by NEWS WIRES US forces shot down an armed drone above their embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi security officials said, hours after a…
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By NEWS WIRES Ex-South African president Jacob Zuma on Sunday told hundreds of supporters camped outside his home his rights had been violated as a…
By France 24 The Belgium football team were booed for taking a knee to highlight racial injustice, while their Russian opponents stood before Saturday’s Euro 2020…
By NEWS WIRES Italy’s anti-trust authority said Thursday it had fined Google more than 100 million euros ($120mn) for shutting out a rival’s smartphone app…
by FRANCE 24 Israeli troops massed at the Gaza border on Thursday as military officials said all options are on the table, including a ground…
by NEWS WIRES Union members, students, pensioners and workers marched in anti-government protests around Colombia on Wednesday, as President Ivan Duque urged citizens to reject…
By France 24 A 23-year-old woman who was mistakenly injected with too many shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine was given four, rather than six doses,…
Violence By NEWS WIRES Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in at least the fourth night…
France By Sébastian SEIBT A new study published this week by France’s Pasteur Institute concludes that since the British variant of Covid-19 is now dominant…
By FRANCE 24 The MV Helios Ray, a vehicle-carrier ship, was hit between Thursday and Friday morning by a blast above the water line that…
By NEWS WIRES About 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court on Monday ahead of the hearing for 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy…
By france24 A Myanmar court filed two new charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, a lawyer acting for her said, as protesters marched…
By Nicole Trian As vaccinations pick up pace around the world, the idea of “vaccine passports” is gaining traction among governments and industries looking for a way out of shutdowns, curfews and travel…
By NEWS WIRES A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world’s most fortified…
By: FRANCE 24 Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) economic powers, who control a little under half of the world’s economy, on Friday agreed…
By NEWS WIRES Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup called for more big protests on Wednesday to show that the army’s assertion of widespread public support…
by:NEWS WIRES Haitian police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters who were marching against President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, and attacked journalists covering…
By Bahar MAKOOI Earlier this year, when a leading French political scientist resigned from his university post following the publication of a book by his stepdaughter alleging…