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The partial lifting of digital censorship began on Thursday in Venezuela, while power and opposition began a second round of negotiations. At least 188 sites, including 79 media outlets, remain blocked according to a digital rights NGO, and a former opposition mayor has been arrested.
US MPs approved new sanctions against Russia and its allies for their role in the war against Ukraine, a text supported by Donald Trump, which Kiev welcomed on Thursday. It gives the U.S. President the power to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on the top five Russian oil and gas importing countries, including China and India.
After a hot summer, there was a large break in basic services, Tunisia, the capital and other cities of the country in the afternoon of Thursday, experienced violent thunderstorms, which in some areas fell cold, disrupting lessons in the capital and disrupting traffic.
The polling stations opened Friday in Russia for three days of legislative activity, the first since the start of the large-scale war in Ukraine in 2022. In the absence of any real opposition, Vladimir Putin's party should win this election, also organized in the Ukrainian territories occupied and annexed by Moscow.
The Trump administration approved on Thursday the sale of 48 F-35 stealth fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia for $24.3 billion. The draft still needs to be considered by Congress, where elected officials are concerned, inter alia, that aircraft technology is leaking to China.
While Vladimir Putin ordered the placing under "temporary administration" of the Russian assets of Nestlé and three French companies, according to a decree published on Thursday, the Swiss agri-food giant says to take note and evaluate its options, while the French distributor Auchan claims to have asked for "clarifications".
Saudi Arabia and the Al-Houthi group in Yemen exchanged new cross-border strikes today, Thursday, and they resorted to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, at a time when the expansion of the Middle East war poses new threats to world oil supplies.
As battles continue on the west coast of Yemen, tens of thousands of Yemeni displaced persons flee the fighting. Yemeni authorities opened a camp to accommodate a number of them at the western entrance to Aden City.
The Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, announced on Friday 18 September, following a six-hour meeting in Paris with representatives of Mediterranean fishermen, that she would come Monday 21 at their meeting at the Grau-du-Roi (Gard) and at Sète (Hérault).
The Syrian Arab Republic hugged the Nasri al-Thursday home audience 15 years later. She felt that way by saying, "How much did she dream about this meeting?" Thousands of their loved ones and a number of State officials attended. She was genuinely aware of her anti-President positions in Assad. She returned to Damascus this week with a number of members of her family, in a welcome setting by the new Syrian authorities.
Thailand’s main armed separatist group, Barisan Revolusi Nasional, says it will continue fighting for self-determination
In Izmir’s historic Kemeralti bazaar, the Akdemir family is finding new customers for a four-generation craft.
French Prime Minister Sebastian Lukorno disclosed an unprecedented austerity plan of Euro54 billion. This plan includes the freezing of salary increases for public sector employees. Housing subsidies and pensions are frozen despite promises to protect the most vulnerable. The General Federation of Labour CGT in France was invited to protest on 29 of the current month.
A week after receiving the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Mostra on 13 September, the filmmakers of the documentary "Naza" are highly criticized in Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu himself demanded the revocation of their citizenship.
Jacques Attali, former adviser to François Mitterrand, president of the NGO "Positive Planet" and author of numerous books was invited on France 24. His latest work published by the Flammarion editions is entitled "La Niaque. How to become more than yourself."
Bidyut Kalita's photo is one of many highly recommended photos by this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
What do monks in prayer have in common, a parade with a big rat and the Milky Way? They were all taken in incredible ways in 2025.
Becky Jones is among the more than 40 people who have taken legal action against the board of directors of a hospital in central England.
From bush to markets, the Casamance Madd is a source of revenue for local communities.
