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Costa Rica opens jail inspired by El Salvador mega-prison

Costa Rica opened a high-security jail on Wednesday inspired by a mega-prison in El Salvador that has become a symbol of the country's war on gangs, widely criticized by human rights groups.

School headscarf ban meets resistance in Austria

As the new school year gets under way in Austria, a headscarf ban for girls under 14 has sparked protests on the streets and in the classroom, with dozens of pupils refusing to comply.

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Suu Kyi lawyers set to make final arguments in junta trial

A Myanmar junta court is expected to hear closing arguments for the last remaining charges against jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, after the UN Security Council called for her release.

Savage US blizzard leaves 32 dead, power outages, travel snarls

A brutal winter storm brought Christmas Day danger and misery to millions of Americans Sunday as intense snow and frigid cold gripped parts of the eastern United States, with weather-related deaths rising to at least 32.

Philippines floods force tens of thousands to flee homes

Christmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes, civil defence officials said Monday.

Five killed in Spain after bus plunges into river

Five people died after a bus plunged into a river overnight while crossing a bridge in Spain's northwestern Galicia region, officials said Sunday.

Paris shooting suspect admits 'pathological' hatred of foreigners

A French man suspected of killing three Kurds in a Paris shooting has confessed to a "pathological" hatred for foreigners, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday.

Brother and sister's future separated after Taliban university ban

Marwa was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university -- instead, she will watch achingly as her brother goes without her.

Salvadoran troops encircle capital district in second gang crackdown

More than 1,000 soldiers surrounded a district in El Salvador's capital on Saturday as part of President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, the second such operation this month in the Central American country.

Taliban order NGOs to stop women employees from working over 'hijab'

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the economy ministry told AFP on Saturday.

Deadly winter blizzard leaves US in pre-Christmas deep freeze

A fearsome winter storm that pummelled the United States with blinding snow and powerful Arctic winds left 1.7 million customers without power Saturday as thousands of cancelled flights stranded travelers making last-minute dashes for Christmas.

Taliban ban women from working in national, international NGOs

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the Ministry of Economy told AFP on Saturday.

Twenty-two killed in fire at nursing home in Russia

A fire erupted overnight in a private illegal nursing home in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, killing 22 people, Russia's investigative committee said Saturday.

Malaysia campsite landslide search ends with 31 dead

Rescuers have called off the search for bodies after a massive, predawn landslide blanketed a campsite north of Malaysia's capital killing 31 people, officials said on Saturday.

Zambia abolishes death penalty

Zambian rights activists Saturday hailed as a "huge milestone" a decision to scrap two British colonial-era laws: the death penalty and making criticism of the country's leader a punishable offence.

Paris shooter who killed three admits being 'racist'

A 69-year-old white French gunman who opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris killing three people told investigators he was racist, a source close to the case said Saturday.

Tory Lanez guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, US jury finds

Rapper Tory Lanez was found guilty Friday of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a drunken argument after a celebrity party near Hollywood in 2020.

'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1 mn without power

More than a million US power customers were in the dark Friday as a "bomb cyclone" winter storm walloped the country, closing highways, grounding flights and causing misery for Christmas travelers.

Rapper Tory Lanez guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, US jury finds

Rapper Tory Lanez was found guilty Friday of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in an argument after a celebrity party near Hollywood in 2020.

Inquiry into 2019 Ethiopian Air crash confirms software failure

A 2019 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash which killed 157 people was caused by a flight software failure as suspected, the country's transport minister said Friday citing the investigators' final report.

'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1.5 mn without power

Nearly a million-and-a-half US power customers were in the dark Friday as a severe winter storm walloped the country, causing highway closures and thousands of flight cancelations days before Christmas.

Chilean firefighters battle to contain devastating blaze

Chilean firefighters battled Friday to contain a devastating blaze that ravaged scores of homes in a coastal resort city, killing two people.

Attack on Kurds in Paris revives trauma of unresolved murders

Furious Kurdish demonstrators clashed with police in central Paris on Friday after a deadly attack on a community centre which has revived the trauma of three unresolved murders in 2013 that many blame on Turkey.

Spain border police absolved of Melilla migrant deaths

Spain's public prosecutor closed an investigation Friday into the deaths of at least 23 African migrants trying to cross from Morocco into Melilla, one of its two North African enclaves.

70 percent of US under winter warning as freeze hits

A historic and brutal winter storm put some 240 million Americans under weather warnings Friday as the United States faced holiday travel chaos, with thousands of flights canceled and major highways closed.

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj tells AFP 'I am innocent'

Charles Sobhraj told AFP in an exclusive interview on Friday that he was no serial killer and that he was innocent of the two murders that he served almost 20 years for in Nepal.

Chilean official says huge fire to be controlled by Friday

A Chilean official on Friday said a huge fire in the seaside resort of Vina del Mar should be controlled by the end of the day, as he provided a revised estimate of death, injury and damage.

70 percent of US under storm warning as deep freeze hits

A historic and brutal winter storm put some 240 million Americans under severe weather warnings Friday as the United States faced holiday travel chaos, with thousands of flights cancelled and major highways closed.

Three dead after shooting at Kurdish centre in Paris

A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said.

'Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj freed, deported to France

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was heading to France on Friday after being freed following almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.

Paris shooting kills two, wounds four: prosecutor

A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and hairdressing salon in central Paris on Friday, killing two people and injuring four others, witnesses and prosecutors said.

'Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj freed in Nepal

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on Friday after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.

Turkish doctor on 'terror' trial over chemical arms comment

The head of the Turkish Doctors' Union went on trial Friday on "terror" charges linked to her calls for a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters in Iraq.

Shell to pay 15 mn euros to Nigerian farmers over pollution

Shell said Friday it will pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers to compensate them for damage from pipeline leaks.

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