Iran on Monday hanged two men on charges of spreading blasphemy on social media, prompting US condemnation and accusations from Amnesty International the Islamic republic… Read More »Iran hangs two men for blasphemy as executions rise amid unrest
A Senegalese court on Monday handed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko a six-month suspended sentence in an appeal of a defamation case that could jeopardise his… Read More »Senegalese court hands six-month suspended sentence to opposition leader
Tsitsi Dangarembga was convicted last year of inciting violence by carrying a placard calling for reform.
The Paris police force and France’s interior minister faced questions and criticism Monday over why a march of around 600 neo-Nazis through the streets of… Read More »French police under fire for allowing neo-Nazi rally in Paris on VE Day
Some 40,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan to go to South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest countries.
With a devastating climate crisis causing floods, famine, disease and the obliteration of species at an alarming rate, increasing numbers of young people are condemning… Read More »France’s top graduates shake up attitudes on government’s inaction on climate
Dead bodies were still being recovered on Monday from two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where floods killed more than 400 people last week in… Read More »Congo buries its flood victims as death toll surpasses 400
Despite a shaky truce declared in Sudan until May 11, the violence has continued, endangering civilians who were already facing shortages of medical care, basic… Read More »Sudan: In absence of humanitarian aid, citizen initiatives attempt to help victims of violence
French President Emmanuel Macron led the traditional ceremony on Paris’ Champs-Elysees Monday commemorating the day that marked the end of World War II in Europe… Read More »France’s Macron commemorates the end of WWII in Europe
Lyon’s iconic president Jean-Michel Aulas is stepping down after nearly 36 years in charge of the French football club, handing over duties to American investor… Read More »Lyon football club’s iconic president Aulas hands the baton to US investor
