World
15 Dec
At the Brussels summit, EU leaders discuss the Western Balkans' accession, emphasizing the need for significant reforms. The Balkan states have been on the waiting list for over a decade with little progress.
15 Dec
Two months after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, evidence is mounting of the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas that day. Prosecutors have little doubt that women were raped, tortured and some of their dead bodies mutilated. Israeli police, who opened a probe in mid-November, say they have gathered more than 1,500 testimonies from witnesses and first responders. Hamas denies the allegations.
15 Dec
The highest court in the United States has announced a review of obstruction charges in cases relating to the storming of the US Capitol in 2021. The court will also rule on access to abortion medication.
15 Dec
COP28 pact agrees to 'transition away' from fossil fuels. Countries at the COP28 conference have agreed to "transition away" from fossil fuels. The deal is billed as historic, but critics say it falls short of what needs to be done to avert the climate crisis.
15 Dec
Hungary's Viktor Orban threatens to derail EU military aid to Ukraine. And Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy can't rely on ongoing support from the United States either.
15 Dec
Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Vietnam for talks on a "shared future" in the wake of Hanoi upgrading ties with the US. Relations between the two communist nations have suffered due to regional tensions.
15 Dec
In a new Russian disinformation campaign uncovered by Microsoft, celebrities such as Elijah Woods, Priscilla Presley and Mike Tyson, were tricked into recording a video via Cameo that was later doctored and used for anti-Zelensky propaganda. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
15 Dec
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak survived a rebellion within his party over his signature immigration policy. The plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda has cost millions — and so far been an abject failure.
15 Dec
Nigerians recently awoke to news of yet another tragic military error resulting in the death of at least 85 civilians. Now, calls for an investigation into the military's failures are growing louder.
14 Dec
Over 1 million questions have reportedly been submitted as Vladimir Putin puts on his end-of-year marathon press conference for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
14 Dec
The "Monument to the Soviet Army" was built in 1954 to remember the tenth anniversary of Red Troops entering the city. The monument has divided Sofians, with one third of the city's population against its removal.
14 Dec
In this edition, we look at the ripple effects of the war in Gaza. In the Red Sea, Houthi rebels from Yemen are stepping up their attacks on vessels in the vital shipping lane, saying they're doing so in protest at Israel's actions in Gaza, even though many of the ships in question are not Israeli-owned. Might that lead to a wider conflict? We speak to Abdul Ghani Al-iryani, senior researcher at the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies.
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Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former top UN humanitarian official, told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that Gaza is "among the worst places in humanitarian history". He described a trapped population enduring "relentless" bombardment since October 2023. With regards to the southern city of Rafah, where an Israeli offensive appears imminent, he said some 1.4 million people were "engulfed in fear and desperation beyond belief".
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TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have filed a petition with a US court, seeking to block a law that forces them to sell the social media app to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban. They argue the legislation is unconstitutional, setting the stage for a historic legal battle. But first, China's President Xi Jinping has arrived in Serbia on the second leg of his European tour. He expects to receive a much warmer welcome than he did in France.