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Madagascar’s Gen Z protesters clash with police as they call for president to step down

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — About 1,000 protesters marched in Madagascar’s capital on Thursday and clashed with police who used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them in parts of the city. The violence marked the third week of what has been the most ...
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Myanmar’s military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Thursday acknowledged attacking a religious festival held on the grounds of a school in central Myanmar, which witnesses said killed about two dozen people, including children, when improvised bombs were dropped by motorized paragliders. A statement issued by ...
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French court increases sentence to 10 years for man who raped Gisèle Pelicot in landmark case

PARIS (AP) — A French appeals court handed a stiffer 10-year sentence Thursday to the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious, French media reported. Husamettin Dogan, a 44-year-old construction worker, had been sentenced to nine ...
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Once-secret Emperor Commodus’ passage to Rome Colosseum opens to public for the first time

ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ancient amphitheater unseen. The once-secret corridor — known as the ...
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Hundreds of evangelical Christians in Jerusalem to show support for Israel cheer the peace push

JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 1,400 evangelical Christians gathered this week in Jerusalem to show their support for Israel on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a joyous festival marking the fall harvest and commemorating the journey of the Jews in the Exodus. They also ...
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Palestinian NGO appeals UK court ruling over F-35 parts to Israel

LONDON (Reuters) -A Palestinian rights group on Thursday sought to overturn a ruling that Britain lawfully allowed F-35 fighter jet components to be indirectly exported to Israel, despite accepting they could be used to breach international humanitarian law. Al-Haq, a group based in the Israeli-occupied ...
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France’s Macron: Paris conference on Gaza aims to complement U.S. initiative

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the coming hours will be decisive for cementing peace in Gaza and that the current conference on the matter held in Paris aimed to work in parallel with the U.S. initiative. France is hosting a ...
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French appeal court increases sentence of man convicted of raping Gisele Pelicot

(Reuters) -A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, and increased his prison sentence by a year to 10 years, France Info reported. A lawyer for Husamettin Dogan did ...
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Poland charges former registry office employee with providing false identities for Russian spies

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A man formerly employed by Warsaw city council in its registry of births, marriages and deaths was charged with espionage for allegedly providing Russia with false identities its spies could use, Polish authorities said Thursday. The man, identified only as ...
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Palestinians in Gaza express relief and caution as ceasefire deal raises hopes of ending the war

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Eager for the bloodshed, displacement and destruction to stop, many Palestinians in Gaza were relieved to hear news that Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war. But it was mixed with pain from ...
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The Media Line: Photo of Syrian Defense Ministry Official With Russian S-400 Sparks Questions About Continued Military Links  

Photo of Syrian Defense Ministry Official With Russian S-400 Sparks Questions About Continued Military Links   Rizik Alabi/The Media Line   The director of communication and media at the Syrian Ministry of Defense, Assem Ghalioun, last week published a photo of himself standing next to the advanced Russian air ...
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European Commission to investigate allegations over Hungary’s spying

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission will set up an internal group to examine allegations that Hungary has been spying on European institutions, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Thursday. The allegations were made following a joint investigation by Hungarian non-profit investigative journalism group ...
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