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Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:51:16 GMTRussian ballet banned for 'gay propaganda' gets new life in Berlin
"Nureyev", created by Russian film and stage director Kirill Serebrennikov, premiered in Moscow in 2017, but after Russia tightened its anti-LGBTQ laws, the ballet was banned in 2023 due to its open portrayal of same-sex relationships.
Serebrenniko...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:05:17 GMTMalaysia hit with 3-0 forfeits to send Vietnam to Asian Cup
It was the latest and possibly final chapter in a long-running scandal over seven foreign-born players who used forged documents to play for Malaysia's national team.
"The defendant fielded ineligible players in the relevant AFC Asian Cup 2027, (Qu...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:52 GMT'Macron alone in his tower': No candidates defending his govt or mandate in France's local elections
Mark Owen welcomes Renaud Foucart, Economist, Author and Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. He would argue that these elections should not be read as a clean national barometer of French politics. What they reveal instead is the fragmentation ...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:11:15 GMT'Many dead': Wounded survivor escaped Kabul clinic strike
"The room collapsed on me," the 30-year-old doctor, who has worked at the centre for two years, told AFP on Tuesday. "I got two stitches on my head and my leg was also injured."
Momand was knocked out by the blast but after coming to, he went to th...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:53:56 GMTGhassan Salamé urges Israel and international community to let Lebanon 'do Its job more efficiently'
Amid Israel's further military escalation, and Hezbollah's "illegal armed activities", Lebanon is confronted with an acute humanitarian and political crisis. To better understand the impact the conflict is having all across Lebanese society, FRANCE ...
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Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:06:13 GMTMalaysia hit with 3-0 forfeits to send Vietnam to Asian Cup
It was the latest and possibly final chapter in a long-running scandal over seven foreign-born players who used forged documents to play for Malaysia's national team.
"The defendant fielded ineligible players in the relevant AFC Asian Cup 2027, (Qu...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:12:14 GMT'Many dead': Wounded survivor escaped Kabul clinic strike
"The room collapsed on me," the 30-year-old doctor, who has worked at the centre for two years, told AFP on Tuesday. "I got two stitches on my head and my leg was also injured."
Momand was knocked out by the blast but after coming to, he went to th...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:50:16 GMTBelgian court decides on holding trial over 1961 Congo leader murder
Etienne Davignon, a one-time EU commissioner, is the only one still alive among 10 Belgians accused by the Congolese leader's family of complicity in the murder.
If the prosecutors' request that he answer in court is accepted, he would become the f...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:58:16 GMTRescue workers comb ruins of Kabul drug clinic after Pakistan strike
AFP reporters counted at least 30 bodies being removed from the rubble of the facility and saw medics treating dozens of wounded in the chaotic and smouldering aftermath of the attack on Monday night.
The Taliban government accused Pakistan of targ...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:46:17 GMTStrikes shake Tehran as Trump presses allies to help in Mideast war
Oil prices rose more than five percent Tuesday after several countries pushed back on Trump's demand they help protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is key to the transit of crude and liquefied natural gas.
The war, now in its t...
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