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Trump goes mum on 'Armenian genocide' after Biden recognition
24 April 2025 by AFP
US President Donald Trump on Thursday steered clear of describing the Ottoman Empire's World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as "genocide," a reversal from his predecessor Joe Biden. Turkey, whose leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan [...]
US indicts man for lying about role in Rwanda genocide
24 April 2025 by AFP
US prosecutors have accused a man of concealing his role in the Rwandan genocide to move to the United States and attempt to become a citizen, they said Thursday. Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, allegedly had a leadership role whereby h [...]
Spain scraps contested Israeli arms deal after uproar
24 April 2025 by AFP
Spain on Thursday cancelled a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company following pressure from the Socialist-led government's far-left coalition partner -- a move swiftly condemned by Israel. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sa [...]
Grief and discontent as Armenia marks WWI mass murders anniversary
24 April 2025 by AFP
A sea of flowers blanketed the cold concrete of the brutalist memorial to the Armenian genocide on the Tsitsernakaberd hill, overlooking the capital Yerevan. Tens of thousands went there on Thursday to mourn the victims of World W [...]
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24 April 2025 by AFP
Crimea, territory at heart of US-Ukraine tensions Crimea, the focus of fresh tensions between US President Donald Trump and his Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 in the first act of the countries' ongoing war. According to US media r [...]
24 April 2025 by AFP
Israel president says 'moral imperative' to bring home Gaza hostages Israel's president said at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony on Thursday that the return of hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza was a "universal moral imperative" and called on the international community to help end "th [...]
24 April 2025 by AFP
Irish rappers Kneecap hit back in Coachella Israel row Irish rappers Kneecap on Thursday dismissed a call by television presenter Sharon Osbourne to revoke their US work visas, after she accused them of "aggressive" anti-Israel messaging at the Coachella music festival. "(Our) stateme [...]
24 April 2025 by AFP
Spain scraps contested Israeli arms deal: govt sources Spain has unilaterally cancelled a multi-million-dollar contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company that infuriated the minority Socialist-led administration's far-left coalition partner, government sources said on Thursday. S [...]
24 April 2025 by AFP
Croatia's Palme d'Or Nebojsa Slijepcevic: tackling weighty social issues From the dark shadows still cast by the wars that accompanied Yugoslavia's collapse to social exclusion, Croatian film director Nebojsa Slijepcevic is not afraid to shy away from weighty subjects. Slijepcevic became Croatia's firs [...]
23 April 2025 by AFP
Spain to go ahead with contested Israeli arms deal Spain's interior ministry on Wednesday said a politically embarrassing multi-million-dollar arms purchase from an Israeli company would go ahead after state legal services advised against its attempt to scrap the contract. Spain's [...]
23 April 2025 by AFP
Zelensky calls for 'unconditional ceasefire' after Russian attack kills nine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Wednesday for an "immediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire", hours after a Russian drone strike on a bus killed nine and as his top aide met Kyiv's allies in London. Images publish [...]
23 April 2025 by AFP
HRW accuses Israel of 'indiscriminate' attacks on civilians during war in Lebanon Human Rights Watch accused Israel on Wednesday of "indiscriminate" attacks on civilians during its recent war with Hezbollah, saying two deadly strikes in east Lebanon should be investigated as war crimes. A November 27 ceasefire [...]
22 April 2025 by AFP
US State Department to cut positions, rights offices President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale back human rights offices, saying the "bloated" organization was ideologically out [...]
22 April 2025 by AFP
Rubio to cut positions, rights offices at US State Department President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale back human rights offices, saying the organization had become "bloated" and ineffec [...]
22 April 2025 by AFP
Syria arrests Assad-era officer accused of 'war crimes': ministry Syrian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a former officer in the feared security apparatus of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, the latest such announcement as the new government pursues ex-officials accused of atrocities. Th [...]
22 April 2025 by AFP
Taliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's millennia-old heritage, including pre-Isla [...]
21 April 2025 by AFP
Iran's president praises Pope Francis Gaza stance Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday offered his condolences over the death of Pope Francis and praised his condemnation of "genocide" by Israel in Gaza. "With sorrow, I offer my condolences on the passing of Pope Francis [...]
21 April 2025 by AFP
Bangladesh's Islamists seek abolition of women's commission Bangladesh's influential Islamist coalition has demanded the abolition of a government women's commission, a further indication of how hardline, religiously fuelled activism is strengthening after years of suppression. The women's [...]
21 April 2025 by AFP
Gaza civil defence describes medic killings as 'summary executions' Gaza's civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out "summary executions" in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army. The medics and other [...]
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