UK minister in Belfast for urgent talks after violence
Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in #Belfast in at least the fourth night of serious violence in a week in Northern Ireland, where #Brexit has unsettled an uneasy...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: violence flares over post-Brexit trade
A bus was hijacked, cars set ablaze and a press photographer attacked as violence continues to escalate in Belfast. Freya McClements, correspondent with The Irish Times, says the violence has been...
View ArticleSeven Catholic clergy, including two French, kidnapped in Haiti
Seven Catholic clergy, including two French citizens, were kidnapped Sunday in Haiti, said the spokesman of the Bishop's Conference for the island nation, which has been rocked by unrest.
View ArticleCrisis in Haiti: Seven Catholic clergy kidnapped, held for ransom
Haiti, where seven Catholic clergy including a French priest and nun, were kidnapped Sunday, is one of the world's poorest countries, crippled by political instability and vulnerable to natural disasters.
View ArticleClashes in Somalia over president's bid to stay in power
In tonight's edition: Mutinous Somali soldiers hold parts of Mogadishu a day after three were killed in fatal clashes with government troops. The opposition fighters are against the extension of...
View ArticleAnalysis: can Chad's new leader placate wary opposition?
Chad's capital N'Djamena was rocked by violent protests on Tuesday morning as demonstrators took to the streets demanding a return to civilian rule after the military took control following President...
View ArticleChad political tensions: N'Djamena braces for more protests against military...
The capital of Chad appeared calm on Wednesday morning, with security forces deployed in large numbers and burning tyres still smouldering in the streets, a day after at least five people were killed...
View ArticleBaghdad's crumbling heritage: Buildings in Iraqi capital under threat...
Thousands of demonstrators poured onto Colombia's streets Wednesday, the eighth straight day of protests despite clashes that have left at least 24 dead and hundreds wounded. Students, unions,...
View ArticleColombia clashes: Demands broadened to include tackling poverty, violence
Thousands of demonstrators poured onto Colombia's streets Thursday, the ninth straight day of protests despite clashes that have left at least 24 dead and hundreds wounded. FRANCE 24's Simone Bruno...
View ArticleColombia deadly protests: Govt calls for dialogue to defuse tensions
Colombia's government on Thursday invited protest leaders to a dialogue in a bid to defuse tensions following more than a week of deadly demonstrations. At least 26 people have died in clashes with...
View ArticleProtests erupt in Iraqi city after killing of activist
Protesters set fire to trailers belonging to Iran’s consulate in Karbala on Sunday amid widespread anger over the killing of a prominent activist in the Iraqi city.
View ArticleMore than 300 Palestinians hurt in Jerusalem holy site clash
Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that...
View ArticleIraqi activist's killing sparks protests against impunity
A leading Iraqi anti-government activist was killed early Sunday, security sources and activists said, sending supporters of a protest movement onto the streets to demand an end to bloodshed. FRANCE...
View ArticleColombia protesters, government at odds after initial meeting
A meeting between Colombian protest leaders and President Ivan Duque broke up on Monday with little sign of progress on curbing nearly two weeks of sometimes deadly anti-government protests.
View ArticleIsrael orders ‘massive reinforcement’ of security to quell internal violence
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz ordered a “massive reinforcement” of security forces to help contain deadly internal unrest that has rocked mixed Jewish and Arab communities across the country....
View ArticleIsraeli Arabs-Jewish riots continue in Israel’s mixed cities, rising alarms...
While violence is still escalating between Israeli military and Gaza’s Hamas, communal violence erupted across cities in Israel for the 4th night, with Jewish and Arab crowds clashing in the flashpoint...
View ArticleColombia protests stretch into fourth week, demonstrators vow to carry on
Colombia's wave of anti-government protests entered their fourth week on Wednesday, as unions, student groups and others turned out at marches to demand social change amid intermittent talks between...
View ArticleMyanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance since...
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person for the first time today since the military coup that took her government out of office, on February 1. According to her lawyer, she...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi NLD party to ‘exist as long people exist’ her...
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person for the first time today since the military coup that took her government out of office, on February 1. According to her lawyer, she...
View ArticleUN urges independent probe as Colombia unrest death toll rises
Colombia's government resumed negotiations with demonstrators to end more than a month of protests Sunday, as the UN called for an independent investigation after at least 13 people died in clashes in...
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