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Caracas (AFP) Sept 15, 2025 - They are men and women, students and retirees.
Jun 25, 2026

Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 - The United States and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday, as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China.
Jun 25, 2026

Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2021 - Forging a new three-way alliance with Britain and Australia to the anger of the French, US President Joe Biden has again made brutally clear - his top international priority, overriding all else, will be facing China.
Jun 25, 2026

Athens Sept 24, 2025 - A trial linked to the illegal wiretapping of politicians and journalists using the spy software Predator opens on Wednesday in Greece, three years after a scandal that rocked the country.
Jun 25, 2026

Washington (UPI) Oct 04 2006 - President George W. Bush pledged U.S. support for anti-terrorism efforts in Turkey, but concrete U.S. action seems a remote possibility, given America's split allegiances in the region. Our desire is ... to help people who care about a peaceful future to reject radicalism and extremism, Bush said at a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their private meeting at the White House Monday.
Jun 25, 2026

New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2014 - US President Barack Obama has pulled off a diplomatic coup, knitting together a coalition of Arab nations with differing agendas to strike jihadists, but experts question its long-term staying power.
Jun 25, 2026

Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 - China feeds North Korea's energy needs through the Sino-DPRK Friendship Oil Pipeline, but Washington wants Beijing to turn off the tap to pressure its neighbour into abandoning its nuclear programme.
Jun 25, 2026

Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Somalia's Shebab militia, which carried out a bloody attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall, is in part funded by the poaching trade, wildlife activists said Thursday.
Jun 25, 2026

Baghdad (AFP) Sept 26, 2011 - Widespread corruption throughout Iraq's government has hampered development, resulting in slow improvement of public services, the International Crisis Group said in a report published on Monday.
Jun 25, 2026

Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 19, 2024 - A series of deadly explosions targeting Hezbollah members this week in Lebanon came only days after Israel announced plans to expand its war in Gaza to its northern border with Lebanon.
Jun 25, 2026

Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 - Denmark's support for Ukraine, its lack of anti-drone defences and this week's EU summit in Copenhagen could all explain the unidentified drone sightings over Danish airspace that have been widely blamed on Russia.
Jun 25, 2026

Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2023 - Data from China on Thursday showing falling exports fanned more fears about a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy, which has struggled with its post-Covid recovery.
Jun 25, 2026

Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2015 - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the Iran nuclear deal does not get blocked, when a veteran Democrat became the crucial 34th senator to back the controversial accord.
Jun 25, 2026

Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2013 - The White House confirmed Tuesday that US President Barack Obama will play host to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington at the end of the month.
Jun 25, 2026

Ossendrecht, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 12, 2016 - After months of tests, Dutch police will become the world's first force to train and employ an army of eagles, using the centuries-old skill of falconry against the modern-day scourge of unauthorised drones.
Jun 25, 2026

Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 - Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday, infuriated Washington by refusing to join the US-led coalition in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a landmark decision which badly hurt Paris-Washington relations.
Jun 25, 2026