through the night sky in eastern Ukraine. Explosions ring out, flashes illuminate sunflower fields below and the smell of gunpowder poisons the air.
Las Vegas in Laos: the riverside city awash with crime
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» VAN PAK LEN, Laos - Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.
Indonesia revokes most mining permits in dive hotspot
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia revoked permits on Tuesday for four of the five mining companies operating in the eastern archipelago of Raja Ampat after activists shared videos of islands damaged by nickel extraction.
Indonesia seizes record 2 tonnes of crystal meth, arrests 2 Thais
Reuters, Published on 26/05/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities seized about two tonnes of methamphetamine off Sumatra island in the biggest seizure of drugs in the country's history, its narcotics agency said on Monday.
Mafia waste victims in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’ seek justice
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» CASERTA, Italy- After years of feeling “invisible” as she managed her daughter’s cancer, Antonietta Moccia said she hopes a European court on Thursday will recognise the Italian government’s failures to protect her from toxic waste.