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26,000 Iraqis fled west Mosul in 10 days: minister - 03/01/2017

Baghdad, Iraq | AFP | Twenty-six thousand Iraqis fled west Mosul in the 10 days since security forces launched a major push to retake it from jihadists, the minister of displacement and migration...

'Panama Papers' media consortium becomes independent - 02/27/2017

Washington, United States | AFP | The investigative reporting alliance known for uncovering the massive Panama Papers scandal has become an independent entity, a move that may help it expand...

Key Oscars moments you may have missed amid Envelope-Gate - 02/27/2017

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |by Frankie TAGGART - Described by breathless commentators as an "epic flub," the best picture mix-up at Sunday's Oscars is being talked up as the most embarrassing...

PM vows defence of Dutch values on campaign trail - 02/25/2017

Wormerveer, Netherlands | AFP |Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte took his bid for a third term to voters Saturday, mingling with shoppers in a small market town ahead of closely-watched March...

Israel to deny Human Rights Watch visas over 'bias' - 02/24/2017

Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP |by Joe Dyke - Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch foreign staff, the NGO said Friday, with  the Jewish state accusing the group of being...

New Washington Post slogan: 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' - 02/23/2017

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A month into Donald Trump's presidency, The Washington Post has unveiled a new slogan: "Democracy Dies in Darkness." It appeared for the first time across the top of the...

Michael Flynn’s Sacking Alters the Course of Trump’s Administration - 02/22/2017

The European countries are receiving with reassurance the signs of a more rational attitude by the Trump administration toward NATO. Only recently, Donald Trump had described the trans-Atlantic...

Le Pen aide charged in 'fake jobs' scandal: judicial source - 02/22/2017

PARIS (AFP) - The personal assistant of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was charged Wednesday in a scandal over "fake jobs" at the European Parliament, a judicial source said....

S.Sudan president vows aid access to famine-hit areas - 02/22/2017

Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan's President Salva Kiir vowed Tuesday the government would ensure aid could reach areas hit by famine after three years of war that has restricted access for...

US targets millions in sweeping deportation plan - 02/22/2017

Washington, United States | AFP |by Paul HANDLEY - The Trump administration issued tough new orders Tuesday for a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigrants, putting nearly all of the country's 11...
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