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France riots crisis: Over 1,300 arrested; Macron cancels Germany visit 01 Jul 2023 - 05:25 pm
An employee is seen behind the broken windows of a supermarket following a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France sparked by the death of teenage driver Nahel by a police bullet, in Talence, south-western France on July 1, 2023. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
Why social media is being blamed for fueling riots in France 01 Jul 2023 - 01:39 pm
A police officer stands by a car which is upside down on a street following a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France sparked by the death of teenage driver Nahel by a police bullet, in Lyon, south-eastern France on July 1, 2023. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
Over 900 people were arrested as young rioters clashed with police across France overnight 01 Jul 2023 - 10:01 am
A French anti-riot police officer walk past a burning truck in Nantes, western France on early July 1, 2023. Photo by Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP
Pope Francis meets Julian Assange's wife 30 Jun 2023 - 04:32 pm
This handout photo taken and released on 30 June 2023, by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (L) shaking hands with Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, during a private audience in the Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
Macron urges parents to keep teens home amid riots in France 30 Jun 2023 - 03:40 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and French Interior and Overseas Minister Gerald Darmanin arrive to attend a intermninisterial crisis unit (Cellule interministerielle de crise - CIC) meeting after riots erupted for the third night in a row across the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed during a traffic stop in Nanterre by a French police officer, at the emergency crisis center of the Interior Ministry in Paris, France, June 30, 2023. (Photo by YVES HERMAN / POOL / AFP)
Sunak lambasted over environment by resigned UK Climate Minister 30 Jun 2023 - 02:48 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits the NHS-run Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Dan Kitwood / POOL / AFP)
64 flights cancelled at Geneva airport over strike 30 Jun 2023 - 10:43 am
Travellers arrives at Geneva's international airport during strikes on June 30, 2023. Flights at Geneva's international airport will be grounded for four hours due to a workers' strike, affecting thousands of passengers at the start of summer travel season. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Mother leads rally in memory of French teen killed by police 29 Jun 2023 - 07:20 pm
Mounia, the mother of Nahel, a teenage driver shot dead by a policeman, gestures as she sits atop a truck during a commemoration march for her son, in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by Alain Jocard / AFP)
Muslim nations denounce police-sanctioned Quran burning in Sweden 29 Jun 2023 - 04:09 pm
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France readying 40,000 police officers to quell violence following fatal police shooting 29 Jun 2023 - 02:45 pm
Seven burnt out vehicles are seen outside the municipal police building following violence in Neuilly-sur-Marne on June 29, 2023, following riots two days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
Macron condemns violent clashes over police killing of teen 29 Jun 2023 - 12:51 pm
French firefighters extinguish burning vehicles following protests in Nanterre, west of Paris, on June 28, 2023, a day after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in this western suburb of Paris. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP)
Czech govt bans all Russian athletes from local competitions 29 Jun 2023 - 09:35 am
Athletes compete in the Men's 1500m event at the IAAF 2023 Golden Spike Athletics Meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
French police, protesters clash in multiple towns after 17-year-old killed by police 29 Jun 2023 - 08:59 am
People burn rubish bins and block a street during a protest in Paris on June 29, 2023, a day after the killing of 17-year-old boy, named only as Nahel M., in Nanterre by a police officer. (Photo by Fiachra GIBBONS / AFP)
Kremlin denies relation to Wagner Group's operations in Africa 28 Jun 2023 - 07:07 pm
Members of Wagner group looks from a military vehicle with the sign read as
Putin says "in control" but Russian elites skeptical 28 Jun 2023 - 03:00 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with servicemen at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail Tereshchenko / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Kremlin says only hits 'military' targets after restaurant strike 28 Jun 2023 - 02:48 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with servicemen at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail TERESHCHENKO / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Mbappe, France teammates criticize police shooting in Paris 28 Jun 2023 - 02:37 pm
France's forward Kylian Mbappe looks on as he warms up prior to the UEFA Euro 2024 group B qualification football match between France and Greece at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, in the northern outskirts of Paris, on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
Death toll rises to 8 in Russian attack on a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk 28 Jun 2023 - 10:23 am
Rescuers and volunteers work to rescue people from under the rubble after Russian missile strike hit a restaurant and several houses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Africa

Peninsula Ethiopian volcano erupts after 12,000-year dormancy
Representational file photo. Death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg outbreak rises to 5
Voters queue outside a polling station before polls open at the Gabu Maternal and Child Center polling station in Gabu on November 23, 2025 during Guinea-Bissau's presidential and legislative elections. Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP Guinea-Bissau votes to elect new president, parliament
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gives the opening speech as he chairs the G20 Leaders' Summit plenary session at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on November 22, 2025. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya / POOL / AFP) South Africa opens G20 summit by stressing need for 'multilateralism'

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US President Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP) Leftist New York mayor-elect faces Trump in White House showdown
Former Brazilian President (2019-2022) Jair Bolsonaro leaves the DF Star hospital in Brasilia on September 14, 2025, after undergoing a series of medical examinations, as he remains under house arrest. Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro sent to prison: Lawyer
(Files) US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Heuer / AFP) Major MAGA figure Greene resigns from US Congress

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