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Chile: Six things to know
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
Here are six things to know about the country of nearly 19 million people: - Dictatorship to democracy - In 1973, General Augusto Pinochet toppled Socialist pre...
Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military seized power on February 1, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Htar Htet Htet repr...
Anger in France over 'civil war' warning
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
The letter, posted on the website of the right-wing Valeurs Actuelles magazine late Sunday, echoes the one published by the same publication last month but appe...
Colombia president increasingly under fire as protests persist
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
Since April 28, hundreds of thousands of people have vented their frustrations against the government after poverty and violence soared during the pandemic. The...
Myanmar 100 days: three female activists
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
A hundred days on from the military coup that ended Myanmar's brief dalliance with democracy, three women tell AFP about their lives and their struggle, living ...
Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in court May 24, lawyer says
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
The Nobel laureate has not been publicly seen since she was detained in a February 1 coup, when the military ousted her from power and re-installed its rule. Sh...
Myanmar junta designates shadow government as a 'terrorist' group
May 08, 2021 (AFP)
Since the military seized power in a February 1 coup, detaining and ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a nationwide uprising has refused to back down in ...
Colombia president seeks to defuse crisis through dialogue
May 08, 2021 (AFP)
The right-wing leader -- whose approval rating is just 33 percent -- has faced occasional mass protests since taking office in August 2018. But the current unre...
Former Maldives president wounded in assassination bid
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
The Indian Ocean archipelago's first democratically elected leader was seriously injured when a device attached to a motorcycle was detonated as he got into a c...
Russia slams US proposal for 'summit for democracy'
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking in a UN ministerial session organized by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the veteran Russian diplomat said that developing multilateralism should "be ...
Hong Kong teen among 5 held under security law: police
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
Officers from a specialist team in the financial hub arrested four men and one woman aged between 15 and 24 on suspicion of subversion. Local reports said three...
Pressure mounts on Colombia as protests begin second week
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
Students, unions, indigenous people and other groups assembled Wednesday in the capital Bogota as well as the cities of Medellin in the northwest and Cali in th...
Ousted Myanmar lawmakers announce 'people's defence force'
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
The country has been in turmoil since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a mass uprising of daily protests and a nationwide boyco...
Trump moves to assert party control despite Facebook ban
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
Despite losing the presidency to Joe Biden last year and enduring a second impeachment after January's deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, the brash billiona...
Myanmar charges Japanese journalist over 'fake news'
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
Freelance reporter Yuki Kitazumi was arrested last month and charged on Monday -- World Press Freedom Day -- with spreading fake news, according to a report by ...
Fresh protests called after deadly Colombia tax reform clashes
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
The office of Colombia's human rights ombudsman said 18 civilians and a police officer died in violence during the protests that began throughout the country on...
China warns US against imposing democratic ideals after Biden speech
Apr 29, 2021 (AFP)
The remarks came after Biden's first address to Congress, in which the US leader placed a renewed focus on diplomacy and said the country was in competition wit...
Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids in rebel territory
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the junta ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, its power grab angering much of its population. The an...
French officers face sanctions after 'civil war' warning
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
"Each one (will go) before a senior military council, " General Francois Lecointre told Le Parisian newspaper, and could be "delisted" or "put into immediate re...
Myanmar junta wants 'stability' before heeding pleas on violence
Apr 27, 2021 (AFP)
The nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, triggering a protest movement that security forc...
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