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A medic administers a polio vaccine to a Palestinian child in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip

WHO Says 'Intense Bombardment' Halts Gaza Polio Vaccinations

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that "intense bombardment" and "escalating violence" in northern Gaza had forced it to postpone the final phase of a child polio vaccination drive.

Navalny's Tomb 'Covered With Fresh Flowers Every Day': Widow

Alexei Navalny is buried at the Borisovo cemetery in Moscow

Well-wishers cover the grave of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny with flowers every day, showing he still has "huge numbers of supporters", his widow Yulia Navalnaya said on Tuesday.

Blinken In Israel To Push For Gaza Truce

Efforts for a Gaza ceasefire have so far failed

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel Tuesday to push for a ceasefire in Gaza after his administration called for an end to the war in Lebanon "as soon as possible".

Americans will have a historic choice on November 5: either electing Kamala Harris as the nation's first woman president, or making Donald Trump the first convicted felon to reach the White House

Harris And Trump Push For Every Vote With Just 14 Days To Go

One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a special pitch to Latino voters as Democratic rival Kamala Harris sits down for a national network interview.

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The BRICS summit is the biggest in Russia since it ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022

Putin Seeks To Rival West With High-profile Summit

Two dozen world leaders gathered in Russia on Tuesday for the opening of a three-day summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western "hegemony".

AFP news Oct 22, 2024

The decree adopted late Monday enshrines in law the government's definition of countries as 'safe'

Italy PM Seeks To Save Albanian Migrant Deal Amid Spat With Judges

Italy's hard-right government passed a new law Monday to overcome legal opposition to a migrant deal with Albania, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused judges of political bias.

AFP news Oct 22, 2024

Cases of buildings collapsing in Nairobi are not uncommon

Eight-storey Building Collapses In Kenyan Capital

A residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, leaving several people feared trapped, county officials and emergency responders said.

AFP news Oct 21, 2024

The ruptured dam unleashed a deluge of thick, red toxic mud

BHP Goes On Trial In London Over 2015 Toxic Brazil Mine Disaster

Australian mining giant BHP goes on trial on Monday over one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially triggering billions of dollars in compensation to be shared among hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs.

AFP news Oct 21, 2024

A handout photo taken on October 20 by the US Navy shows the USS Higgins (foreground) and Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver in the Taiwan Strait

US, Canada Warships Pass Through Taiwan Strait

A US and a Canadian warship have passed through waters separating Taiwan and China, a week after Beijing held large-scale military drills in the sensitive passage.

AFP news Oct 21, 2024

Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, after the Israeli military withdrew from the facility

WHO To Evacuate 1,000 Gazan Women, Children For Urgent Medical Care

Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization's Europe branch said in comments published on Monday.

AFP news Oct 21, 2024

A man walks past a newspaper displayed on a street in Seoul with coverage on North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Russia

Seoul Demands 'Immediate Withdrawal' Of North Korean Troops In Russia

South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador Monday to criticise Pyongyang's decision to send thousands of soldiers to support Moscow's war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry said, calling for their immediate withdrawal.

AFP news Oct 21, 2024

Six women were ordained in a secret ceremony on a river barge in Rome this month

Women Priests Secretly Ordained In The Shadow Of The Vatican

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Emmanuel Macron lashed out at media, commentators and his own ministers

Angry Macron Blasts Media Over Reporting Of Israel Comments

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced accusations of seeking to reduce the media to merely reproducing press releases after blaming journalists, ministers and commentators for the furore over comments attributed to him on Israel.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Ukraine is seeking innovative ways to fill its ranks

Ukraine's Army Brigades Battle To Make Enlisting 'Sexy'

The billboard showing an elegant young woman wrapped around a man on a motorcycle, pistol in hand, looks more like a perfume ad than a military campaign.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

The Senate found Gachagua guilty five out of 11 charges against him

Kenya's Ruto Nominates New Deputy After Impeachment

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday nominated his interior minister as deputy to replace Rigathi Gachagua who was sacked in a historic impeachment.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will try to win support from voters in Michigan in dueling rallies

Harris, Trump To Rally Voters In Key State On Same Day

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will lead dueling rallies Friday in Michigan, a crucial battleground state where Arab American voters angered by US support for Israel may hold the key to a deadlocked race.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Satellite image by Planet Labs PBC, showing buildings destroyed between October 11 and 14, 2024, in Jabaliya, in the north of the Gaza Strip, according to an analysis by AFP.

Israel Conducts Raids On Gaza After Killing Hamas Chief Sinwar

Israel conducted raids on Gaza Friday, pressing its year-long war to crush Hamas after dealing it a massive blow with the killing of its leader, Yahya Sinwar.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

King Charles III will spend six days in Australia before moving on to Samoa

King Charles Arrives In Australia For Landmark Tour

King Charles III touched down in Australia Friday, embarking on the most strenuous foreign trip since his life-changing cancer diagnosis eight months ago.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Elon Musk, pictured (right) with Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, has donated $75 million to Trump's reelection effort

Musk Stumps For Trump In Key US Swing State

Elon Musk warned Thursday that the "fate of Western civilization" depends on Donald Trump returning to office as the tech billionaire launched five nights of campaign events for the White House candidate in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

The Israeli military says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was tracked by a drone before he was killed in a firefight on Wednesday

Israel Military Says Sinwar Killed In Firefight While Tracked By Drone

The Israeli military on Thursday told how Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a firefight after being tracked "going from home to home" desperately seeking to avoid detection in southern Gaza.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

US President Joe Biden arrives in Berlin for a farewell visit to Germany and talks with European leaders

Biden In Berlin Vows No Let-up On Support For Ukraine

President Joe Biden urged NATO allies to keep backing Ukraine in its war against Russia as he kicked off a farewell visit to Germany Friday just weeks before US elections.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Donald Trump (right) humiliated Volodymyr Zelensky when the pair met in New York last month, after the Repulican boasted of his good relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin

Trump Says Zelensky 'Should Never Have Let' Ukraine War Start

White House candidate Donald Trump on Thursday blamed US ally Ukraine for Russia's invasion, arguing that President Volodymyr Zelensky had failed in his duty to halt hostilities before they started.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was wounded in the ear during the July assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania

Panel Urges Secret Service Shake-up After Trump Assassination Bid

An independent panel called on Thursday for a sweeping shake-up of the US Secret Service following its "historic" failure to prevent the July assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.

AFP news Oct 18, 2024

Mourners in Mashhad, Iran, wave flags of Iran, Palestine, and Hezbollah during a funeral procession for General Abbas Nilforoushan, killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut

Iran Guards Chief Warns Will Hit Israel 'Painfully' If Attacks Iranian Targets

Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami warned Thursday of further retaliation against Israel if it attacks Iranian targets, which Israel has vowed to do after Iran's missile attack on October 1.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said allies were discussing a Ukrainian 'victory plan' calling for an invitation to join the alliance

Zelensky In Brussels To Defend 'Victory Plan' At EU And NATO

President Volodymyr Zelensky was headed to Brussels Thursday to defend his "victory plan" for Ukraine to both EU leaders and NATO defence ministers, with the outlook on the battlefield bleak in Kyiv's battle to repel the Russian invasion.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

A building destroyed by an Israeli air strike on the village of Qana in southern Lebanon

Israel Strikes Syria, US Pounds Houthis In Yemen

Israel bombed a target in a Syrian coastal city on Thursday and the United States conducted strikes in Yemen nearly a month into Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

India was the country with the largest number of people in extreme poverty, which impacts 234 million of its 1.4 billion population, according to the report

UN Report Says 1.1 Billion People In Acute Poverty

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's rhetoric about the self-ruled island has prompted Beijing's ire

China Toughens Taiwan Stance Over President's Sovereignty Defence

China has reacted more robustly to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's rhetoric defending the island's sovereignty than his predecessor's, with fiery threats and war games analysts say will likely intensify.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Genaro Garcia Luna held high-ranking security positions in Mexico from 2001 until 2012

Mexico's Ex-security Chief Sentenced To Over 38 Years In US Prison

Mexico's former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in a US prison on Wednesday for aiding the very drug cartels he was tasked with dismantling.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Ukraine will high on the agenda for Biden's trip to Berlin

Biden To Make Farewell Trip To Germany As Ukraine War Rages

US President Joe Biden will be in Germany on Friday on a whirlwind trip, with Western backing for Ukraine set to be high on the agenda at talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other NATO leaders.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Activists say the law is the latest example of moves to erode civil rights since Giorgia Meloni took office

Italy Extends Surrogacy Ban To Couples Seeking It Abroad

Italian lawmakers on Wednesday extended the country's ban on surrogacy to couples who seek it abroad, despite warnings the move would damage children's rights.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Donald Trump with Fox News broadcaster Harris Faulkner for a townhall event in Cumming, Georgia

Trump Claims To Be 'Father Of IVF' At All-female Campaign Stop

Donald Trump sought to present himself as the "father of IVF" on Wednesday, as he told an all-female audience at an election campaign event he supported a fertility treatment that Democrats say he has put under threat.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Palestinian children receive drops as part of a polio vaccination campaign in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

WHO Demands Space To Finish Gaza Polio Vaccination

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged Israel to ensure the necessary conditions to finish the job of vaccinating Gaza's children against polio, after reaching more than 150,000 with the required second dose.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck-and-neck in key swing states with less than three weeks to go befote the election

Fiery Harris Vows Break From Biden In Testy Fox Interview

A combative Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden's presidency Wednesday in an interview with right-wing Fox News aimed at reaching Republican voters wary of Donald Trump.

AFP news Oct 17, 2024

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