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Myanmar junta asks for international aid after quake
Mar 28, 2025 (AFP)
AFP reporters saw junta chief Min Aung Hlaing arrive at a hospital in Naypyidaw where wounded were being treated after the 7.7-magnitude quake hit central Myanm...
Neglected in times of peace, Germany preps for emergency response
Mar 27, 2025 (AFP)
The emergency workers had to prise open the carriage doors to reach the victims, who were slumped against their seats and groaning in pain. Luckily for everyone...
Israeli officials work on Gaza voluntary migration plan
Mar 22, 2025 (UPI)
The ad-hoc group would create a plan allowing the controlled movement of Palestinians through Israel while providing them with security and escort services, the...
One dead, two missing in Ecuador bridge collapse; N. Macedonia buries victims of deadly nightclub fire
Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)
Four trucks, a car and two motorbikes fell into the Magro river some 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of the port of Guayaquil when the viaduct collapsed on Wedne...
Indonesia passes bill allowing military in more govt roles
Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)
The revision to the armed forces law, pushed mainly by President Prabowo Subianto's coalition, was aimed at expanding the military's role beyond defence in a co...
UN chief condemns 'intolerable' suffering in Gaza
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
The strikes, by far the deadliest since the truce came into force on January 19, killed more than 400 people, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza...
Milei pledges funds for deluge-stricken Argentine city
Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)
Budget-slashing Milei visited the city Wednesday, five days after the floods that mayor Federico Susbielles said have caused severe damage affecting most people...
UK makes manslaughter arrest of ship captain over North Sea crash
Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)
Investigations have already started into what led the cargo ship to strike the tanker carrying jet fuel on Monday, as fears remained of possible harm to the are...
120,000 properties still blacked out in storm-hit Australia
Mar 11, 2025 (AFP)
Cyclone Alfred, which hovered just offshore before making landfall as a tropical low on Saturday, battered a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coast for five ...
US to deploy 600 additional troops to southern border
Mar 11, 2025 (AFP)
About 40 of the additional military personnel will be Air Force intelligence analysts, while some 590 will be Army engineers, US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) sai...
Spain targets senior ex-officials in flood deaths probe
Mar 10, 2025 (AFP)
Popular fury has targeted officials in the eastern region that suffered 225 deaths and widespread destruction in the October 29 floods, Spain's deadliest such d...
Poland to tell residents how to prepare for crises
Mar 10, 2025 (AFP)
The mail-out follows the government on Friday announcing a slew of security-boosting measures -- including large-scale military training for civilians. The broc...
Coolant leak at Europe's biggest nuclear reactor: operator
Mar 10, 2025 (AFP)
The leakage struck on Friday during the reactor's annual outage for maintenance "in connection with the filling of the reactor pool," TVO said in a statement. "...
Switzerland must step up for Geneva-based agencies facing US aid cuts: region chief
Mar 10, 2025 (AFP)
Nathalie Fontanet, president of Switzerland's Geneva canton, told Le Temps newspaper that the country's image was at stake if the international institutions in ...
Israel to immediately cut off electricity to Gaza, minister says
Mar 09, 2025 (UPI)
"I have now signed an order to cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip immediately," Cohen said in a post on social media. "Enough with the talk, it's time for ac...
Two armies, one goal: stopping Mexico-US migration
Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)
Mexico and the United States have deployed thousands of troops to their 3,100-kilometer (1,900-mile) frontier since President Donald Trump returned to office in...
Palestinian officials accuse Israeli forces of damaging historic West Bank mosque
Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)
AFPTV footage from Friday showed Palestinians inspecting the blackened and partially charred interior of the al-Nasr mosque -- a landmark in Nablus' Old City. W...
Acquittal of Fukushima operator ex-bosses finalised
Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)
The decision concludes the only criminal trial to arise from the plant's 2011 tsunami-triggered accident, the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Ic...
ESA Red Cross alliance advances crisis response
Mar 06, 2025 (SPX)
In crisis situations, especially in fragile and conflict-affected regions, providing accurate information and reliable communication remains a daunting task. Th...
Aid group says 4,000 displaced by battle for key Myanmar port site
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
The Arakan Army (AA) is battling the military in western Rakhine state, where projects including oil pipelines, power plants and transport links are sprouting u...
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