Deadly clashes after rally against port blast judge turn Beirut into 'warzone'
Heavy fighting claimed at least six lives and left dozens wounded in Lebanon's capital Thursday as an escalation of tensions around last year's massive portside explosion turned parts of Beirut into a...
View ArticleFacebook spreads hate, fuels unrest, whistleblower tells UK lawmakers
Facebook will fuel more violent unrest around the world unless it stops its algorithms pushing extreme and divisive content, whistleblower Frances Haugen told the British parliament on Monday.
View Article'Facebook Papers': Critics argue it's time to regulate the social media giant
Facebook was hit Monday by scathing reports from at least a dozen US news outlets based on internal documents. The social media giant has faced a storm of criticism after former employee Frances Haugen...
View Article'Every day we pray for rain': Fuel shortage brings Haiti to brink of water...
In many parts of Haiti, securing enough water to drink, wash and clean can be a daily struggle, with only half of the population having access to potable water, according to the World Bank. Now...
View ArticleCovid-19 unrest has created 'explosive' situation in Guadeloupe, says Macron
The situation remains "very difficult" in Guadeloupe, where unrest erupted last week over Covid-19 curbs imposed by Paris, despite Prime Minister Jean Castex's call for calm in France's overseas...
View ArticleCovid-19 unrest: French territory of Guadeloupe on the verge of large-scale...
There are fears the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe may be on the verge of a large-scale social conflict amid violent protests against Covid restrictions that have prompted authorities to...
View ArticleCovid-19 unrest: Security situation on Guadeloupe still difficult, says...
FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more.
View ArticleAustralia deploys peacekeepers as riots rock Solomon Islands
Australia rushed peacekeepers to the Solomon Islands Thursday hoping to quell riots that threatened to topple the Pacific nation's government and left its capital ablaze. After a second day of...
View Article'We suffer too much': New unrest rocks French Caribbean over Covid-19,...
Protesters in French overseas territories in the Caribbean opposing measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 clashed again with security forces on Tuesday as the Paris government vowed to restore...
View ArticleRiots rock Solomon Islands capital for third day despite peacekeepers
Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse rioters attacking the home of the Solomon Islands prime minister on Friday, in a third day of political violence that prompted the snap deployment...
View ArticleRioters rampage in Solomons capital for third day despite peacekeepers
Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse rioters attacking the home of the Solomon Islands prime minister on Friday, in a third day of political violence that prompted the snap deployment of...
View ArticleFrench minister heads to Caribbean territories to defuse tensions
France's minister for overseas territories will hold crisis talks on its Caribbean islands from Sunday, an official said, as the government looks to defuse tensions after more than a week of unrest...
View ArticleKazakhstan violent unrest: President declares state of emergency
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has stripped his powerful predecessor of a role as head of the country's Security Council and has declared a two-week state of emergency following the republic's...
View ArticleKazakh leader rejects talks, tells forces to 'shoot to kill'
Kazakhstan's president on Friday rejected calls for talks with protesters after days of unprecedented unrest, vowing to destroy "armed bandits" and authorising his forces to shoot to kill without...
View ArticleKazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to quell protests
Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan's main city on Friday after days of violence, and the Russian-backed president said he had ordered his troops to shoot to kill to...
View ArticleKazakhstan unrest: Tokayev gives shoot-to-kill order to put down uprising
Kazakhstan's president on Friday rejected calls for talks with protesters after days of unprecedented unrest, vowing to destroy "armed bandits" and authorising his forces to shoot to kill without warning.
View ArticleKazakh leader says no negotiations, will destroy 'armed bandits'
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Friday there would be no negotiations with protesters after days of unrest, vowing to destroy "armed bandits" who had attacked the country. FRANCE 24's...
View ArticleKazakhstan unrest: Thousands detained, gov't reforms regarded as 'relatively...
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday described the unrest that followed initially peaceful protests against rising energy prices as a “terrorist aggression" and dismissed reports that authorities...
View ArticleKazakhstan detains almost 10,000 over deadly unrest
Security forces in Kazakhstan have detained 9,900 people regarding last week's unrest, the interior ministry of the central Asian nation said on Tuesday. The oil-rich former Soviet republic says...
View ArticleKazakhstan unrest: Former Soviet republic faces biggest crisis in decades
The new year began in Kazakhstan with the government lifting its price cap on fuel, virtually doubling the cost for people to fill up their cars. Protests spread across the nation of 19 million...
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