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False: M23's claim that refugees from DRC camp voluntarily return to ‘liberated’ homes

February 13, 2025 - 13:56
M23 rebels gave the internally displaced people a 72-hour ultimatum to leave the settlement camps, witnessed by the U.N. partners. With their homes destroyed in fighting, most people sought safety, fleeing to other regions.

AI-driven biometric fraud surges in Africa, fueling financial crimes

February 13, 2025 - 13:36
New report says fraudsters are using AI to create fake documents, voices, and images that facilitate identity theft and financial crimes

US aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Egypt

February 13, 2025 - 13:31
The Navy reported no injuries on either vessel

15 wounded in grenade attack in French bar

February 13, 2025 - 13:29
Police search for suspect; motive unclear in incident in Alpine city of Grenoble

Zelenskyy rejects bilateral US-Russia pact to end Moscow's war against Ukraine

February 13, 2025 - 13:26
Ukrainian leader says his country must be involved in peace talks

Trump hosts India's leader, pushes US defense, energy sales

February 13, 2025 - 13:10
Modi and Trump meet as India attempts to dodge reciprocal tariffs

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Taliban chief claims Afghan governance rooted in divine commands

February 13, 2025 - 12:30
Hibatullah Akhundzada's assertions came days after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he was seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban leader

Senate panel advances nomination of Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI

February 13, 2025 - 12:10
The committee voted 12-10 to send the nomination to the Republican-controlled Senate for full consideration

Senate confirms Kennedy for top US health post after close vote

February 13, 2025 - 12:05
One Republican and all Democrats voted against Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic

Vance visits Dachau concentration camp ahead of Zelenskyy meeting

February 13, 2025 - 11:52
Among those in the touring group was Abba Naor, a Holocaust survivor who was held at Dachau

Ukraine, US weigh critical minerals agreement

February 13, 2025 - 11:24
Trump wants to strike a deal for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals in return for continued backing of the Ukrainian war effort

NATO working to keep Baltic Sea’s strategic infrastructure safe 

February 13, 2025 - 11:01
Northern Europe’s Baltic Sea is bordered by nations including Germany, Russia and Latvia. Many critical cables and pipelines cross the seafloor. But with tensions rising in the region, NATO is looking for ways to ensure all that infrastructure stays safe. Vladislavs Andrejevs has more in this story.

Thai lawyers' council to investigate alleged killing by soldiers

February 13, 2025 - 10:43
Fortify Rights alleges that three unidentified soldiers brutally beat Aung Ko Ko to death with bamboo rods in Baan Tai village, near Myanmar border, on Jan. 12, 2024

Archaeologists unearth remains of Roman basilica on site of new London skyscraper

February 13, 2025 - 10:42
What's been uncovered are the foundations of a two-story building, almost as big as an Olympic swimming pool, constructed between 78 and 84 AD

Escape from war: How a Ukrainian evacuation center works

February 13, 2025 - 10:40
Police and volunteers in Ukraine are moving quickly to evacuate people from front-line areas as the Russian army advances. In the Donetsk region, the nearest transit evacuation center is in Pavlohrad. Lesia Bakalets reports on the support being given to evacuees who have nothing left.

UNICEF says armed men in eastern DR Congo raped hundreds of children

February 13, 2025 - 10:04
'In the North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict,’ says UN agency’s executive director

Pakistan, Turkey to boost strategic ties

February 13, 2025 - 09:48
Both sides sign 24 documents outlining cooperation in a vast array of fields

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