Lebanon’s outgoing head of state, Michel Aoun, left the presidential palace Sunday, a day before his mandate expires without a designated successor, deepening the country’s political crisis. His six-year term…
Continue ReadingPresident Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to…
Continue ReadingMore than 150 people have been killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in Seoul, officials said Sunday, with South Korea’s president vowing a thorough investigation into one of…
Continue ReadingUkrainian refugees should not return until spring to help ease pressure on the energy system after a wave of Russian attacks, the government said. "The networks will not cope," said…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s government insists it will allow a Russian oligarch to dock his superyacht in Cape Town, despite calls from the city’s mayor to bar it. The vessel, which is…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday he did not believe Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons. Putin has warned repeatedly that Russia has the right to…
Continue ReadingVladimir Putin, the Russian President, personally oversaw military drills designed to simulate a "massive nuclear strike". The exercises followed Putin’s warning about his readiness to use "all means available" to…
Continue ReadingUnder grey skies in rural Russia, family and friends bid farewell to a man who was mobilized at the end of September and died in Ukraine about a week later.…
Continue ReadingHe’s a commander of a battery of Grad rockets, she’s a first aider in his unit. Andriy and Tetiana have been deployed together in Ukraine, where soldiers say many families…
Continue ReadingBrazilian former President and presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva participated in a campaign rally between Belo Horizonte and Ribeirao das Neves, in Minas…
Continue ReadingVolodymyr Zelensky has rejected Moscow’s claims that Kyiv is set to use a radioactive so-called dirty bomb on its own territory. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu made the allegation in…
Continue ReadingThe global #energy #crisis is weighing on households and businesses around the world. The #US is more insulated from the high prices because it’s a net exporter of energy, and…
Continue ReadingUkraine has urged residents to drastically restrict their electricity consumption starting Thursday to cope with the destruction of power stations by the Russian army as winter approaches. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver…
Continue ReadingThe European Parliament awarded the people of Ukraine on Wednesday its annual Prize for Freedom of Thought to honour their fight against Russia’s invasion. "They are standing up for what…
Continue ReadingCancer patients are withstanding the worst of Lebanon’s financial crisis, with hospitals facing a shortage of life-saving drugs and an exodus of critical medical staff. FRANCE 24 reports. #Lebanon #women…
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