French court upholds government instruction to ban all pro-Palestine protests
October 18, 2023 11:05 PM France’s highest administrative court rejected on Wednesday an appeal against an instruction from the French interior minister banning all pro-Palestinian protests, while stating that it…
Ukrainian court sentences ex-police officers over 2014 Maidan shootings
October 18, 2023 10:55 PM A Ukrainian court on Wednesday handed a former police officer a life sentence and gave two others 15-year prison terms over the deaths of dozens…
Protesters in Mideast vent fury at Gaza blast as Europe ups security
October 18, 2023 10:50 PM France on Wednesday advised citizens against travel to Lebanon, citing “security tensions”, as protesters around the region voiced fury at a blast that killed hundreds…
Germany eyes faster entry of Ukrainian refugees into labour market
October 18, 2023 10:45 PM Berlin – The German government on Wednesday proposed steps to speed up the integration of tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees into its labour market,…
US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
October 18, 2023 10:30 PM The text would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Read More
Iranian-French academic Adelkhah has returned to France from Iran, says Paris university
October 18, 2023 10:25 PM Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah – who had previously been held in prison in Iran – has returned to France from Iran, said Paris’ Sciences-Po university…
Protesters near U.S. embassy in Beirut sprayed with water cannon, teargas
October 18, 2023 10:20 PM Lebanese security forces used teargas and water cannon to repel scores of protesters demonstrating on Wednesday near the U.S. embassy in Beirut against what they…
Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars
October 18, 2023 10:15 PM On May 4, 2022, NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude – fairly modest by Earth…
U.S. says it thwarted drone attacks on troops in Iraq
October 18, 2023 10:10 PM TEL AVIV/ERBIL, Iraq -The U.S. military thwarted an attack targeting its forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, intercepting two drones before they could strike, two…
Georgia’s pro-EU president avoids impeachment after break with government
October 18, 2023 9:45 PM Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili escaped impeachment on Wednesday, amid a bitter dispute with a government she says is pro-Russian and insufficiently committed to bids for…