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1 month ago
NYC LGBT

Russian police raid alleged 'anti-war LGBTQ+ party', say state media

Russian security forces raided LGBTQ+ party meeting opposing Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Putin's laws target LGBTQ+ community and suppress dissent and activism.
time.com
3 months ago
NYC LGBT

Police Raid Moscow Gay Bars After Court Labels LGBTQ+ Movement Extremist,' Says Local Media

Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars in Moscow following a ban on the LGBTQ+ movement as an extremist organization.
The raids are part of a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia that has been ongoing for over a decade.
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3 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Ex-Sierra Leone president Koroma to be questioned over failed coup'

Former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has been called in for questioning by police regarding a failed coup attempt.
Koroma has been asked to appear at the criminal investigations department within 24 hours, following the earlier arrest of his former security aide.
Europe news
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9 months ago
Europe news

An associate of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is sentenced to prison for extremism

Lilia Chanysheva gestures as she stands in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, June 14."I am a politician, a woman who is being persecuted by men who are her opponents," she said in her final statement to the court earlier this month.AP Photo MOSCOW A Russian court sentenced a leading associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 7 1/2 years in prison on extremism-related charges on Wednesday the latest in a series of lengthy prison terms issued to political opponents of the Kremlin amid the war in Ukraine.
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9 months ago
Europe news

4 young children are critically wounded in a knife attack in a French Alpine town

Security forces gather in a playground at the scene of knife attack in Annecy, a town in the French Alps, on Thursday.Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP PARIS As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly.
Washington Post
10 months ago
Europe news

Real or not, reported Kremlin drone attack unsettles Russia

A view of the Red Square closed for Victory Parade preparation, with the Spasskaya Tower in the center, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 3, 2023.Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight.The Kremlin on Wednesday decried the alleged attack attempt as a "terrorist act" and said Russian military and security forces disabled the drones before they could strike.
Independent.ie
10 months ago
Europe news

Russia claims its military 'foiled Ukrainian drone attack on Kremlin' which was attempt to assassinate Putin

The Kremlin branded the alleged overnight attack as a "terrorist act" and said Russian military and security forces had disabled the drones before they could strike.It said there had been no damage caused nor casualties incurred, and did not provide any other details.The Kremlin added that President Vladimir Putin was safe and continued to work with his schedule unchanged.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Europe news

The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy review deeply personal study of an old-fashioned imperial war'

On 23 February 2022, Serhii Plokhy was in Vienna on sabbatical from his teaching job at Harvard.He went to bed hoping the disturbing news on CNN was somehow wrong.Like many others, including his country's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian historian was reluctant to believe Russia was about to launch a full-scale assault on his homeland.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Calls for more pensions protests as hundreds arrested in France

Interior minister says hundreds of police officers injured during the most violent day of protests since they began in January.French authorities have arrested 457 people during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform as unions called for more demonstrations.Speaking to the CNews channel, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 903 fires were lit in the streets of the capital, Paris, on Thursday.
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9 months ago
US politics

US intelligence agencies buy Americans' personal data, new report says

The vast amount of personal data for sale online is an increasingly powerful tool for intelligence gathering by US and foreign spying agencies but also represents a privacy risk to ordinary people, according to a newly declassified US intelligence report.To protect civil liberties, US spy agencies need to catalog what data they buy and develop guidance for protecting that data, according to the report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday.
World politics
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

About 27 Killed, Mostly Children, When Mortar Shell Explodes in Somalia

A mortar shell explosion near Qoryoley, a city in the Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, killed about 27 people, mainly children, and injured 53 on Friday, according to the state news agency.Children were playing with a mortar shell that did not go off.It exploded on them, said Abdi Ahmed, deputy district commissioner of Qoryoley, a city of about 60,000 people south of the country's capital, Mogadishu.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Nearly 90 Afghan Schoolgirls Were Poisoned, Officials Suspect

Eighty-nine schoolgirls and their teachers in northern Afghanistan were hospitalized with respiratory and neurological symptoms over the weekend in what officials believe were deliberate poisonings at two girls' schools, officials said.On Saturday, 63 students and staff members at Kabod Aab School an elementary school for girls in the northern Sar-i-Pul Province became sick shortly after arriving in their classrooms that morning, officials and parents of those students said.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

3 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Rare Attack on Egyptian Border

A man identified by the Israeli and Egyptian authorities as an Egyptian security officer entered Israeli territory on Saturday and killed three Israeli soldiers in two separate shooting incidents in a remote desert area along the border between the two countries, according to an initial investigation by the Israeli military.
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9 months ago
World politics

Mother and Child's Desperate Run for Cover in Kyiv Ends Outside LockedShelter

Listening to the wail of air-raid sirens, a mother and her 9-year-old daughter raced through the Ukrainian capital's early morning darkness on Thursday to a clinic, where a bomb shelter promised escape from another Russian missile barrage.But the clinic was locked, the authorities said.After explosions roared, the woman and her daughter were found dead among green trees and broken glass, just outside the door.
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10 months ago
World politics

Colombia's Peace-Whisperer Makes Plenty of Enemies

CARTAGENA, Colombia For a champion of peace, Leyner Palacios faces a lot death threats.The latest menacing message came in February, when Mr. Palacios, 47, was warned he had 12 hours to leave the region where he was born on Colombia's Pacific Coast, and to never come back.The last time he had received a similar warning, in March 2020, one of his bodyguards was killed.
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10 months ago
World politics

Pakistan's Top Court Orders Release of Imran Khan

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be released from custody on Thursday, offering a major victory for the onetime leader who was arrested this week as part of a corruption inquiry, and escalating a political crisis that has engulfed the country.In its ruling, the court declared that the authorities had unlawfully arrested Mr. Khan.
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www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Russia's former president says UK officials are legitimate military targets'

British public officials are a legitimate military target because of the UK's support for Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has warned.Mr Medvedev, deputy chairman of Vladimir Putin's security council, claimed the UK's support for Kyiv amounted to an undeclared war against Russia.His comments came after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Ukraine had the right to project force beyond its borders into Russia to resist Mr Putin's invasion.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

George, Charlotte and Louis join the King for coronation rehearsal

The King and Queen Consort and the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children have attended a coronation rehearsal at Westminster Abbey.Three days before the occasion, a relaxed-looking Charles and Camilla headed to the venue with William, Kate, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Coronation will showcase our liberty' despite tight security, says minister

The police and intelligence agencies are mounting a very complex security operation around the coronation with the eyes of the world set to be on the UK.Security minister Tom Tugendhat said police are all over it and not complacent about the scale of the challenge.New laws to curb protests came into force on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's ceremony but Mr Tugendhat said the celebrations will showcase our liberty and our democracy.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Heaton-Harris: We must not take peace for granted in Northern Ireland

Peace in Northern Ireland must not be taken for granted, the UK Government has warned, as MPs marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA).Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris advised caution as he pointed to the decision by MI5 to increase the terror threat level from substantial to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

MI5 raises Northern Ireland terror threat level to severe'

MI5 has increased the terror threat level in Northern Ireland from substantial to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris cited a small number of individuals who remain determined to use politically motivated violence.Announcing the change on Tuesday, he urged the public to remain vigilant but not be alarmed.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

MI5 raises Northern Ireland terror threat to severe'

The terror threat level in Northern Ireland has been raised to severe' following an uptick in activity by a small number of individuals determined to use politically motivated violence.MI5, increased the threat from substantial' to severe', which means that an attack is highly likely.The intelligence service, which makes assessments independent of ministers, urged the public to remain vigilant" but "not be alarmed".
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
France news

Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain

For at least four years, thousands of children have been growing up in a camp in northeast Syria housing families of Islamic State group militants, raised in an atmosphere where the group's radical ideology still circulates and where they have almost no chance for an education.Fearing that a new generation of militants will emerge from al-Hol Camp, the Kurdish officials who govern eastern and northern Syria are experimenting with a rehabilitation program aimed at pulling children out of extremist thought.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
France news

Demolition of shantytown on French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte begins

Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte have begun demolishing homes in an operation against sub-standard housing and illegal migration France has deployed hundreds of police officers and gendarmes in Mayotte the country's poorest department since April to prepare a major security measure called Operation Wuambushu (Take Back in the local language).
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

Toll rises to 5 killed in Tunisia synagogue attack

The number of people killed after an attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has now risen to five, Tunisia's TAP news agency said Wednesday.They include two Jewish pilgrims and three Tunisian police guards.One police guard died from his injuries following Tuesday's attack, according to a medical official cited by TAP.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
France news

Macron unveils plan to save water amid climate change toll

President Emmanuel Macron launched a broad plan on Thursday to ensure that France has sovereignty over its water resources, growing increasingly scarce because of climate change, challenging farmers, drying lakes and leaving some households without water running from their faucets.The water problem is urgent, he said, affirming that climate change will deprive France of 30% to 40% of available water by 2050.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France news

French PM Borne reaches out to opposition, unions ahead of protests

File photo of French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris.Benoit Tessier, AP (archives) French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday is set to start a series of consultations over the next three weeks with opposition MPs, political parties and local leaders after weeks of protests over pension reforms.
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1 year ago
France news

Violent clashes erupt over agro industry water megabasins project in western France

Issued on: 25/03/2023 - 15:25 A protester throws a mortar at riot mobile gendarmes during a demonstration called by the collective "Bassines non merci", the environmental movement "Les Soulevements de la Terre" and the French trade union 'Confederation paysanne' to protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation, in Sainte-Soline, central-western France, on March 25, 2023.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

The Troubles: Amendments will bolster legacy bill - Lord Caine

BBC News Ireland Correspondent

A government minister has said planned changes to a bill on investigations relating to the Northern Ireland conflict would ensure the new system was more "robustly compliant" with international law.Lord Caine told the BBC he hoped the amendments would make the legislation more acceptable to victims.
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10 months ago
London politics

Imran Khan condemns attacks on Pakistan army as PTI leaders quit

The ex-prime minister's muted criticism of vandalism and arson at military installations comes after more than a dozen politicians quit his party.Islamabad, Pakistan Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says everyone in Pakistan has condemned the attacks on military installations during the deadly protests over his arrest last week.
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10 months ago
London politics

Ex-Pakistan PM Khan says police surrounded his home in Lahore

Imran Khan says he fears re-arrest as police surround his house over claims he is hiding suspects in recent riots.Police have surrounded the home of former Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, claiming he was sheltering dozens of people allegedly involved in violent protests against his recent detention.
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10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan PM orders roundup of pro-Khan violent protesters DW 05/13/2023

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday ordered authorities to identify and arrest all those who were involved in violent protests over the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week.Sharif gave security forces 72 hours to round them up, adding that perpetrators of violence would be tried in anti-terrorism courts.
www.france24.com
10 months ago
London politics

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan granted bail after arrest cancelled

Issued on: 12/05/2023 - 12:36 Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023.Amir Qureshi, AFP A Pakistani court ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan's release on bail for two weeks, his lawyer said on Friday, following an arrest that sparked deadly unrest in the nuclear-armed nation.
Washington Post
10 months ago
London politics

Pakistani provinces request military support after arrest of Imran Khan

Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan clash with security forces in Lahore, Pakistan, May 10, 2023.(Rahat Dar/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Comment Gift Article ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's political crisis threatened to spiral out of control on Wednesday, a day after the arrest of opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan, as two provinces requested military support against protesters amid reports of several deaths.
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10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested during court appearance

Protected by a bulletproof barrier, former prime minister Imran Khan speaks during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan on March 26, 2023.K.M. Chaudary, AP Pakistan's anti-graft agents on Tuesday arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases, police and officials from his party said.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power

U.S. Special Operations forces are not required to vet for past human rights violations by the foreign troops they arm and train as surrogates, newly disclosed documents show.While the gap in rules governing vetting for a counterterrorism program have previously been reported based on anonymous sources, the documents provide official confirmation.
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10 months ago
World politics

Wendy Sherman, U.S. Diplomat Known for Hard Conversations in Hard Places,' to Retire

After Russia had amassed 100,000 troops by Ukraine's borders in what appeared to be preparations for an invasion, the Biden administration sent one of its top diplomats to talk with her Russian counterpart to try to dissuade Moscow from a full-scale war.Wendy R. Sherman, the deputy secretary of state, met with Sergei A. Ryabkov in the U.S. mission in Geneva in January 2022.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

Deadly Tunisian synagogue attack was premeditated and targeted temple, interior minister says

A Tunisian national guardsman behind an attack that killed five people intentionally targeted the ancient synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba in a premeditated act, Tunisia's interior minister said Thursday.Interior Minister Kamel Fekih pledged to spare no effort to ensure the stability of the country and to protect foreigners after Tuesday's attack.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Sudan's Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces sign agreement intended to lay groundwork for humanitarian assistance in Sudan, say US officials

The warring Sudanese parties have signed an agreement intended to lay the groundwork for humanitarian assistance to resume in Sudan, senior US State Department officials said Thursday.The agreement signed in Jeddah by representatives from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is not a ceasefire, but rather a declaration of commitment to protect the civilians of Sudan.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Dozens missing in latest shipwreck off Tunisia

At least 34 refugees missing after their boat sinks off Tunisia, raising the total number of missing people to 67 as the number of vessels heading towards Italy sharply increases.At least 34 refugees are missing after their boat sank off Tunisia, officials have said, the latest in a string of tragedies this month.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
Europe news

Rights groups accuse French police of brutality in pension protests

French authorities arrested more than 450 people on Thursday in the most violent day of demonstrations since the start of the year against the bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.In the days leading up to Thursday's protests, rights watchdogs had expressed worries over what they termed arbitrary detentions and the police's excessive use of force.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Volodymyr Zelenskiy lands in Italy to meet the pope as Ukraine wins ground

Ukraine has regained at least a kilometre of territory in the eastern city of Bakhmut amid a Russian alleged withdrawal from the area, as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Rome on Saturday to meet Pope Francis for the first time since Russia's invasion.Over the past four days, Russian troops from the 72nd separate motor rifle brigade (72 SMRB) possibly withdrew in bad order from their positions on the southern flank of the Bakhmut operation, said the UK's Ministry of Defence, in a move that, according to the British intelligence, reflects Moscow's severe shortage of credible combat units.
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10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan granted bail after invalid' arrest

Islamabad High Court gives two weeks of interim bail after Khan's arrest on corruption charges.Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail by the Islamabad High Court after his arrest on corruption charges this week sparked deadly clashes before being declared illegal.The court has granted Imran Khan two weeks interim bail and has directed the authorities not to arrest him in the [graft] case, Khan's lawyer Khawaja Harris told reporters on Friday.
time.com
10 months ago
London politics

Imran Khan's Arrest Fuels Pakistani Divisions, Furthering Sense of Political Persecution

When, on March 26, TIME spoke with Imran Khan from his home in Lahore, the former Pakistani Prime Minister was clear on why the government was refusing to hold snap elections as constitutionally mandated.What they are hoping is that by that time, I'll be in jail, he said.As for the response of his supporters were he to be detained, Khan was also plain.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
London politics

In a polarized Pakistan, Imran Khan accuses opponents of conspiracies

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan (center) leaves after appearing before a court for a protective bail in relation to two cases, in Lahore on March 21.Khan spoke to NPR's Morning Edition on Thursday.Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images ISLAMABAD The former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tells NPR that he believes his opponents will try to have him killed or jailed, and predicts they will try to delay federal elections slated for this fall elections that he believes his party would "sweep."
Independent
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistani police file terror charges against ex-PM Imran Khan and his supporters

Police in the Pakistani capital filed charges on Sunday against former prime minister Imran Khan, 17 of his aides and scores of supporters, accusing them of terrorism and other offences.he move came after the ousted premier's followers clashed with security forces in Islamabad on Saturday.For hours on Saturday, Khan's followers clashed with police outside a court where the former prime minister was to appear in a graft case.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistan: Court halts arrest warrant for ex-PM Imran Khan DW 03/17/2023

An arrest warrant for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was lifted Friday, allowing him to travel to Islamabad without being held to face charges in a corruption case.One of the country's top courts suspended an arrest warrant issued against the politician after he failed to show up for a hearing on Tuesday.
Washington Post
10 months ago
London politics

Pakistani court grants Imran Khan bail, legal team says

Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on Friday.(Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)Comment Gift Article ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The high court of Islamabad on Friday granted bail to Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan, his legal team said, in a move that could calm tensions after days of violent clashes across the country.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Dozens Killed in Ethnic Clashes in India's Manipur State

Clashes between rival ethnic groups in Manipur, a remote state in India's northeast, have reportedly killed dozens of people in recent days, and the situation remains volatile, even as the authorities rush troops to the area to quell the disorder and seek to control the flow of information.The unrest, which began Wednesday, arose from a dispute over who gets to claim a special tribal status that grants extra privileges.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Tunisia says dozens killed as three ships sink in Mediterranean

Members of rights groups carry banners during a protest after Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered security forces to stop all illegal migration and expel all undocumented migrants, in Tunis on Feb. 25. (Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters)At least 29 African migrants and asylum seekers were found dead and 11 others rescued Sunday when three separate boats trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy capsized along the Tunisian coast, according to the Tunisian Coast Guard.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France news

Demonstrator in critical state after clashes with police at French water reservoir protest

Issued on: 26/03/2023 - 16:07 A French gendarme vehicle burns during clashes as part of a demonstration called by the collective "Bassines non merci", the environmental movement "Les Soulevements de la Terre" and the French trade union 'Confederation paysanne' to protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation, in Sainte-Soline, central-western France, on March 25, 2023.
Independent
1 year ago
France politics

Violent French pension protests erupt as 1 million demonstrate

More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, with violence erupting in some places.nions have called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles' planned visit to France.The Interior Ministry said the march in Paris - marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere - drew 119,000 people, which was a record for the capital during the pension protests.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
France politics

More than 1 million demonstrate across France against pension reforms

Protesters run amid the tear gas during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 23, 2023.French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.Laurent Cipriani/AP PARIS More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.
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10 months ago
Faith

A gun attack on an old Tunisian synagogue has killed 5 people

A tourist visits the Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba in southern Tunisia on Oct. 28, 2015.Five people, including two Jewish pilgrims, were killed Tuesday in a gun attack at the synagogue, Tunisia's TAP news agency said.Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP TUNIS, Tunisia The number of people killed in a gun attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has risen to five, Tunisia's TAP news agency said Wednesday.
Washington Post
10 months ago
London politics

Party officials: Imran Khan arrested in court in Islamabad

FILE - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Shaukat Khanum hospital, in Lahore, Pakistan, Nov. 4, 2022.Officials from the party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan say he has been arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases.
Washington Post
10 months ago
London

Palace weapons arrest comes amid coronations security push

This image from a video shows police leading a man inside a police van outside Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, May 2, 2023.London police said a controlled explosion was carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace late Tuesday after a man was arrested there on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.
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10 months ago
France politics

Violence erupts during French May Day protests

Nearly 300 protesters arrested as more than 100 police officers wounded during protests against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.Nearly 300 protesters have been arrested and dozens of police officers were wounded after rioting broke out during May Day protests in France against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
France politics

Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate

More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.The Interior Ministry said the march in Paris marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere drew 119,000 people, which was a record for the capital during the pension protests.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
France politics

Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate

PARIS, France More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.The Interior Ministry said the march in Paris marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere drew 119,000 people, which was a record for the capital during the pension protests.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
France politics

1 million take to the streets in France as protests grow

By Alexander Turnbull, Nicolas Garriga and Elaine Ganley | Associated Press PARIS French unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, which will coincide with King Charles III's planned visit to France, after more than 1 million people demonstrated throughout the country Thursday against unpopular pension reforms.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

Macron defiant as anger simmers over French pension reform

France's President Emmanuel Macron, a file photo taken on March 10, 2023.Emmanuel Dunand, AFP French President Emmanuel Macron told allies Tuesday he plans to keep the government in place and not dissolve parliament, defying opponents and widespread public anger over his pensions reform.Police arrested another 234 people in Paris on Monday night during clashes between protesters and security forces, with several groups burning trash bins, bikes and other objects.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
France politics

Macron pushes pension reform through French parliament

By Sylvie Corbet | Associated Press PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by shunning parliament and invoking a special constitutional power.Lawmakers were shouting, their voices shaking with emotion as Macron made the risky move, which is expected to trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Education

Egyptian army has turned Sinai schools into military bases, says rights group

Egyptian forces have taken over 37 schools and transformed them into military bases while dozens more have been destroyed during a 10-year war with militants in Sinai, a rights group has found in an initial assessment.In a months-long investigation shared with the Guardian before its official release, the UK-based Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR) accused the Egyptian armed forces of compromising the right to education of children during its campaign against militants in north Sinai.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Education

Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis

An empty classroom is seen in a school in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, March.28, 2023.Palestinian public schools across the occupied West Bank have been shuttered since Feb. 5, in one of the longest teachers' strikes in recent memory against the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.(APPhoto/Mahmoud Illean)AL-AZZA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - In schools across the world, children are halfway into their second semester.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
France politics

Police clashed with demonstrators across France, as thousands continue to protest

Bolstered French police forces clashed with demonstrators in numerous cities Tuesday as hundred of thousands of marchers protested President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular retirement reform.Security was ramped up for the 10th round of protest marches since January after the government warned that some demonstrators intended to destroy, to injure and to kill.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

The plan to make getting a French drivers' licence quicker and cheaper

The day of action called by unions is the tenth such mobilisation since protests started in mid-January against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.The last such day of strikes and protests on Thursday saw the most violent clashes yet between protesters and security forces as tensions erupted into pitched battles on the streets of Paris.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

France braces for more nationwide strikes and protests as Macron stands firm on pension reform

France Tuesday braced for another day of strikes and protests with President Emmanuel Macron remaining defiant over the controversial pensions reform that has sparked turmoil in the country.The day of action called by unions is the tenth such mobilisation since protests started in mid-January against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

Rubbish piles up in strike-bound Paris

Senators passed the reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package another step closer to becoming law.A committee will now hammer out a final draft, which will then be submitted to both the Senate and National Assembly for a final vote.An important step was taken this evening with a broad vote on the pension reform text in the Senate, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told AFP after the vote, adding that she believed the government had a parliamentary majority to get the reforms passed into law.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

French Senate approves pensions reform as protests appear to lose steam

Senators passed the reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package another step closer to becoming law.A committee will now hammer out a final draft, which will then be submitted to both the Senate and National Assembly for a final vote.An important step was taken this evening with a broad vote on the pension reform text in the Senate, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told AFP after the vote, adding that she believed the government had a parliamentary majority to get the reforms passed into law.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

French Senate approves Macron's pension reform as strikes continue

Senators attend a session in the French Senate in Paris, July 16, 2020.Bertrand Guay, AFP France's Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country's pension system, hours after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron's second term in office.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Paris

French protesters and police clash in marches against pension changes

Protesters and police clashed on the edges of street demonstrations in France on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of people took part in marches against Emmanuel Macron's use of constitutional executive powers to push through an unpopular rise in the pension age to 64.While demonstrations in Paris and Nantes were peaceful, with the majority of demonstrators chanting and calling for the pension changes to be scrapped, on the margins in some cities, men in masks or hoods clashed with police.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

Live: French anti-pension reform protesters stage tenth day of strikes

FRANCE IN TURMOIL Issued on: 28/03/2023 - 09:16Modified: 28/03/2023 - 09:22 File photo of demonstrators protesting the use of Article 49.3 to push through pension reforms at a strike in Paris on March 23, 2023.Emmanuel Dunand, AFP Nearly two weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron rammed pension reforms through parliament, hundreds of thousands of people are set to take part in strikes and demonstrations across France on Tuesday.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

Protester fighting for life after France water protest clashes: prosecutor

The violent scenes in Sainte-Soline in western France came after days of violent protests nationwide over President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform that prompted the cancellation of a visit by King Charles III of the UK.A long procession set off late morning, comprising at least 6,000 people according to local authorities and around 30,000 according to the organisers.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

Charles III's state visit to France postponed due to unrest over pension reform

Issued on: 24/03/2023 - 11:39 The state visit to France of Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, has been postponed amid violent protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.Oli Scarff, AFP/ File picture A planned visit to France from Sunday by King Charles III has been postponed due to ongoing protests over pension reform, the French presidency announced.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

At least 457 people arrested, 441 security forces injured in violent French pension protests

Issued on: 24/03/2023 - 09:45 A protester clashes with riot police during a demonstration on the ninth day of nationwide protests against the French government's pension reform, Paris, France, March 23, 2023.Nacho Doce, Reuters A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
time.com
1 year ago
France politics

Macron Faces Votes of No Confidence Amid French Protests Over Pension Reform Plan

Emmanuel Macron's government will face two confidence votes as soon as Monday amid anger over the French president's decision to bypass the legislature in pushing through his unpopular pension reform that will boost the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62.If a no-confidence motion gets a majority of votes an unlikely scenario the pension bill would be nullified and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne would have to resign.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

Pension protests pile pressure on Macron ahead of crucial vote for France

Demonstrators run from tear gas during a protest against pension reform in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on March 18, 2023 Thibaud Moritz, AFP French President Emanuel Macron faces a critical test on Monday when the National Assembly is due to examine no-confidence motions filed after his government bypassed parliament on Thursday to push through a deeply unpopular pension reform, sparking days of unrest.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: Unrest sweeps across Israel, and Netanyahu has only himself to blame

Israelis embrace the ideal of democracy with the same fervor that Americans do.It's why, on Monday, the people of Israel effectively shut down their country's economy in a defiant, urgent statement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dangerous bid to overhaul - and in doing so weaken - the country's judicial system.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
London politics

Either Imran Khan exists or we do', says Pakistan home minister

Rana Sanaullah's remarks against Khan during a TV interview trigger a sharp reaction from the opposition PTI party.Islamabad, Pakistan Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party has slammed incendiary remarks by the country's home minister against his political rival.In an interview on Sunday with a local news channel, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, the second-most powerful official in the government, issued what many say are not-so-veiled threats to Khan, 72, who since his removal from power last year has been demanding immediate elections.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

No risk' for King Charles despite France retirement protests, Bordeaux mayor says

There will be no risk to the King when he visits Bordeaux, the town's mayor has said after violence erupted in the region.The town hall's historic entrance was set alight on Thursday evening in protests against Emmanuel Macron's move to push through reforms to raise the pension age.Protesters gathered outside the Palais Rohan cheered as a part of the building went up in flames, one of a number of incidents of vandalism and violence across the country on Thursday evening after a day of largely peaceful strike action.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Charles's visit to France postponed as anti-Macron rioters scrawl Death to the King'

Security threats including graffiti reading Death to the King convinced Emmanuel Macron to postpone King Charles's state visit to France, it has emerged, amid nationwide strikes and violent protests.The macabre message was left by protesters rioting against the president's decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

King Charles's safety couldn't be guaranteed' amid France pension protests

Close King Charles visit to France postponed amid widespread retirement age protests French authorities feared the safety of King Charles would not be guaranteed on a trip around France coinciding with violent protests against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.A three-day state visit was postponed at Mr Macron's urging after security forces grew concerned over the King's habit of impromptu handshakes, and talking to ordinary people whenever he could, a source who was involved in the planning of the trip told The Independent.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Bordeaux city hall set on fire as one million join anti-Macron protests across France

The historic Bordeaux City Hall in France has been set on fire on the day of the biggest protest yet against Emmanuel Macron's controversial attempts to push through reforms to raise the pension age.Protesters gathered outside the Palais Rohan cheered as a part of the building went up in flames, one of a number of incidents of vandalism and violence across the country on Thursday evening after a day of largely peaceful strike action.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
London politics

Imran Khan says constitution violated' as Punjab vote is delayed

Election panel moves April 30 vote to October after PM Shehbaz Sharif's government refuses to provide the necessary funds.Pakistan's election authorities have delayed the election for a crucial regional assembly after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government refused to provide the necessary funds and polling staff citing financial constraints.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Five drown off Tunisia coast trying to reach Europe

Another 28 people were still missing after a boat headed for Europe capsized off the coast of Tunisia.At least five African people have died and another 28 are missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a local rights group has said.Romadan Ben Omar, a member of the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, said on Wednesday that the Tunisian coastguard had rescued five people who had been on board the boat that sank off the coast of the southern city of Sfax.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Several dead, scores missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

Issued on: 23/03/2023 - 02:31 Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sit in a makeshift boat off the coast of Tunisia's central city of Sfax on October 4, 2022.Fethi Belaid, AFP At least five African migrants died and another 28 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
France politics

Violence erupts at French pension protests for 3rd night DW 03/18/2023

Violence broke out between protesters and security forces for a third night in central Paris on Saturday over the government's ducking of a parliamentary vote on unpopular pension reforms.President Emmanuel Macron's overhaul will raise the standard retirement age by two years to 64, which he says is essential to ensure the system does not go bust.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
France politics

France: Paris police ban protests near parliament DW 03/18/2023

Police in France on Saturday banned protests opposite the National Assembly in Paris following a second night of violence over the government's ducking of a parliamentary vote on unpopular pension reforms.President Emmanuel Macron's overhaul will raise the standard retirement age by two years to 64, which the government says is essential to ensure the system does not go bust.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Greece sacks police chief after clashes over deadly train disaster

A Greek police officer lobs a tear gas canister during clashes in Athens on March 16, 2023.Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP Greece said Saturday it had sacked its national police chief, days after clashes between security forces and demonstrators broke out in the wake of the country's deadliest train tragedy.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

More demos in France and planes and trains cancelled as pension strikes continue

Protests against the government's use of a special constitutional provision, known as article 49.3, to sweep aside parliamentary opposition to the reform have been angrier than anything seen over the past two months.Unions, united in coordinating their protests, called for a ninth strike day next Thursday, but many expressed fears they could lose control of the protests as more radical demonstrators set the tone.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

Could anti-Macron protests result in a Yellow Vest rerun in France?

Protests against the government's use of a special constitutional provision, known as article 49.3, to sweep aside parliamentary opposition to the reform have been angrier than anything seen over the past two months.Unions, united in coordinating their protests, called for a ninth strike day next Thursday, but many expressed fears they could lose control of the protests as more radical demonstrators set the tone.
Independent
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistan court rejects ex-PM Khan's plea to suspend warrant

A Pakistani court has rejected a petition from former prime minister Imran Khan's lawyers to suspend a warrant for him to appear in court in a graft case linked to his term in office.t is a development that increases the likelihood of another police bid to arrest the ousted premier.Mr Khan has been holed up in his home in the eastern city of Lahore, where clashes erupted earlier this week when police tried to detain him after he failed to show up at an earlier court hearing in the case.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France politics

Fury in France as protesters block Paris ring road following Macron's forced pension reform

CGT unionists light flares on Paris's ring road as they block the traffic to protest, a day after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote using article 49.3 of the constitution, March 17, 2023.Bertrand Guay, AFP Protesters blocked a key highway around the French capital and escalated strikes at refineries Friday in a new show of anger after President Emmanuel Macron pushed through a contentious pension reform without a parliamentary vote.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistan court stops police action against Imran Khan till Friday

Lahore High Court order defuses a surge in violence that saw supporters of the ex-PM clashing with security forces.A Pakistani high court has ordered the police to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan to Friday, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitched battles with security forces.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
France politics

Garbage piles up as pension reform strikes grip France

By Sylvia Corbet | Associated Press PARIS French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits took to the streets in a nationwide protest on Wednesday as a committee of lawmakers meeting behind closed doors validated the wording of President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension plan.Macron had the means on the joint Senate and National Assembly committee to advance his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, but it remains to be seen whether it can command a parliamentary majority.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Israel Says It Killed a Bomber Who Probably Entered From Lebanon

Israeli security forces said on Wednesday that they had shot dead a man they accused of planting a bomb in northern Israel after he had probably infiltrated the country from southern Lebanon, in one of the most unusual security incidents along the border in years.The military did not reveal details about the man killed but said that they were investigating whether he had been connected to Hezbollah, an Islamist militia and political movement that has long fought Israel and has a stronghold in southern Lebanon.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Iran's IRGC branded clerical fascists and homicidal maniacs' in Commons

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were branded clerical fascists and homicidal maniacs in the Commons as ministers came under renewed pressure to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France news

Macron kicks off Olympic countdown 500 days before Paris Games

Paris 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron launches the countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday, taking stock of preparations for the mammoth event as officials race to get the city's transport network into shape and stage an opening ceremony unlike any other.Macron, who has promised an unforgettable curtain-raiser, hosted the Olympics' organisers and business partners at the Elysee Palace to discuss preparations for the world's biggest sporting event.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
France politics

French Senate approves Macron's pension plan amid new protests

French unions call for an additional day of nationwide strikes and protests as Senate vote brings pension plan closer to becoming law.The French Senate has approved President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plan as hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied in cities across the country to oppose the changes.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
France news

Macron's pension reforms pass French senate vote

France's senate has voted to approve a deeply unpopular reform to pensions, hours after demonstrators took to the streets again to oppose the cornerstone policy of Emmanuel Macron's second presidential term.Senators passed the reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package another step closer to becoming law.
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