UN urges evacuation of 6,000 sailors stranded in Hormuz strait
Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday called for the safe evacuation and repatriation of some 6,000 sailors stuck ...
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Inside Indonesia’s slave island: ‘I want my children to be free’
Paris (France) (AFP) - Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian ...
‘No rest’: Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels
Cirebon (Indonesia) (AFP) - Lured by promises of good money working aboard a foreign fishing vessel, Akhmad left Indonesia and ...
UN says Sudan resources fuel civil war
Geneva (AFP) - Sudan's rival factions are profiting from control over the country's resources and the "war economy" was sustaining ...
Africa EV firm Spiro accused of torturing Uganda employees
Nairobi (AFP) - Four employees of Spiro, Africa's leading electric motorbike firm, on Tuesday accused company managers in Uganda of ...
US Supreme Court hears Cisco bid to halt Falun Gong suit
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Supreme Court heard a bid by Cisco on Tuesday to toss out a ...
Under blackout threat, Wikimedia reaches compromise with Indonesia
Jakarta (AFP) - The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had threatened ...
War in the Middle East: latest developments
Paris (France) (AFP) - The latest developments in the Middle East war:- Iran FM meets Putin -President Vladimir Putin told ...
UN shipping body urges ‘safe maritime corridor’ in Gulf
London (AFP) - The UN's maritime body called Thursday for the creation of a safe shipping "corridor" in the Gulf ...
Crime capital no more: El Salvador tourism boosted by Bukele
El Tunco (El Salvador) (AFP) - A few years ago, El Tunco beach in El Salvador was crawling with gang ...
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