Myanmar enters fourth year of post-coup crisis
YANGON, Myanmar, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) - Myanmar on Thursday entered its fourth year since a coup snuffed out a…
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Japan calls Russia nuclear threat ‘unacceptable’ on Hiroshima anniversary
TOKYO, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) - Japan's prime minister hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the…
3 years ago
20 years after US invasion, war-scarred Iraq faces uncertain future
by Ammar Karim Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraq on Monday marks 20 years since the start of the…
3 years ago
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, likely delaying polls
Myanmar's junta was granted a six-month extension to a state of emergency, state media reported Wednesday, likely delaying elections the…
3 years ago
Myanmar streets empty in protest on coup anniversary
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Streets emptied and shops closed in protest across Myanmar on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the…
3 years ago
Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a…
3 years ago
Germany seeks ‘forgiveness’ 50 years after Munich Olympics massacre
Munich, Germany (AFP) by Ralf ISERMANN with Hui Min NEO in Berlin Germany on Monday sought "forgiveness" from families…
4 years ago
‘All dead’: the Munich Olympics massacre 50 years ago
by Pascale JUILLIARD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- September 5, 1972: Palestinian gunmen storm the Olympic Village at the…
4 years ago
Mechanical elephants, homemade howitzers as India turns 75
by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India marked the 75th anniversary of independence on Monday with…
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Britain and Falklands mark 40 years since Argentine surrender
by Charles Onians Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Tuesday marks 40 years since Argentine forces surrendered…
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Myanmar shuts shop to defy junta on coup anniversary
Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with…
4 years ago
‘Freedom Tower’ – the skyscraper symbolizing New York’s resilience
by Catherine TRIOMPHE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- It is the skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers in New…
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