10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (422+ words) Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) – Chanting and waving banners, thousands marched Sunday in the Mexican city of Culiacan to protest the deaths of people caught up in a war between two rival factions of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel. Issued on: 14/09/2026 - 02:17 Dressed in…...

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (560+ words) Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden's leftwing opposition bloc held a razor-thin lead in Sunday's general election with half of votes counted, with the far right seen losing ground. Issued on: 13/09/2026 - 22:49 With more than 50 percent of votes counted, four opposition parties led by…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (341+ words) Montevideo (AFP) – A Latin American fact-checking network on Thursday asked Meta not to replace the verification practice with Community Notes after the company said it was testing the crowdsourcing system in the region. Issued on: 10/09/2026 - 20:43 The crowdsourced notes system, modeled…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (429+ words) Havana (AFP) – Father-to-be Carlos Trejo paid his respects to Cuba's patron saint as he and thousands more marked the annual celebration in her name, wondering what fate awaits the US-blockaded island. Issued on: 09/09/2026 - 23:05 Tough times in Cuba did not mute…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (333+ words) Ensenada (Mexico) (AFP) – The father of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico two years ago testified in court Tuesday that his life had been turned into hell, as the high-profile trial continued into its second day. Issued on: 09/09/2026 - 05:43 Three men…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (390+ words) Madrid (AFP) – The Spanish government on Tuesday declassified intelligence reports about July's migrant surge into Ceuta in a bid to quell doubts about what it knew beforehand and Morocco's potential role. Issued on: 08/09/2026 - 16:29 More than 70,000 migrants streamed into Spain's small…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (384+ words) Ensenada (Mexico) (AFP) – The suspected murderers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot went on trial Monday, two years after their killings in a suspected robbery. Issued on: 07/09/2026 - 19:39 Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (673+ words) London (AFP) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged his Labour Party lawmakers to stop the "politics of poison seeping into our streets" after demonstrators tried to block the arrival of migrants, a media report said Monday. Issued on: 07/09/2026 - 22:11 The protest…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) Viacha (Bolivia) (AFP) – Two explosions at an army barracks in Bolivia killed at least two people and wounded 81 on Friday, authorities said. Issued on: 05/09/2026 - 07:41 Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano said "pyrotechnic material" was stored at the base in Viacha, southwest of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (248+ words) Washington (United States) (AFP) – Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to his home country of Britain, the US government said Saturday. Issued on: 29/08/2026 - 22:53 Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of Donald Trump who has voiced support for the president's immigration crackdown,…...