UK deploys thousands of riot police amid fears of further unrest
Six thousand riot police are deployed nationwide this weekend after Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that UK authorities must "stay on high alert" for more far-right riots. While England has had...
View ArticleAlleged gunman killed in shootout with police in restive French territory of...
French police shot and killed an alleged gunman in New Caledonia on Thursday, bringing the death toll from three months of unrest in the French Pacific territory to 11. Widespread protests broke out...
View ArticleBangladesh mob beats ex-PM Hasina's supporters on site of planned rally
A mob wielding bamboo rods and pipes beat suspected supporters of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday as they gathered to pray and mark the anniversary of the 1975...
View ArticleComoros president wounded in a knife attack, the president's office says
Comoros President Azali Assoumani, 65, was "slightly wounded" in a knife attack on Friday while attending a funeral, the president's office said in a statement. “His injuries are not serious, and he...
View ArticleAmnesty calls for int'l criminal investigations into Iranian officials over...
Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran's clerical authorities two years after...
View ArticleCurfew extended in France's Martinique after riots over spiraling food prices
Residents of Martinique will be placed under curfew until October 21 in what authorities are calling an effort to protect the people and property of the French overseas territory. One person was...
View ArticleCurfew remains in place on French territory of Guadeloupe amid power blackout
An evening curfew continued to remain in place on Saturday in Guadeloupe as French authorities worked to restore power to the Caribbean territory. The EDF power company said that electricity had been...
View ArticleIran's statements 'for int'l consumption' distract from 'atrocities against...
A female student who stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university does not represent a security issue but is a "troubled individual" who is receiving treatment, a government spokesperson said....
View ArticleSouth Africa closes border again as post-election violence worsens in Mozambique
Violent protests have escalated in Mozambique, with authorities reportedly using live rounds on citizens to quash dissent following a challenged election. Demonstrations began when opposition leader...
View ArticleVenezuela frees 225 prisoners detained in post-election unrest
Venezuelan authorities this weekend released 225 of the more than 2,400 people arrested during protests against President Nicolas Maduro's disputed releection in July. The detainees included 164...
View ArticleVenezuela frees 225 detained in post-election unrest
Venezuela has freed 225 people arrested during anti-government protests over the nation's disputed presidential election in July, Attorney General Tarek Saab said late on Saturday. Details by...
View ArticleNRC calls for 'diplomatic pressure on warring parties' to avert spread of...
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan rejected "any foreign interference" in the country's war, praising Russia's "supportive stance" for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution calling for a...
View Article'World needs to wake up': War, famine ravage Sudan, as world 'sits & waits...
Since April 2023, war has pitted Sudan's armed forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killing tens of thousands of people and uprooting more than 11 million. The NRC warns...
View ArticleIf HTS were to hold on to Aleppo, 'they would have to find new ways of...
Qatar asserts that there is no military solution to the Syrian civil war, as the Damascus government is scrambling to contain a rebel offensive now nearing its second week. For in-depth analysis and a...
View Article'Very survival of Syrian regime at stake': HTS closing in on Homs, Assad...
Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city of Homs and Kurdish fighters seized effective control of the eastern desert, jolting President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power and triggering local...
View Article'Unprecedented': HTS rebel group poses 'most serious challenge' yet to...
If Syrian rebel forces capture Homs in their brazen lightning offensive, it would cut off the capital Damascus from the coast, a longtime redoubt of Assad's minority Alawite sect & where his...
View Article'It should have happened 14 years ago: The only way forward now in Syria is...
Damascus has fallen following a lightning offensive by HTS alongside rebellions in the northeast, triggering local revolts in the south. Al-Bahra, President of the Syrian National Coalition, said...
View Article'International community must be very careful: Events on ground being driven...
Damascus has fallen following a lightning offensive by HTS alongside rebellions in the northeast, triggering local revolts in the south. Al-Bahra, President of the Syrian National Coalition, said...
View ArticleDamascus falls to rebels: 'Since 2011, Syrians made ultimate sacrifice in...
Damascus has fallen following a lightning offensive by HTS alongside rebellions in the northeast, triggering local revolts in the south. As thousands celebrate “Freedom” in Damascus, FRANCE 24's Erin...
View ArticleSyria at risk of 'fragmentation': Amid 'scenes of popular joy', Syrians...
Damascus has fallen following a lightning offensive by HTS alongside rebellions in the northeast, triggering local revolts in the south. Al-Bahra, Syrian National Coalition President, said Syria...
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