Author: France 24

Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 14:36Modified: 03/01/2024 – 15:31 04:13 Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned that Israel’s killing Tuesday of the deputy Hamas leader in a Beirut suburb they control “will not go unanswered or unpunished”. Read more on related topics: Source link

Two explosions minutes apart Wednesday in Iran targeted a commemoration for slain general Qassem Soleimani, killing at least 103 people and wounding more than 140, according to Iran’s official news agency. The attack came on the anniversary of Soleimani’s killing in a US drone strike as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Issued on: 03/01/2024 – 13:47Modified: 03/01/2024 – 15:04 2 min The incident took place near the grave of the head of foreign operations of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Saheb al-Zaman mosque in the southern city of Kerman, state…

Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge on Tuesday that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was “at no point consensual” and that she had come under pressure to defend his actions. Issued on: 02/01/2024 – 15:13Modified: 02/01/2024 – 16:53 2 min After arriving at the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid just before 10:00 am (0900 GMT), the 33-year-old went to testify before Judge Francisco de Jorge, who is investigating Rubiales on allegations of sexual assault and coercion.”At the end of her declaration, she ratified the statement made at the public prosecutor’s…

Issued on: 02/01/2024 – 14:04Modified: 02/01/2024 – 14:39 01:17 As its population of displaced people grows, life in the south of Gaza is becoming more desperate by the hour. Israel’s assault, now in its 13th week, has pushed almost all Palestinians across the territory toward the Rafah area. People there say everyday existence has become a struggle. Read more on related topics: Source link

Paris on Tuesday said its embassy in Niamey, Niger’s capital, was now closed, confirming previously reported plans, after relations between the two countries deteriorated following a military coup in the African country in July 2023. Issued on: 02/01/2024 – 16:38Modified: 02/01/2024 – 16:40 1 min “For five months, our embassy has been severely hampered” by obstacles that have obstructed its diplomatic mission, a spokeswoman for the French foreign ministry said in a statement. “A blockade around the embassy, travel restrictions for staff and the refusal to allow any diplomatic personnel to travel to Niger was a clear violation of the Vienna Convention…

Issued on: 01/01/2024 – 11:25Modified: 01/01/2024 – 15:20 00:45 © FRANCE 24 France is preparing for its biggest event of the year: the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. The opening ceremony will take place for the first time ever on the River Seine, FRANCE 24’s James Vasina said, reporting from the banks of the Seine in the heart of Paris.  Read more on related topics: Source link

Issued on: 01/01/2024 – 11:27Modified: 01/01/2024 – 11:56 02:00 In Tel Aviv’s “hostages square” not far from the city’s party district, the ambience is noticeably quiet as passersby pause to reflect. © FRANCE 24 In Israel as elsewhere, people rang in the new year on Sunday night, but the proceedings were markedly more muted than in previous years, given the backdrop of the war in Gaza. Even so, some Israelis hit the streets in an effort to find a moment of badly needed levity following nearly 3 months of war – and while over a hundred hostages are still being held…

The tsunami threat from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and a series of 20 other earthquakes measuring 4.0 or stronger that struck central Japan on Monday has “largely passed”, a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.  Issued on: 01/01/2024 – 09:08Modified: 01/01/2024 – 13:19 2 min  “The tsunami threat has now largely passed,” the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.A succession of 21 earthquakes registering 4.0 magnitude or stronger struck central Japan in just over 90 minutes on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The strongest jolt measured 7.6, it said. The quakes prompted the tsunami…

US Navy helicopters sank three small boats used by Iran-backed Houthi militants to attack a Maersk merchant vessel in the Red Sea, US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sunday. The Yemen-based Houthis have repeatedly targeted vessels in the vital Red Sea shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.  Source link

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8 election, party officials said Sunday after nominations for the ballot closed. Issued on: 31/12/2023 – 11:11Modified: 31/12/2023 – 11:14 2 min Khan has been in prison since August, facing trial over a slew of cases he insists have been orchestrated to prevent him from contesting the election as the figurehead of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.The former cricket star was found guilty of graft earlier this year, but a court suspended his three-year sentence and the conviction is being…