Cartoonists mark start of Paris attacks trial

The biggest trial in modern French history began on September 8, with 20 suspects charged in the November 2015 Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed and hundreds more injured. The court will…

Ten men, including Paris attacks suspect, to be tried over 2016 Brussels bombing

Ten men accused of involvement in the March 2016 bomb attacks in Brussels that killed 32 people will face trial, Belgian federal prosecutors said Friday.

‘I knew they’d come for us': Afghan journalists, activists report Taliban reprisals

The Taliban have started to use any means at their disposal to track down the people they see as a threat to their rule, even going to local mosques or using corrupt police officers to find informati…

China allows couples to have third child to avert a demographic crisis

China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence.

Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack in northern Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists have killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an attack on a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, the government said Wednesday.

Young Afghan general takes fight against the Taliban to social media

As a string of Taliban victories show Afghan government forces in disarray, a young general is advancing his reputation on the battlefield and on social media.

Taliban capture major cities of Herat, Kandahar and Lashkar Gah

Afghanistan’s rapidly advancing Taliban insurgents entered a western provincial capital, an official said Friday, hours after they captured the country’s second and third largest cities in a lightnin…

Sexual violence used as weapon of war in Ethiopia’s Tigray, Amnesty finds

Ethiopian and Eritrean troops have raped hundreds of women and girls during the Tigray war, subjecting some to sexual slavery and mutilation, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday.

Taliban seize provincial capitals in blitz across northern Afghanistan

The Taliban seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital on Monday following a weekend blitz across the north that saw urban centres fall in quick succession and the government struggle to keep the milit…

Chibok schoolgirl reunited with family after seven years in Boko Haram captivity

One of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than seven years ago is free and has been reunited with her family, a state governor’s office said on Saturday.

Finnish monks turn to forestry to cover virus losses - France 24

Finnish monks turn to forestry to cover virus losses

People of the pandemic: The French teacher who became a lockdown YouTube star

Marie-Solène Letoqueux, a kindergarten teacher in a small town in Brittany, burst into the social media limelight during the first lockdown in France when she created a YouTube show that won her acco…

This 'perfectly timed' photo of a protester in a Polo Ralph Lauren jacket is actually photoshopped

This photo, which has been circulating on Twitter and Facebook since July 10, looks perfectly timed: the stance of a police officer on horseback brandishing a baton is a mirror image of the logo of t…

Earth overshoot day: Resource consumption rebounds after pandemic - France 24

France fines Monsanto for illegally acquiring data on journalists, activists

France's personal data protection agency on Wednesday fined US firm Monsanto for illegally compiling files of public figures, journalists and activists with the aim of swaying opinion towards support…

Pro-democracy Hong Kong radio host 'Fast Beat' goes on trial for sedition

A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio host went on trial Thursday for sedition in the first use of the colonial-era law since the city’s handover to China as authorities broaden their criminalisation of di…

Chinese court sentences whistleblowing agricultural tycoon to 18 years in prison

A Chinese court sentenced agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu to 18 years in jail on Wednesday for a catalogue of crimes including “provoking trouble” after the outspoken billionaire and grassroots rights s…

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange stripped of Ecuadorian citizenship

Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison.

Iran says it will never hand over images of nuclear sites to UN nuclear watchdog

The speaker of Iran's parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the U.N. nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had…

'The worst is yet to come': Draft UN climate report warns of drastic changes over 30 years

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's clim…