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Zara Esmaeili sang for about ten years in the streets of Tehran, in violation of the ban on women performing in public. Arrested in July 2024, detained and sentenced to 61 lashes and 4 years of suspended prison, this thirty-year-old fled Iran and lives in exile in France.
To vote in the 27 October parliamentary elections, Israelis living abroad have no choice but to go to Israel. With the price of the plane tickets that explodes, some sacrifice holidays, trips and family reunions to participate in an election that they consider decisive for the future of the country. Testimonies of Israelis living in Paris.
The Yemeni Houthis claimed to have targeted on Saturday a site of the oil giant Aramco in Riyadh, from which flames have risen. Shortly before that, he charged the Saudi army with 26 air raids on Sana'a, the capital of Yemen they controlled.
The Omani co-pilot accused of stabbing his captain on a Flydubai flight on 30 September attempted to carry out a "terrorist" attack, according to the UAE Attorney General. The man reportedly attacked the pilot with an axe in the cockpit and attempted to take control of the aircraft.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Friday to "pay a high price" to possible sponsors of the attack on Flydubai flight. According to him, the co-pilot "intended to crash the aircraft with his passengers".
A fake BBC report generated by IA and based on a hijacked video wrongly claims that Indian agents are responsible for the hijacking of Flydubai's robbery.
Several Palestinians and activists testify to the increasing use of drones in the occupied West Bank, notably by the army and settlers, to which the Government hand over the aircraft. The objectives would be to intimidate, monitor, demolish and make daily life unbearable.
Riyadh claimed on Thursday that the Houthis targeted an electrical infrastructure feeding the Prophet's mosque in the holy city of Medina. Yemen, Qatar, Turkey, Sudan and the Arab League condemned the attack, while Yemeni pro-Iranian rebels denied any responsibility.
On Wednesday, the Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, pilot of Flydubai, saved the 174 passengers on FZ 1073 by operating the cockpit door opening when he had just been stabbed by his co-pilot. His heroism is hailed all over the world.
In the Masafer Yatta area of the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers installed at least nine illegal outposts during the 2020s. However, the area has been officially regarded since 2022 as a military area by Israel, which prohibits any construction there. In September, the Israeli army demolished three Palestinian villages, considered "illegal structures".
The departure from Iraq of the last US-led anti-Islamic coalition troops, scheduled this Wednesday, puts an end to a presence that began in 2014. This withdrawal revives the issue of the disarmament of the pro-Iranian factions, several of which still refuse to return arms.
On 27 September, Google Earth satellite imaging software updated its map of the southern Gaza Strip. These new open-access images highlight the almost total destruction by the Israeli army of some former residential areas, such as the city of Rafah.
Images generated by artificial intelligence of the Iranian Supreme Guide Mojtaba Khamenei and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian were disseminated by government accounts and pro-regime Internet users.
Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday, which had not been announced in advance, was finally officially confirmed Monday by the Israeli Prime Minister's office and the United Arab Emirates. This displacement comes as a controversy persists around a possible warning to Israel prior to the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023.
Tehran hopes to obtain on Tuesday an official response from Washington regarding its proposals on the reopening of the Strait of Ormuz. Iran requires, inter alia, a seven-day ceasefire throughout the Middle East, the thawing of its assets held abroad and the lifting of sanctions against its oil sector.
After 22 years without execution, Lebanon abolished the death penalty. Minister of Justice and long-time craftsman of this fight, Ibrahim Najjar tells France 24 about the "miracle" of a consensus long deemed impossible, his refusal to sign executions and the challenges that follow abolition.
Donald Trump rejected Iran's plan to reopen the Strait of Ormuz within seven days, said the Wall Street Journal on Friday, citing American officials. The President would also consider a resumption of bombings in Iran after the mid-term elections in November, according to the financial daily.
The offensive of the pro-Iranian Houthis rebels against Saudi Arabia was condemned by the UN Security Council in the aftermath of further attacks. In Yemen, the head of the Presidential Council, Rachad al-Alimi, called for a general mobilization of the population against the Houthis, calling on all those who would defect into the Houthis ranks to join the armed forces.
The Huthist rebels and Yemeni government forces have rejected their responsibility for a double strike in a crowded civilian market in Lahj Governorate on 21 September. An analysis of the video surveillance images, and testimony, provide more information about this incident.
A video broadcast in mid-September, showing Iranian police officers beating and sexually harassing a teenager during his arrest, provoked a wave of outrage in Iran. This type of abuse is not uncommon during interrogations, but these images are a new visual evidence.
