Author: France 24

Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 11:27Modified: 03/01/2024 – 12:11 01:24 Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the potential risk of war in Gaza spreading well beyond the Palestinian enclave. Read more on related topics: Source link

Argentine judges on Wednesday suspended labor law changes that form part of a mega-decree of sweeping economic reforms and deregulation announced by the country’s libertarian new president, Javier Milei. Issued on: 04/01/2024 – 02:16 2 min The CGT trade union body had challenged the changes, which technically took effect last Friday, on grounds that they erode basic worker protections such as the right to strike and parental leave.The three judges of Argentina’s labor appeals chamber froze elements of Milei’s decree which, among other things, increased the legal job probation period from three to eight months, reduced compensation in case of…

Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 11:31Modified: 03/01/2024 – 12:12 03:52 Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, although Israel has so far not acknowledged responsibility for the attack. France 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani looks at the reasons why and the potential for the spillover of the war in Gaza into Lebanon. Read more on related topics: Source link

The United States on Tuesday denounced controversial comments by two far-right Israeli ministers who said Palestinians should be encouraged to emigrate from Gaza and called for Jewish settlers to return to the besieged territory. Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 10:54 2 min State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Washington “rejects recent statements from Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir advocating for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza”.”This rhetoric is inflammatory and irresponsible,” added Miller, who reiterated the “clear, consistent, and unequivocal” US position that “Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian land, with Hamas no longer in control…

Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 12:35Modified: 03/01/2024 – 16:53 02:36 Although Israel has not claimed responsibility for a drone strike that killed the deputy leader of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon on Tuesday, the targeted attack bears resemblance to previous Israeli assassinations, says Jordana Miller, ABC News correspondent in Jerusalem. Read more on related topics: Source link

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has filed to run as a 2024 presidential candidate in Utah after meeting the 1,000-signature requirement needed to appear on the ballot, marking the first state where the independent candidate and prominent anti-vaccine activist has qualified. Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 22:32 2 min Flanked by volunteers at a campaign event Wednesday in Salt Lake City, Kennedy announced he had filed for candidacy in the state that morning.Utah is the first state where his campaign submitted signatures and qualified for ballot access, campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear said. She expects Arizona may be next.Kennedy criticized the…

Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 12:43Modified: 03/01/2024 – 13:03 02:00 After the killing of Hamas’s deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon on Tuesday, who could be the next major figure in the group to be targeted by Israel? Read more on related topics: Source link

Since Israel launched a war against Hamas in October, there have been fears of the conflict spreading across Israel’s northern border to Lebanon. The targeted killing of Hamas deputy Saleh al-Arouri in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut increased the risk, putting the focus on the Lebanese Shiite group’s next moves. The shockwaves triggered by Tuesday’s Israeli strike that killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut continues to ripple through Lebanon and the region.While the drone strike did not target the Lebanese Shiite group, the assassination in the heart of the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh, a teeming southern…

Saleh al-Arouri, the senior Hamas official killed in a suspected Israeli strike in the suburbs of Beirut, played a crucial role in building up the Palestinian group’s military capabilities and maintaining its links with regional allies. Arouri, 57, was one of the founders of Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, in the early 1990s.More recently, he served as the “channel or link” between the Hamas movement, Iran and Hezbollah, a Hamas source told AFP. He had regularly visited Iran.On October 25, the Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV channel reported that Arouri held a meeting with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and…

Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, authorities said. Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 17:46 1 min Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, had previously been questioned, with authorities saying he was an official suspect in the organisation of the coup attempt.”The former president is charged with four offences, including treason, misprision of treason, and two counts of harbouring,” a statement signed by Information Minister Chernor Bah said.Sierra Leone on Tuesday charged 12…