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Iranian protesters in Germany stage hunger strike
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - A group of Iranians reached the final day of a hunger strike on Friday while camped out in tents outside the Islamic republic's consulate in Frankfurt in support of the protest movement back home.
'So good to be home:' Griner speaks out after release from Russia
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - US basketball star Brittney Griner said Friday in her first remarks since being released from a Russian prison that it was "so good to be home" and vowed to play again for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
Putin 'planning for a long war' in Ukraine: NATO chief
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BRUSSELS - Russia is readying for a protracted war in Ukraine and Kyiv's NATO backers must keep sending weapons until President Vladimir Putin realises he "cannot win on the battlefield", alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told AFP on Friday.
France accused as parcel bomb wounds Russian in Central Africa
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BANGUI (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC) - The head of the Russian cultural centre in the Central African Republic was badly wounded Friday after opening a parcel bomb, Moscow's embassy said, amid accusations France was behind the blast.
Pope to return three Parthenon fragments to Athens
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is to return to Greece three fragments of Athens' Parthenon temple, in what the Vatican called Friday a gesture of friendship.
UK working 'flat out' for deal in N.Ireland: Sunak
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BELFAST - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday his government was working "flat out" to settle post-Brexit trading problems in Northern Ireland to end political paralysis in Belfast.
Serbia bids to send soldiers back into Kosovo
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BELGRADE - Serbia on Friday asked NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo to allow the return of Serbian military and police to its former breakaway province, a minister said.
Rebel clashes break out in DR Congo's east
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - Fighting resumed on Friday in eastern DR Congo between M23 rebels and rival armed groups after 10 days of relative calm, civilian and security sources said.
Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugees envoy
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» GENEVA - Angelina Jolie announced Friday that she is stepping down from her role as the UNHCR's special envoy after more than 20 years of working with the United Nations' refugee agency.
Wagner chief blames France after parcel attack on Russian in C.Africa
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» MOSCOW - The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Friday urged Moscow to declare France a "sponsor of terrorism" after a parcel bomb wounded a Russian official in the Central African Republic.