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A child from a family of African migrants peeks out from a window at Libyan detention center, among thousands who have tried in recent years to flee to Europe via the North African country
World
12.08.2024
Three migrants drown off Tunisian coast, dozens missing
Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba died on Friday aged 67, his family said
World
12.08.2024
Spain's former Socialist leader Rubalcaba dies
Smoke billows following shelling in Khan Sheykun in Syria's jihadist-held Idlib province on May 10, 2019. Syrian government forces and their Russian allies have stepped up bombardment of the jihadist bastion since late April
World
12.08.2024
France at UN warns of 'new Aleppo' as Syria steps up Idlib attacks
Restoring Notre-Dame, whose wooden roof was largely destroyed in the April 15 blaze, will be an "unprecedented challenge" for the French government
World
12.08.2024
French MPs debate law on speedy Notre-Dame restoration
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The amount of money raised has progressively fallen making it more difficult to justify the resources needed to organise the event
World 12.08.2024
Vienna's Life Ball, fixture of fight against AIDS, to close
Italy's populist government has taken an increasingly hard line on migration, banning charity vessels from rescuing migrants off Libya
World 12.08.2024
Italy takes in migrants despite 'closed ports' policy
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for the press as they meet on the sidelines of an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland
World 12.08.2024
Pompeo to meet Putin on Russia visit: State Department
A Sri Lankan Muslim man prays in Colombo on May 3, 2019. The government has ordered mosques to clamp down on extremism and submit copies of sermons
World 12.08.2024
Sri Lanka slaps controls on mosques after jihad attacks
The Saudi cargo ship Bahri Yanbu has been anchored off the northern French port of Le Havre for several days, waiting to pick up a shipment of French weapons
World 12.08.2024
Yemen war: breaking point in EU arms sales to Gulf?
Saudi Arabia is home to Islam's holiest cities of Mecca and Medina
World 12.08.2024
Qatar urges Saudi to remove hajj obstacles to its citizens
A bout of soul-searching has erupted in Germany over the national anthem, which has a history as turbulent as the country's own
World 12.08.2024
Row over German anthem erupts amid nationalism debate
The French hostages disappeared while on holiday in the remote Pendjari National Park in Benin
World 12.08.2024
Four hostages freed in Burkina Faso by French special forces
Testimonies from Nigerian women given to AFP provide shocking stories of multiple and brutal sexual assaults carried out by police officers after their arrest on prostitution charges
World 12.08.2024
Nigerian women protest against police over sexual assaults
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