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Swiss voters expected to shun stricter neutrality

Thousands missing, aid needs mount one month after Nepal's deadly floods

Rapper-turned-PM faces first big test after Nepal disaster

Nepal flood victims look to PM Shah to press climate case at UN

Tuchel seeks tonic to England World Cup 'scar' in Spain showdown

Trump admin says there were 8 suicide attempts on US aircraft carrier

'Helps me cope': Catholic baptisms rise among French youth

Iranian satire 'Head to Head' draws a veil over the men

Colombians in Santa Marta stay inside after violence wracks the city

Archaeological 'breakthrough' could confirm origins of Paris

Iran airlines cancel flights as US sanctions hit

Morocco elects new parliament with lowest turnout in nearly two decades

Meta launches camera-free AI glasses amid privacy pushback

North Korean IT contractor found remote work in New Zealand: agency

Howe ignoring Premier League table as Newcastle resume in third place

Eddie Howe has insisted he has no interest in looking at the Premier League table as Newcastle bid to maintain their impressive start to the season following the World Cup break.

Taliban order NGOs to stop women employees from working over 'hijab'

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the economy ministry told AFP on Saturday.

Wigglesworth wins first game as Leicester boss

Richard Wigglesworth's first game in charge of Leicester saw the Tigers enjoy a convincing 28-13 victory over Gloucester in the English Premiership on Saturday as they became the inaugural winners of the Slater Cup.

Salvadoran troops encircle second community in gangs crackdown

More than 1,000 soldiers surrounded a community in El Salvador's capital on Saturday as part of President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, the second such operation this month in the Central American country.

Stade Francais hammer 'shameful' Racing in Top 14 Paris derby

Stade Francais moved second in France's Top 14 on Saturday with a compelling 48-10 win over Paris rivals Racing 92 who were branded as "shameful" by one of their own players.

Zelensky blasts Russian 'terror' after deadly Kherson shelling

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted Russian "terror" after shelling on Christmas Eve left at least seven dead and 58 injured in Kherson city, which Kyiv's forces recaptured in November.

Deadly winter blizzard leaves US in pre-Christmas deep freeze

A fearsome winter storm that pummelled the United States with blinding snow and powerful Arctic winds left 1.7 million customers without power Saturday as thousands of cancelled flights stranded travelers making last-minute dashes for Christmas.

Taliban ban women from working in national, international NGOs

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the Ministry of Economy told AFP on Saturday.

Hatate and Furuhashi at the double as Celtic sweep past St Johnstone

Japan's Reo Hatate and Kyogo Furuhashi both scored twice as champions Celtic strengthened their grip on top spot in the Scottish Premiership with a 4-1 victory over St Johnstone on Saturday.

Italy's Traore wins first Treviso game since rotten banana Christmas gift

Cherif Traore played just under an hour on Saturday in his first match since receiving a rotten banana as a Christmas gift from a team-mate as Treviso beat Zebre Parma 38-5 in the United Rugby Championship.

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