Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen's battle-hardened Houthis.
Former political prisoners of Venezuela's Rodeo I are unable to shake the memories of punishments dealt out by hooded jailers in the country's most notorious prison.
US President Donald Trump is expected to claim he is winning both on the battlefield and as a peacemaker Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations overshadowed by growing spillover from his stalled war against Iran.
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Sri Lanka is set to conclude on Tuesday the trial of 24 men accused of plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the deadliest attack against civilians in the island's history.
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British Columbia filed a lawsuit Monday against OpenAI in California over the company's failure to report violent activity on its ChatGPT service by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province.
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Every day, veterinarians and zookeepers make their way to Cuba's National Zoo by whatever means they can, determined to not abandon the nearly 1,000 animals in their care and help save species at risk of extinction.
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French basketball star Nicolas Batum announced his retirement Monday after 18 years playing in the NBA for teams including the Los Angeles Clippers.
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Monday suggested a "consultation" with the member federations to reform the world football governing body's decision-making processes, in a letter addressed to the 211 member associations, and seen by AFP.
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Zinedine Zidane oversaw his first training session with the France national team on Monday as Les Bleus prepared for the start of the new Nations League campaign.
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The strengthening El Nino weather pattern has tied for the most intense on record on a widely-used metric, a senior scientist told AFP Monday, even as its influence is already being felt from Central America to Indonesia.
A Venezuelan national shot and wounded by a US immigration agent in Texas was jailed with the bullet still inside his body, his lawyer said Monday.
OpenAI on Monday called for the United States to lead a global effort on establishing standards for developing artificial intelligence as CEO Sam Altman prepares to brief the United Nations this week.
California's governor on Monday declared a state of emergency as the US west coast readies for what is expected to be a damaging El Nino.
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South African ostrich farms are using mechanical pluckers to remove feathers from living birds destined for major luxury fashion brands in techniques that are cruel and painful, animal welfare group World Animal Protection said on Monday.
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Two South African women appeared in court on Monday over the killing of one of nine women found dead in a neighbourhood east of Johannesburg -- a series of murders that have sparked alarm and anger.
US television networks staged an extraordinary revolt Monday when they effectively boycotted coverage of President Donald Trump in protest at his decision to ban three leading outlets from the White House.
England white-ball captain Harry Brook says Brydon Carse needs time away from international cricket following a turbulent few weeks for the fast bowler.
Paramount has reached a settlement with a group of US states that clears the way for its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, US media reported Monday, creating a Hollywood empire spanning television, news and cinema.
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