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'They took all the women here': Rape survivors recall horror of DR Congo jailbreak

February 26, 2025 - 02:38
Women recall being raped in prison in DR Congo, as chaos broke out after rebels advanced on Goma city.
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'They took all the women here': Rape survivors recall horror of DR Congo jailbreak

February 26, 2025 - 02:38
Women recall being raped in prison in DR Congo, as chaos broke out after rebels advanced on Goma city.
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US Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip

February 26, 2025 - 02:26
Glossip has had nine execution dates postponed, and eaten his "last meal" three times.
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Claims of white genocide 'not real', South African court rules

February 26, 2025 - 01:59
Donald Trump has been raising the alarm over the number of white farmers killed in the country.
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US Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip

February 26, 2025 - 00:51
Glossip has had nine execution dates postponed, and eaten his "last meal" three times.
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Regrets, executions and coups: Four takeaways from former Nigerian military ruler's book

February 26, 2025 - 00:41
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, known as IBB, has got Nigeria talking about the past and what might have been.
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Claims of white genocide 'not real', South African court rules

February 26, 2025 - 00:36
Donald Trump has been raising the alarm over the number of white farmers killed in the country.
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Syrian leader hails 'historic' dialogue conference

February 26, 2025 - 00:00
Hundreds are attending the event, which the interim president promised after ousting Bashar al-Assad.
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Syrian leader hails 'historic' dialogue conference

February 26, 2025 - 00:00
Hundreds are attending the event, which the interim president promised after ousting Bashar al-Assad.
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Is German 'firewall' under threat after AfD success?

February 25, 2025 - 22:08
Germany's main parties refuse to work with the far right, but the AfD wants to tear the firewall down.
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Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans

February 25, 2025 - 21:48
It makes DBS one of the first major banks to offer details on how AI will affect its operations.
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US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on Ukraine

February 25, 2025 - 21:39
The UK and France abstain as the UN Security Council passes a text that does not criticise Moscow.
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses fraud appeal

February 25, 2025 - 21:17
Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company.
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Venezuelan opposition activist dies in jail

February 25, 2025 - 20:32
The politician was seized by masked men a day before Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third term.
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Putin offers Russian and Ukrainian rare minerals to US

February 25, 2025 - 20:20
The proposal to give the US access to minerals would also include those from territories taken from Ukraine.
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Putin offers Russian and Ukrainian rare minerals to US

February 25, 2025 - 20:20
The proposal to give the US access to minerals would also include those from territories taken from Ukraine.
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Spanish city 'adopts' migrants who intervened in homophobic attack

February 25, 2025 - 20:16
Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N'Diaye are given "adopted sons of the city" status in A Coruña.
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Spanish city 'adopts' migrants who intervened in homophobic attack

February 25, 2025 - 20:16
Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N'Diaye are given "adopted sons of the city" status in A Coruña.
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Watch: Macron fact-checks Trump over Ukraine funding

February 25, 2025 - 17:56
The two leaders discussed funding the Ukraine war effort on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion.
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Race against time to save eight Indian workers trapped inside tunnel

February 25, 2025 - 17:41
Dozens of workers escaped, but eight men were trapped after a part of the tunnel's roof collapsed.
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