International diplomats reacted cautiously Monday to the prospect of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group taking control in Syria after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. HTS has its roots in the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda and is proscribed as a “terrorist” organization by Western governments. Aaron Y. Zelin, Senior Fellow at the Washington … Read more
New York. The post of America’s newly elected President Donald Trump is going viral on social media. In this, he created an atmosphere of laughter and debate by calling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the ‘governor’ of the ‘great state’ Canada. Posting on his social media platform Truth Social, 78-year-old Trump wrote, “It was a … Read more
On the last day of her trial against the filmmaker she accused of sexually assaulting her as a child, French actor Adèle Haenel on Tuesday briefly stormed out of the courtroom and told Christophe Ruggia to “shut up”. Haenel was the first prominent French actor to sound the alarm on sexual abuse in the country’s … Read more
Luigi Mangione, the man charged in last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom on Tuesday, where he was denied bail and his lawyer said he would fight extradition to New York City, where the attack happened. Source link
A UN high-level mission in Ethiopia led by Education Cannot Wait calls for innovative financing solutions to urgently address the education needs of 9 million crisis-affected out-of-school children. FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade speaks to Education Cannot Wait’s Executive Director, Yasmine Sherif. Source link
As some semblance of normality slowly settles in in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, questions are turning to what’s next for the millions of Syrian refugees spread out across the world. FRANCE 24’s Andrew Hilliar reports from Gaziantep in Turkey, where authorities are starting to expand border crossing capacities to accommodate the influx … Read more
Refugees, asylum seekers, exiles: the return to Syria begins with people who have given up on returning home now back on their own soil. Source link
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed the allegations against him as he testified in court for the first time in his corruption case. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly sought to delay his court appearance, is the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal trial. He faces charges of bribery, fraud and … Read more
Japan’s atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize, urging countries to abolish the weapons resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Source link
The Syrian rebels now in power in Damascus have appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as head of a transitional government that will be in place until March 1, state media said. More information with FRANCE 24 Reporter in Damascus, James Andre. Source link