The National Police dismantled a criminal group linked to ‘El Tren de Aragua’ specialized in robberies with extreme violence in the Community of Madrid. The operation, culminating in six arrests, began in August 2025 after an assault on a single-family home in a private neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital. In that first blow, … Read more
In Kabwe, Zambia, thousands of people are exposed to extreme lead pollution. The reason: decades of mining activity and toxic waste left behind. The soil is contaminated and children suffer from lead poisoning with dramatic health consequences. Watch our #Reporters ➡️ https://youtu.be/SO2letmpqFE Source link
On Wednesday evening, US President Donald Trump said that if Oman attempted to team up with Iran to take control of the Strait of Hormuz, the US would launch a military strike against the country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. He was responding to a report by Iranian state television which claimed … Read more
The United States threatened Thursday to target ally Oman if it helped impose a tolling system in the key Strait of Hormuz, warning of sanctions against all parties involved in such actions. The United States and Iran also accused each other of violating an ongoing truce following an exchange of fire, three months after the … Read more
With Iran’s national football team set to be based in Tijuana, Mexico, for the upcoming World Cup, our reporters Laurence Cuvillier and Matthieu Comin traveled to the Mexican city known for being one of the most dangerous in the world. Until recently, this border city with the United States was the main crossing point for … Read more
Nearly 20 years after his first Palme d’Or, Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu once again takes the festival’s top prize for “Fjord” – a film exploring the tensions between religious conservatism and social liberalism. It stars “Marvel” actor Sebastian Stan and Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve as parents accused of domestic abuse. Before the big win, Eve … Read more
Located about 150 kilometers north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka, Kabwe is considered one of the most polluted places in the world, following decades of lead and zinc mining. A simple blood test of two children confirms reports of severe lead contamination. FRANCE 24’s Caroline Dumay, Stefan Carstens and Eunice Masson report. Source link
In May 2016, the Chadian dictator Hissen Habre was put behind bars for human rights violations and crimes against humanity. It was the first time an African Court was set up, with African judges, for an African dictator and African survivors. Senegal is where the case was fought. After 18 years of legal procedures, the … Read more
VECERT emphasized that it is “one of the largest waves of leaks” in Latin America. The region leads the adoption of digital assets, making it a target for phishing and theft. Security firm VECERT Analyzer detected more than 385 public data breach incidents in Latin America during May 2026, with more than 512 million records … Read more
A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls’ secondary school in a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday. The fire broke out just after midnight at the Utumishi Girls’ Academy Senior School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya and burned for more than two hours, Education Minister … Read more