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Weapons found at Swedish school after massacre: police
Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)
Wednesday's shooting at Campus Risbergska, a school for young adults in Orebro, was Sweden's worst massacre. "We have found several weapons," the spokesman told...
Israel defence minister orders army to plan for 'voluntary' departures from Gaza
Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)
"I have instructed the IDF (military) to prepare a plan to enable voluntary departure for Gaza residents," Israel Katz said in a statement. He specified that he...
For quake survivors, art brings healing in Turkey's Antioch
Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)
The montage was put together by a local artist from Antakya, whose life was among the thousands upended when the 7.8-magnitude quake devastated huge areas of so...
Fukushima nuclear plant operator to dismantle water tanks next week
Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)
The step is a milestone of a sort as Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) moves ahead with a decades-long project to dismantle the entire plant in northern Japa...
Pentagon says 10 'high-threat' migrants being held at Guantanamo
Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump last week ordered the preparation of a 30,000-person "migrant facility" at the base, which is primarily known as a detention center for s...
Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick
Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)
The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate"...
El Salvador offers to jail violent U.S. criminals in 'unprecedented' deal
Feb 04, 2025 (UPI)
"In an act of extraordinary friendship to our country ... El Salvador has agreed to the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the...
Pentagon chief visits Mexico border as Trump cracks down on migration
Feb 03, 2025 (AFP)
In his first trip as Pentagon chief, Hegseth met with US troops -- who have been surged to the border region under Trump -- and then traveled to the frontier it...
How China allegedly contributes to the deadly fentanyl crisis
Feb 03, 2025 (AFP)
Washington has long accused Beijing of turning a blind eye to the deadly fentanyl trade, which US authorities estimate caused tens of thousands of deaths a year...
NASA radar imagery highlights expanding landslide activity in Los Angeles
Feb 03, 2025 (SPX)
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California utilized airborne radar data to examine the gradual movement of the Palos Verdes Pen...
Seven Iraqi pilgrims killed, dozens hurt in road accident
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
The accident occurred at 3:30 am (0130 GMT) on the road from Diwaniyah province to the holy shrine city of Najaf. Najaf is home to the shrine of Imam Ali, the f...
UN says Gaza needs remain 'immense'
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) and World Food Programme (WFP) said they had been able to increase deliveries of supplies into the Gaza Strip after the...
Trump blames deadly Washington air collision on 'diversity'
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
Trump's politicization of the tragedy came as investigators warned they needed time to unpick how the Bombardier jet, operated by an American Airlines subsidiar...
Typhoons, drought wreck Philippine economic growth target
Jan 30, 2025 (AFP)
Gross domestic product ticked up slightly to 5.6 percent compared with 5.5 percent in 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. But that failed to approac...
ADB approves $500mn disaster financing for Philippines
Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)
Last year, the Philippines was ranked by the World Economic Forum as the country with the highest risk of suffering from a disaster. The Southeast Asian country...
Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which set up the clock at the start of the Cold War, shifted the clock to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever...
US defense chief says military will keep aiding 'mass deportations'
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
Hegseth -- confirmed by Republicans despite concerns over his inexperience, and alleged record of heavy drinking and domestic violence -- is one of Trump's most...
US-bound refugees in Hong Kong despair as Trump halts arrivals
Jan 26, 2025 (AFP)
Trump's executive order to suspend all refugee admissions and halt the US asylum programme, signed hours after taking office, has left adrift dozens in the Chin...
Despite truce, Lebanese from devastated Naqura cannot go home
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
The Israeli military is still deployed in parts of Lebanon's south, days ahead of a January 26 deadline to fully implement the terms of the truce. The deal gave...
Director of apocalyptic Sundance film lost home in LA fires
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
In a cruel example of life imitating art, Menon's indie zombie apocalypse flick "Didn't Die" is all about how survivors of loss and disaster find the strength t...
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