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Geneva (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - A UN expert took Norway to task Monday over punitive and repressive sanctions slapped on four activists who threw paint on sculptures and a government ministry to protest oil exploration.
Feb 2, 2026
London, UK (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 - Babies and very young sauropods, the long necked and long tailed plant eaters that would become the largest land animals in history, were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic accordi
Feb 2, 2026
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 - A new analysis of satellite and ground data over the Tibetan Plateau indicates that Earths tectonic plates in this region behave far less rigidly than long assumed, with major fault zones acting as
Feb 2, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals.
Feb 2, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - Two infant formula manufacturers withdrew batches from the market on Monday after France imposed stricter limits on acceptable levels of a toxin that can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Feb 2, 2026
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal.
Feb 2, 2026
Dehradun, India (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 - Exiled Tibetans began a unique global election on Sunday for a government representing a homeland many have never seen, as part of a democratic exercise voters say carries great weight.
Feb 1, 2026
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 - Iraq's parliament has again postponed the election of the country's new president, state media reported on Sunday, amid intense political horse-trading and US pressure over the new prime minister.
Feb 1, 2026
Lisbon (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 - Prime Minister Luis Montenegro on Sunday pledged 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) to support recovery efforts after Storm Kristin swept across Portugal last week, killing five people and causing widespread damage.
Feb 1, 2026
Quetta, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 - Pakistan forces hunted on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 190 people were killed in two days.
Feb 1, 2026
Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 - The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared 'at least 200 dead' in a 'massive' landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east.
Feb 1, 2026
Vienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors will meet Friday to discuss nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing growing concern over volatile conditions at Ukrainian power plants.
Jan 30, 2026
Rome (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - Tina and Milo, the ermine and stoat mascots of the upcoming 2026 Olympic Games in Italy, are already everywhere - smiling on stuffed animals, posters, mugs and T-shirts.
Jan 30, 2026
Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - Perched on a hill overlooking Carthage, Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said now faces the threat of landslides, after record rainfall tore through parts of its slopes.
Jan 30, 2026
Cholila, Argentina (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - Argentina's government on Thursday declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer.
Jan 30, 2026
Bandung, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 44, authorities said Friday, extending recovery efforts by a week to search for those still missing.
Jan 30, 2026
