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Haitian prisoners dying as crowded jails buckle under impact of gang violence

France, Nov. 29 -- Cells are packed far beyond capacity, medical care is scarce and most detainees have not yet seen a judge, the UN warned, adding that Haiti's deep humanitarian crisis has fed this c... Read More


German president visits Spanish town of Guernica, hit by Nazi bombs in 1937

France, Nov. 29 -- The Condor Legionunit of the German air force devastated the northern Basque town on 26 April 1937 in support of General Francisco Franco's rebels during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil... Read More


How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film

France, Nov. 29 -- On 29 January 2024, cousins Hind Rajab and Layan Hamada were ​​killed with their familyas they tried to flee the fighting in Gaza City in their car. Surrounded by Israe... Read More


Hungary's Orban defies EU by promising to go on buying Russian oil

France, Nov. 28 -- Orban met Putin at the Kremlinin the midst of a diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine, his fourth meeting with the Russian president since the 2022 invasion. In power since 201... Read More


How a regional reset has left isolated Iran fighting to stay relevant

France, Nov. 28 -- While Iran has lived with international isolation for decades, from the 1979 embassy takeover to the long war with Iraq in the 1980s, observers say the pressures it is facing today ... Read More


Macron pushes for new legislation to rapidly block digital disinformation

France, Nov. 28 -- Speaking in the north-eastern town of Mirecourt on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he had asked his government to draw up proposals for new summary proceedings that co... Read More


Convicted rapist Pelicot seeks publisher for books written behind bars

France, Nov. 28 -- Dominique Pelicot - convicted of orchestrating the rape and abuse of his then-wife by dozens of strangers - is now seeking a publisher for the writings he produced while behind bars... Read More


From the Lab: ESA's Solar Orbiter reveals sun's south pole for first time

France, Nov. 28 -- Unlike previous observations from Earth or other space missions that view the sun from the ecliptic plane - the flat disc in which planets orbit-Solar Orbiter positioned itself at a... Read More


French MPs vote to nationalise ArcelorMittal as ministers warn of 'illusion'

France, Nov. 28 -- The bill, championed by the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) and backed by a united left-wing bloc - Socialists, Greens and Communists included - was passed late on Thursday by 127 vo... Read More


Military service: what does conscription look like across Europe?

France, Nov. 28 -- The war in Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in 2022, instabilityin the Middle East and uncertainty surrounding the level of United States involvement in the event of conflict... Read More