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Khalida Boufedeche, a trained allergist who represents the Algerian capital Algiers, was elected as the country’s first-ever woman parliament speaker Wednesday. Boufedeche is a member of the ruling National Liberation Front’s central committee – and now the fourth highest-ranking official in the country.

Armenian attitudes toward the LGBTQ community have transformed in recent years, in part due to the war in Ukraine. While a queer club in Yerevan was firebombed in 2012, the capital is now home to a thriving underground drag scene. But despite these events attracting hundreds, police raids and family rejection are still commonplace.

Microsoft and French startup Mistral said Tuesday they had signed a “multibillion-dollar” deal for the US tech giant to use the AI developer’s computing infrastructure in Europe.

US President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on imported generic pharmaceutical drugs on Tuesday. The tariff, which aims to bolster US pharmaceutical production, is set to go into effect in August 2028.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

Both were “detained for several hours without reason, interrogated and one of them was physically abused” before they were able to return to the embassy, he said.

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A fast-moving wildfire in southern France forced dozens of residents to evacuate on Sunday as more than 600 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft battled the blaze. Fanned by strong winds and dry vegetation, the fire near Draguignan burned 10 homes, damaged nine others and slightly injured one firefighter, authorities said.

India launched its first hydrogen-powered train Friday, joining a small group of nations testing the technology as part of efforts to decarbonise rail transport and cut dependence on fossil fuels.

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Volkswagen boss Blume – who also told staff that four plants might need to close – said in April that he was open to Volkswagen’s Chinese partners using its plants.

“This is a coalition of warmongers,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, accusing the group of wanting to “continue the war”

Within Russia, the war has come under growing criticism as Ukraine has ramped up strikes inside the country and Russian casualties keep growing … These deadly attacks are a ‘sign of desperation’ as Putin is realising he might not win the war.

Within Russia, the war has come under growing criticism as Ukraine has ramped up strikes inside the country and Russian casualties keep growing … These deadly attacks are a ‘sign of desperation’ as Putin is realising he might not win the war.

Jewellery worth several million euros has been stolen from the Lalique Museum in northeastern France after burglars broke into the site early on Sunday and targeted its jewellery collection. Around 20 pieces were taken in the raid, with losses estimated at close to four million euros, according to an investigation source.

Chinese ballistic missile tests and naval forays will become a “persistent” feature of the Pacific as Beijing expands its security presence, New Zealand officials said in an internal document.

Chinese ballistic missile tests and naval forays will become a “persistent” feature of the Pacific as Beijing expands its security presence, New Zealand officials said in an internal document.

The death toll from Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes neared 1,500 on Sunday as rescue workers raced against the clock to find survivors among the nearly 50,000 people still unaccounted for.

European leaders met Wednesday in Berlin ahead of next month’s NATO summit in Ankarai to discuss European defence and security guarantees for Ukraine, following tensions with the United States and among the main European members.

Interrogé sur le taux de l’inflation aux États-Unis, qui a bondi de 4,2 % en un an, Donald Trump a salué mercredi des “chiffres supers”, déclarant “adorer l’inflation”, qu’il avait pourtant promis de faire “disparaitre” durant sa campagne.

Flags flew at half-mast at the town hall in Fleurance in southwestern France on Friday as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old schoolgirl whose suspected murder sparked national outrage over the exposed failures in the judicial system.

The deadly crackdown on the December 2025-January 2026 anti-regime protests saw many Iranians killed, tracked or detained. The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified the repression, but it has not stopped families from trying to trace their missing loved ones or from seeking justice for people who have disappeared into prisons and juvenile correction centres across the country.

The deadly crackdown on the December 2025-January 2026 anti-regime protests saw many Iranians killed, tracked or detained. The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified the repression, but it has not stopped families from trying to trace their missing loved ones or from seeking justice for people who have disappeared into prisons and juvenile correction centres across the country.

A drone that entered NATO member Latvia’s airspace from Russia on Monday was shot down by a French military fighter jet, as fragments of another drone were found in a field in Moldova after it entered from Ukraine earlier the same day. Military drones straying into the airspace of ​Russia’s neighbours have stoked concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over NATO’s borders.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday travelled to Normandy to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday travelled to Normandy to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings.

Forty-nine people died of thirst in Niger when a truck broke down in a remote part of the Sahara desert, leaving its passengers stranded without water. Two survivors managed to walk 50 kilometres through the desert to a water source and then to the town of Assamaka, where they alerted authorities.

Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday they had dropped charges against organisers of last year’s Pride marches, citing a landmark ruling from the EU’s top court.

North Korea on Thursday unveiled a new facility believed to produce fuel for nuclear weapons, with leader Kim Jong Un pledging to expand the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate.” State media said the plant uses advanced technology, while photos suggested it may be a uranium enrichment facility.

The European Union on Monday agreed a deal to allow countries to send migrants ordered to leave the bloc to third-country “return hubs”. The legislation, which still requires formal approval by EU governments and the European Parliament, has drawn criticism from human rights groups

Quand on augmente un budget déficient on n’arrive pas forcément à un équilibre. Et pendant ce temps malgré les lois de ZAN et les engagements climatiques de la France l’extension du réseau de camions-routes continue.

Maltese ⁠Prime Minister Robert Abela ​claimed a record-breaking, fourth successive general election victory ​for his Labour Party on Sunday after campaigning on the strength of a thriving economy and calling for a strong mandate to shield the tiny island state from the crisis in the Middle East.

Une campagne de propagande russe a détourné des centaines de comptes Bluesky — dont beaucoup appartenaient à d’influents Américains — mais c’est moins le fond que la méthode qui intéresse les chercheurs: les auteurs ont piraté des comptes authentiques plutôt que de s’appuyer sur des faux.

When an Indian student at a US university used AI to create the “Cockroach Janta Party (CPJ)”, a parody political party, it sparked a viral sensation, hitting the zeitgeist in a country that has been particularly affected by the Iran war. As India’s youth circumvent bans to express their economic discontent online, it could pose a threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

The leaders of France and Norway said on Wednesday that Oslo will join a Paris-led nuclear deterrence scheme to bolster security on the continent.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish leader Donald Tusk have signed a new defence pact aimed at deepening military and security cooperation between the two NATO allies. The agreement focuses on strengthening joint capabilities, cyber defence and coordination in response to growing concerns over Russian aggression across Europe.

Four months after its creation, the Gaza reconstruction fund of US President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace has yet to receive any of the billions of dollars pledged by donor countries. Israel has continued to carry out strikes across the devastated Palestinian territory despite a US-backed ceasefire, killing at least 910 people since the truce was signed.

US President Donald Trump said Monday it should be “mandatory” for countries including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords normalising ties with Israel as part of any agreement to end the war with Iran, in a move that could further complicate negotiations with Tehran.

One of the winners of this year’s prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize has been accused of using artificial intelligence to write his short story “Serpent in the Grove”. Does the controversy signal a new era of AI “literary slop” – or merely a crisis in reading?

As the number of suspected Ebola cases in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo pass 900, health workers say that the chaos left by years of fighting and local government failures has been compounded by sweeping cuts to international aid budgets.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was sending 5,000 troops to Poland, reversing an earlier decision to cancel the deployment as Washington presses Europe to shoulder more of its own defence burden.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds talks with European foreign ministers Friday at a NATO meeting in the Swedish city of Helsingborg, hours after the Trump administration slammed NATO allies for not doing more to help the US-Israel war on Iran.

An #albino buffalo bought to be sacrificed at #Bangladesh’s Eid al-Adha has become a social media star over his style

Europe’s economy is slowing sharply as the Iran war drives up energy costs, deepening pressure on households and challenging policy makers. Fresh data for May showed euro zone business activity contracted at its fastest pace in more than two years while inflation pressures intensified, raising fears of a prolonged cost-of-living crunch and possible recession.

EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal early on Wednesday to implement the bloc’s trade pact with the United States, ending months of wrangling over the accord as President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs unless it was approved by July 4. The compromise followed late-night negotiations between EU capitals and parliament negotiators.

Hong Kong and Macau were once the only places in China where people could publicly mourn Beijing’s deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

Hong Kong and Macau were once the only places in China where people could publicly mourn Beijing’s deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

At a Women in Motion event held alongside the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, Oscar-winning actor Julianne Moore said true gender equality remains far off globally and in the film industry, as she accepted an award recognising her advocacy for women in cinema.

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump warned Iran to move quickly towards a peace deal or face destruction, as Washington’s war with Tehran and its allies continues to stall negotiations, drive up energy prices, and fuel instability across the Middle East.