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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators Jewish Voices for Peace took over US President Donald Trump's hotel in New York on Thursday in protest of activist Mahmoud Khalil's arrest, leading to 98 arrests. Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, was detained by ICE officers on Saturday without a warrant, sparking large-scale student protests.

A new report by the United Nation's Human Rights Commission found that Israel's "systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare," including its targeting of fertility clinics, in Gaza amounts to "genocidal acts". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the report, which also cites the Israeli military's pervasive use of […]

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced on Thursday that the country's third national election in the last three years had been set for May 18 following Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's scandal-laden resignation, with the Socialist party leading in opinion polls.

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday said they had agreed to sign a peace deal after decades of conflict, with Armenia agreeing to surrender its claim over the primarily Armenian-populated Karabakh region. While numerous peace talks have failed in the past, major concessions on behalf of Armenia breathe new life into efforts for normalisation […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he agreed in principle to the US-drafted proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but noted that the potential agreement in its current format needed revisions. Putin notably highlighted his objective to reclaim the Kursk region in southeastern Russia, which Ukrainian troops captured last summer, before […]

In a show of resistance to US President Donald Trump's drastic efforts to reduce the federal workforce, a District Judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to rehire probationary workers it had laid off since coming into power. The White House swiftly appealed the ruling – a lawsuit jointly filed by numerous labor unions – labeling […]

Southern African countries are to pull their peacekeepers out of DRC-Congo. the troops were sent to help Kinshasa rein in the M23 rebels, but they still seized eastern towns in a lightning offensive this year. Angola says direct peace talks are on the horizon.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 200% duty on imports of wine and spirits from the European Union.  He accused the bloc of imposing a "nasty" 50% tariff on bourbons, even though that planned levy is itself a response to his 25% tax on steel and aluminium imports. Plus, Donatella Versace is stepping down as chief creative officer […]

United Nations-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Mara Bernasconi. Policy & Advocacy Advisor at Handicap International, who has been supervising aid distribution […]

The Élysée Palace has slammed a what it called a "shameful lie" about President Macron's apparent dream of buying the iconic Aston Martin DB9, most famous for its link to the James Bond film saga. The rumours swirled after a scathing article was released by French left wing investigative media "Blast," that claimed Macron was "desperate" to buy […]