Thousands of Afghans leave Pakistan ahead of deportation deadline
Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 01/11/2023 – 16:20Modified: 01/11/2023 – 16:22 05:43 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 Hundreds of thousands of undocumented...
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Thousands displaced near Myanmar-China border after attack by armed
China’s public security minister has held talks with Myanmar’s junta on establishing peace along their shared border, state media said Tuesday, following clashes between ethnic...
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Bangladesh police arrest a key opposition leader amid growing national
Authorities in Bangladesh arrested a key opposition figure from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday and sent him to prison after hours of detention. The...
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Islamic State jihadist group claims deadly blast in Kabul
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed on its Telegram channel Friday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people...
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Former Chinese PM Li Keqiang dies of heart attack
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Li was China’s No. 2...
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard recruits volunteers to fight in Gaza
The Iranian regime has launched an online campaign to recruit volunteers – including children – to fight alongside Hamas in the war against Israel. But...
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Hong Kong to create new national security law against ‘external
Hong Kong leader John Lee said Wednesday the semi-autonomous city would create its own national security law in 2024, four years after Beijing imposed sweeping...
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China removes defence minister, ousts former foreign minister from
China on Tuesday removed defence minister Li Shangfu and ousted former foreign minister Qin Gang from its cabinet, state media reported, as part of a...
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How palm oil companies are illegally burning forests to clear land in
Indonesian palm oil companies have been playing a dangerous game: burning forests to clear land that has already been dried out by their activities – just...
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Pakistan’s ex-PM Khan indicted in leaked classified document case
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was on Monday charged with leaking classified documents, a prosecutor said. Issued on: 23/10/2023 – 08:53 1 min...
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Iranian teenage girl ‘brain dead’ after alleged encounter with
A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country’s hijab law, is...
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US soldier Travis King charged with desertion after North Korea
US soldier Travis King has been charged with desertion for crossing into North Korea and a raft of other crimes including assaulting fellow soldiers and...