Israeli military probes killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics
Israel’s military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in the war in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics. The military said it would not launch…
Canada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murky
The US, meanwhile, has been asking for a number of concessions from Canada, including removing its remaining retaliatory tariffs on American autos and adjusting its dairy quotas to allow greater access for US cheese producers. It has also asked for the…
Central African Republic gold mine collapse kills more than 100
More than 100 people were killed when an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Central African Republic on Tuesday, a senior official at a local mining association said. A prosecutor confirmed there had been a mine collapse in the village of Zamboye near…
Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s right-hand woman
When a CNN reporter earlier this week asked Trump about Ossoff’s comments, the White House reacted angrily later on its official X account, saying the reporter, Kristen Holmes, had taken a «cheap shot» at a staff member. «Someday, your children…
Tax hack: What we know about the cyberattacks on French government agencies
Cyber hackers have stolen detailed financial information on hundreds of thousands of individuals and companies from tax and land registry computers, French authorities admitted on August 14. France’s Public Finance agency (DGFiP), which oversees…
81-year-old admits German cold-case murder of US tourist in 1994
A man aged 82 is facing a life sentence in prison in Germany, after going on trial and admitting to a murder that mystified the city of Koblenz for almost 32 years. Amy Lopez from Texas was last seen alive in September 1994, heading for Ehrenbreitstein…
‘We won’t go back’: Young Moroccan migrants in Ceuta refuse to abandon their European dream
It’s 2am local time and a heavy silence hangs over the Tarajal industrial zone in Ceuta. The darkness is pierced by the flashing lights of police cars while waves crash against the shores of this Spanish enclave in North Africa, where many have attempted…
Israel opens up bids for highly-sensitive West Bank settlement project
Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem – land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state – during the 1967 Middle East war. An estimated 3.3 million…
No, Italy’s Lake Como didn’t dry up
Did one of Italy’s most celebrated lakes dry up? That’s the claim made by a report that has garnered more than 600,000 views on X and TikTok: that Lake Como, in northern Italy, is now empty: “One of Italy’s most celebrated landscapes has turned into an…
Two detained after French influencer’s scorched body found in vineyard
Two men have been detained after a young woman’s burned body was found in a vineyard in southern France, the local prosecutor has said. In a statement on Wednesday, Nîmes prosecutor Cécile Gensac confirmed the body found in the Saint-Gilles…