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Two soldiers enter the Catholic church at the 10th RCAS army barracks in Kaya, Burkina Faso, Saturday, April 10, 2021

2025-02-05
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Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger leave ECOWAS, creating access to justice concerns

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) raises concerns over access to justice for victims of serious human rights abuses. After serving notice a year ago, the three countries officially left ECOWAS on January 29, 2025. On 28 January 2024, the three Sahel

A passerby, taking on his cellphone, walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike in retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country.

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Iran speeding up work on its nukes, two new reports say

Two conflicting reports on Iran’s nuclear weapons program were disclosed this week. Both reports offer important insight into just how Tehran is speeding up work on nuclear weapons. The first report is from the New York Times which says US Intelligence has new findings on Iran’s weapons program. It goes on to say that the new information was briefed to President

Students lead the anti-graft demonstrations in Serbia

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‘Red Hand’ Revolt in Serbia: People Power or Color Revolution?

> For six weeks now, Serbia has been rattled by what purports to be a student rebellion, leading to the prime minister’s resignation last week and rumors of a snap election. Students from sixty-three colleges of five state and two private universities, as well as four high schools, have emerged as the biggest challenge to the Progressive Party rule – and fueled rumors of yet

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, gestures as he talks with East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta during their meeting in Dili, East Timor, Saturday, June 4, 2022

Southeast Asia’s poorest nation says ‘holding off’ Chinese interest in huge gas field

East Timor would prefer to work with Australia and Japan over Chinese firms that have expressed interest in the field, Jose Ramos-Horta said. ...

House Speaker Martin Romualdez, top right, presides over the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte

Philippine House lawmakers vote to impeach VP Sara Duterte

Manila, Philippines—Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, who has fallen out spectacularly with the country’s leader, paving the way for a Senate trial that could see her removed from office. While specifics of the impeachment were not divulged, the vote follows the filing of a trio of complaints in December accusing Duterte

This undated handout issued by Cheshire Constabulary shows of nurse Lucy Letby

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Mother of Lucy Letby victim says families already have the truth

The mother of one of Lucy Letby's victims has said families "already have the truth" about what happened to their children. The parent, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said the claim by a panel of international medical experts that Letby had not murdered any babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital

File: Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kms ( 12 miles) North of Goma, Democratic republic of Congo, Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. Hundreds have been killed and nearly 200,000 people displaced since fighting erupted a year ago.

Hundreds of women raped, burnt alive in Congo jailbreak amid rebel conflict

Hundreds of women inmates in Munzenze prison of Congo's Goma were reportedly burnt alive after being raped during the chaos after Rwanda-backed rebel groups entered the Congolese city last week, leading to a surge in human rights violation. Members of the Congolese Red Cross and Civil Protection unload the bodies of the victims of the recent clashes to bury them in a cemetery

A-Ta, a Tibetan herder whose income largely comes from raising yaks and collecting caterpillar fungus, places refuse in a bag as he leads his team of trash collectors in Angsai, an area inside the Sanjiangyuan region in western China's Qinghai province

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Lightning strikes make collecting a fungus for traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit

Caterpillar fungus hunting has led to at least 31 lightning-related deaths and another 58 lightning-related injuries in the past decade ...

A Chinese Navy nuclear-powered submarine sails during an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of People's Liberation Army Navy Thursday, April 23, 2009 off Qingdao, China's Shandong Province. China on Thursday displayed for the first time its nuclear-powered submarines, a sign of the navy's growing confidence and its aspirations to become a major sea pow

China secretly building ‘world’s largest underwater drone’ with torpedo tubes

China has been modernizing its military strength with a dedicated focus on advancing its maritime power. From large aircraft carriers to underwater drone that can fly – these are some of China’s latest weapons that can soon be part its military. Now, Beijing is reportedly building a secret submarine, that some experts believe could be the world’s largest

Solidarity protest for Palestine in Whitehall, London

Met Police spends over £53 million on pro-Palestine protests ‘instead of fighting crime’ in London

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley believes resources would be better used to combat phone snatches and violent crime ...

In this frame grab from video, Russian, Syrian and others gather next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli city, Syria

Pentagon developing plans to withdraw US troops from Syria: Report

The US Department of Defense is drafting plans to withdraw all US troops from Syria within 30, 60, or 90 days, two US defense officials told NBC News on Tuesday. According to the officials, President Donald Trump and officials close to him recently showed interest in withdrawing troops from

Symbol of European Union flag on Euro banknote

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EU prepares to counter US protectionism

The European Union is preparing for a trade fight with the United States, but sees opportunities for negotiations, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency, the decision of US President Donald Trump to postpone the introduction of tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada has strengthened the bloc’s confidence that it will be possible to agree on an acceptable outcome.

Statoil petrol station, Södra Hammarbyhamnen (Stockholm)

Norway’s state oil firm lobbying to open Rosebank oilfield halves green investments

Equinor becomes latest fossil fuel firm to backtrack on clean energy pledges with move to halve budget to $5bn

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, a group of Russian soldiers sit in a bus after being released in a prisoners swap between Russia and Ukraine, at an unspecified location in Belarus.

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Hundreds of prisoners of war freed in latest exchange between Russia, Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine engaged in a swap of at least 300 prisoners of war on Wednesday in the latest prisoner-of-war exchange between the two warring countries. The deal was brokered by the United Arab Emirates, which has been behind numerous other prisoner exchanges.

US CBP seized nearly $4.6 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine totaling close to 650 pounds

'Cocaine is illegal because ...': Colombian President Petro proposes cocaine legalization

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said that cocaine is only illegal because it is produced in Latin America and suggested that legalizing it could diminish criminal organisations' profits.Petro during a cabinet roundtable compared cocaine to whisky and and said is 'not worse than whisky.' 'That is what scientists are analyzing. What indeed is affecting the US is

Lu Shaye, China’s controversial ex-envoy to France, handed new role on Europe

Appointment of experienced diplomat known for abrasive style and high-profile fallouts comes at delicate time for Sino-European relations. ...

Salman Rushdie responds to questions during a news interview for the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala

2025-02-04
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Attempted murder trial of Rushdie assailant to begin

by Gregory WALTONThe man accused of trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie, leaving him blind in one eye, goes on trial Tuesday for attempted murder, according to state court filings. Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese descent, has also been charged separately by a federal court on suspicion of terrorism for allegedly conducting the 2022 stabbing attack on behalf of the

File - Inmates attend a class on social behavior from inside their shared cell during a press tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center, a mega-prison in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

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El Salvador offers to jail US convicts in ‘unprecedented’ proposal

El Salvador’s president has proposed jailing convicts from the United States in his country, an “unprecedented” offer praised by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Nayib Bukele made the offer while hosting Rubio at his Lake Coatepeque residence, outside San Salvador, on Monday. Bukele said El Salvador is ready to imprison the convicted Americans for payment in a prison he

Serge Atlaoui, a French national who is on death row after being convicted of drug offences,is escorted by armed police officers upon arrival for his judicial review hearing at the district court in Tangerang, Indonesia Wednesday, April,1, 2015.

Frenchman on death row in Indonesia leaves jail ahead of transfer home

JAKARTA: A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences left prison on Tuesday ahead of his transfer to France, officials told AFP. Indonesia, which has some of the world's toughest drug laws, has in recent weeks released half a dozen high-profile detainees, including a Filipina mother on death row and the last five members of the so-called 'Bali Nine' drug

FILE - In this Saturday, June 29, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

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China counters with tariffs on U.S. products. It will also investigate Google

China countered President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports Tuesday, as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade measures.

Congo ceasefire appears to crumble as rebels reportedly capture another eastern town

Colombia's government rocked by resignations following Cabinet meeting chaos

Milei orders Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization

Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger leave ECOWAS, creating access to justice concerns

Iran speeding up work on its nukes, two new reports say

‘Red Hand’ Revolt in Serbia: People Power or Color Revolution?

Southeast Asia’s poorest nation says ‘holding off’ Chinese interest in huge gas field

Philippine House lawmakers vote to impeach VP Sara Duterte

Mother of Lucy Letby victim says families already have the truth

Hundreds of women raped, burnt alive in Congo jailbreak amid rebel conflict

Lightning strikes make collecting a fungus for traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit

China secretly building ‘world’s largest underwater drone’ with torpedo tubes

Met Police spends over £53 million on pro-Palestine protests ‘instead of fighting crime’ in London

Pentagon developing plans to withdraw US troops from Syria: Report

EU prepares to counter US protectionism

Norway’s state oil firm lobbying to open Rosebank oilfield halves green investments

Hundreds of prisoners of war freed in latest exchange between Russia, Ukraine

'Cocaine is illegal because ...': Colombian President Petro proposes cocaine legalization

Lu Shaye, China’s controversial ex-envoy to France, handed new role on Europe

Attempted murder trial of Rushdie assailant to begin

El Salvador offers to jail US convicts in ‘unprecedented’ proposal

Frenchman on death row in Indonesia leaves jail ahead of transfer home

China counters with tariffs on U.S. products. It will also investigate Google

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Buscan a Carla, una menor de 16 años desaparecida en Arroyo de la Enmienda (Valladolid)

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Vols de voitures : la protection constructeur surestimée

Chinese

乌军一俘虏讲述俄军人在炮火下救助他两个月的情况

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Russian

Су-57 примет участие в летной программе авиасалона в Индии

Persian

رایزنی در بغداد؛ در دیدار حکیم با ظریف چه گذشت؟