CJP protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi: The meme language of India’s Gen Z ‘cockroach’ protest
On Monday, 20-year-old Chhavi (name changed) paused outside a Delhi metro station on her way to what would become one of the largest anti-government demonstrations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the Indian capital in recent…
Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz attacks
US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the US would destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran fired at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s latest threat to target civilian infrastructure came as the unpopular war spiralled…
Lima: Fire kills 10 members of same family in Peru, police say
A fire has killed 10 members of the same family, including five children, at a home in Peru’s capital Lima, police say. The blaze ripped through the property in the southern La Victoria district early on Wednesday, Gen Oscar Arriola from the…
‘Mykhailo Fedorov was fired for his successes in fighting corruption in the defense sector’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Daria Kaleniuk, Executive Director of the Anti-corruption Action Centre. Ukraine’s wartime challenge is no longer only military, but institutional. Ms. Kaleniuk contends that battlefield success and democratic…
Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris
A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home. Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office confirmed. An…
Exclusive: In Syria’s Kurdish-majority city Kobane, postwar integration efforts get under way
On Syria’s legendary M4 highway linking strategic northern towns and cities, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr passed bridges destroyed by the war. The M4 runs almost parallel to Syria’s northern border with Turkey, connecting the country’s commercial capital of…
Karen Carter: Police formally investigate woman after Brit stabbed to death in French village
A woman has been placed under formal investigation over the death last year in France of a British-South African mother-of-four. Karen Carter, 65, was found lying near her car with stab wounds by a friend in Trémolat, the Dordogne village where she had…
French modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead
Daniel Siad, a modelling scout with ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Siad’s body was discovered on Monday evening. An autopsy will be carried…
Mamdani backs off on pledge to arrest Netanyahu citing lack of authority
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who previously pledged to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited the city, now says he does not have the «authority» to do so. In a video posted on social media, Mamdani instead called on US officials to act on the…
Drug gang threats force French police to put southern mayor under protection
The southern town of Alès was thrust at the forefront of France’s drug wars this week when it emerged its mayor had been taken from his home at night and placed in police custody – for his own safety. Christophe Rivenq, a member of the conservative Les…