Author: France 24

Issued on: 25/01/2024 – 15:59Modified: 27/01/2024 – 13:32 04:24 Anti-Semitic acts in France nearly quadrupled in 2023 compared with the previous year, a Jewish organisation said Wednesday, reflecting a surge in discrimination since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. Citing figures from the French interior ministry and a French-Jewish security watchdog, the Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) said there were 1,676 anti-Semitic acts last year compared to 436 the year prior. Nearly 60 percent of those acts were attacks involving physical violence, threatening words or menacing gestures, CRIF said in its report. Worryingly, nearly 13 percent…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday that he has proposed the signing of a non aggression pact to Azerbaijan, pending a comprehensive peace treaty between the arch-foe Caucasus neighbours. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 21:41Modified: 28/01/2024 – 22:28 1 min Yerevan and Baku have fought two wars — in 2020 and in the 1990s — over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured in a lightning offensive last year.”We have presented Azerbaijan with a proposal for a mutual arms control mechanism and the signing of a non-aggression pact if the signature of a peace treaty encounters delays,” Pashinyan said…

Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 16:54Modified: 28/01/2024 – 17:13 01:43 Palestiniens are fleeing Khan Younis, following evacuation orders from the Israeli military. Israel ordered residents to leave a downtown area that includes Nasser Hospital. Footage shared by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed it packed, with patients being treated on the ground.  Read more on related topics: Source link

Finns headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, an office whose importance has grown as tensions increased with neighbouring Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.  Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 20:33Modified: 28/01/2024 – 20:34 3 min While the president’s powers are limited, the head of state — who also acts as supreme commander of Finland’s armed forces — helps direct foreign policy in collaboration with the government, meaning the changing geopolitical landscape in Europe will be the main concern for the winner.Two top politicians lead the pack of nine candidates: former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and…

Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 19:16Modified: 28/01/2024 – 19:38 03:04 President Joe Biden speaks at St. John Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2024. © Jacquelyn Martin, AP “Three people have been killed by this unmanned aerial vehicle attack”, said FRANCE 24’s Washington D.C. correspondent Fraser Jackson. The US is saying that this attack took place in northeast Jordan, however the Jordanians are disputing this, saying the attack took place In Syria. Watch the video for more information.  Read more on related topics: Source link

A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops on Sunday, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 17:52Modified: 28/01/2024 – 19:49 3 min It is the first time American military personnel have been killed by hostile fire in the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, and the incident will further raise tensions in the region and fuel fears of a broader conflict directly involving Iran.Hamas said the death of the soldiers shows Washington’s backing for Israel could put it at odds…

Issued on: 26/01/2024 – 18:35Modified: 26/01/2024 – 18:43 02:33 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel on Friday to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. “Everyone lost something, which means that not everybody is satisfied,” says FRANCE 24 correspondent Irris Makler, reporting from Jerusalem.  Read more on related topics: Source link

One man died after armed assailants opened fire in an Italian church in Istanbul during Sunday mass in an apparent assassination attempt that was swiftly condemned by Pope Francis. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 12:35Modified: 28/01/2024 – 13:26 2 min  The attack occurred at around 11:40 (0840 GMT) at the Santa Maria church in the Sariyer district of Istanbul on the European side and was carried out by two masked men, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media.Turkish officials said the attack looked like a targeted attack against one person rather than against the Catholic church. The minister said an individual…

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

North Korea fired several cruise missiles on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 08:11 2 min The launch comes just days after Pyongyang fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, which it said was a first test of a new generation of strategic cruise missiles.Pyongyang has accelerated weapons testing in the new year, including tests of what it called an “underwater nuclear weapon system” and a solid-fuelled hypersonic ballistic missile.”Our military detected several unidentified cruise missiles fired near waters around North Korea’s Sinpo area at…