Stories for you

  • NewsAFP

    Post falsely claims video shows attack by DRC troops

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is embroiled in a humanitarian crisis as fighting between government forces and the M23 rebels continues. A recent social media post suggested that a video it shared showed Congolese troops carrying out “ethnic cleansing”. But the claim is false: AFP Fact Check found that the video was taken in Cameroon and showed Ambazonian separatists forcing high school students to strip naked.

    3-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • NewsAFP News

    Aya Nakamura brushes off far-right haters in new single

    French rap star Aya Nakamura pokes fun at the haters in her new single, "Doggy", released Friday in the wake of far-right uproar over rumours she may perform at the Paris Olympics.Nakamura has been at the centre of a storm ever since a French magazine published rumours she was asked by President Emmanuel Macron to perform a song by French singing legend Edith Piaf during the Games in July. 

    1-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • LifestyleHuffPost

    The Funniest Tweets From Women This Week (Mar. 23-29)

    "no he was 3 boyfriends ago, my great great boyfriend"

    6-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • NewsAFP News

    N.Ireland unionist leader resigns over reported sex offences

    Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of Northern Ireland's main pro-UK Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and one of its best known politicians, resigned on Friday after police reportedly charged him over historical sex offences.The DUP said Donaldson had confirmed in a letter to the party's chairman that he had been "charged with allegations of an historical nature" and that he was resigning as leader "with immediate effect".

    3-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • NewsAFP News

    Russian court orders journalist in Navalny case detained

    A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on "extremism" charges.In court on Friday, Kravtsova said the case was retribution for an article she wrote about how Navalny was "tortured" in prison, SotaVision reported.

    1-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • NewsAFP News

    Blackouts hit three Ukrainian regions after Russian air attack

    Ukraine said on Friday it had imposed emergency blackouts on three regions after Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at its power stations overnight.The air force said Moscow had targeted Ukraine's "fuel and energy sector" with 99 missiles and drones overnight, 84 of which were shot down.

    3-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • PoliticsAFP News

    Turkey's Erdogan to hold White House talks with Biden in May

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday. Erdogan has now been in charge of running Turkey for 21 years and Biden is the first president until this moment to not have invited him to the White House," Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Program at The Washington Institute, told AFP.  "It's a pretty big deal that Erdogan has finally secured an invitation just before the end of Biden's term,

    3-min read
    Thanks for your feedback!