France’s Macron says riots ‘peak’ passed

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday met with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the “deeper reasons” for the country’s plunge into riots after the killing of a teenager at a traffic stop.
4 July 2023, 18:00 PM

9 children among 31 hurt in Ukraine

Russian shelling wounded at least 31 people, including nine children, in the small town of Pervomaiskyi in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region yesterday,
4 July 2023, 18:00 PM

France Unrest: Fireman dies during riots on 6th night

A French fireman died while seeking to douse burning cars north of Paris, during a sixth consecutive night of rioting over the police killing of a teenager, the interior minister said yesterday.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

UK saw hottest June on record in 2023

The UK this year has seen its hottest June on record, both in terms of mean temperature and the average maximum temperature, the British Meteorological Office said yesterday.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran executed 354 in 2023

Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said yesterday, adding that the pace of executions was much higher than in 2022.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

700,000 children now in Russia: Moscow

Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM

French fireman dies putting out blaze during riots: minister

A French fireman died while seeking to douse burning cars north of Paris, during a sixth consecutive night of rioting over the police killing of a teenager, the interior minister said on Monday
3 July 2023, 07:39 AM

Grandmother of killed French teen urges calm as mayor's home attacked

The grandmother of the French teenager whose killing by police sparked riots called for calm Sunday, as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new eruption of violence
3 July 2023, 01:56 AM

Fighting shakes Khartoum

Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

French riots an unwelcome, perilous crisis for Macron

The riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager represent a deeply unwelcome and perilous crisis for President Emmanuel Macron, just as he was looking to press ahead with his second mandate.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

France riots less intense on 5th night

Rioting across France was less intense overnight, the interior ministry said yesterday, as tens of thousands of police were deployed following the funeral of a teenager of North African descent whose shooting by police has sparked nationwide unrest.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

King makes historic apology

Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology Saturday for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Hundreds arrested on fifth night of France unrest after teen laid to rest

French authorities deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities and had made hundreds of arrests by early Sunday, on the fifth night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old who was laid to rest the day before
2 July 2023, 03:38 AM

Riots over teen’s killing rock France

French police arrested more than 1,300 people during a fourth night of rioting ahead of the funeral of teenager Nahel M, whose shooting by police sparked the unrest that yesterday prompted President Emmanuel Macron to postpone a trip to Germany.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Ancient Greek altar unearthed on Italian island

An ancient Greek altar for family worship dating back more than 2,000 years has been found in the archaeological site of Segesta on the Italian island of Sicily, local authorities said on Friday.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US rejoins UNESCO

The United States on Friday rejoined UNESCO, which it had quit during the Trump administration, despite opposition from Russia and China.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Bolsonaro barred from public office

Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro vowed Friday to appeal a court ruling barring him from public office for eight years over unfounded attacks he had made against the country’s voting system.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM

French police arrest almost 1,000 people in 4th night of unrest

Riots rocked French cities for a fourth night as the government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles to tackle unrest
1 July 2023, 07:00 AM

France deploys 45,000 police to quell 'unacceptable' riots

France on Friday deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager
1 July 2023, 02:07 AM

Macron deplores 'inexcusable' police killing of teenager

French President Emmanuel Macron today called the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris "inexcusable" in rare criticism of law-enforcement hours after the incident triggered unrest
28 June 2023, 15:07 PM