Ukraine declared a full mobilisation at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, banning military-age men from leaving the country so that they… Read More »As casualties mount, mobilisation tests Ukraine’s social fabric
The speaker of France’s parliament said Wednesday she would block an attempt to repeal a recent law raising the retirement age which was enacted after… Read More »French parliament speaker to block attempt to repeal pension reform law
Félicien Kabuga, alleged to have financed Hutu militias, was arrested in France after 26 years on the run.
France’s Françoise Gilot, who died Tuesday aged 101, survived what she called the ‘hell’ of being Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s mistress and muse to become… Read More »Acclaimed French painter Françoise Gilot, who loved and left Picasso, dies aged 101
A UN court has ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial, calling instead for an ‘alternative’ legal procedure that… Read More »UN court finds top Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga ‘unfit’ for trial
Ukraine is continuing to evacuate thousands of people Wednesday after an attack on the Nova Kakhovka dam, a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine, unleashed… Read More »🔴 Live: Evacuations continue following attack on major Russian-held dam in Ukraine
Black women in the North African country are looked down on and made to feel that they do not belong.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 36 others, authorities said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and later met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid strained relations between Riyadh and… Read More »US Secretary of State Blinken visits Saudi Arabia, meets crown prince bin Salman
Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable… Read More »Continuing wildfires in Canada prompt air quality warnings in northeastern US
