More than 123 million people forcibly displaced by end of 2024, UNHCR says
Figures recorded at the end of last year show that global displacement has almost doubled over the last decade.
Day: June 12, 2025
Egypt blocks activists aiming to march to Gaza to draw attention to humanitarian crisis
Egypt has blocked activists taking part in a planned march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it could begin.
The Ghost of al-Qassam: Who is Ezzedin al-Haddad? Meet Hamas’ third Gaza chief in seven months
But he didn’t exactly rise to the top through a hotly contested election. The war has decimated Hamas’s top ranks. Of the 18 senior figures on the group’s military council before the war, only a few are thought to still be alive. Mohammed Sinwar, Hadda…
How joining the EU 40 years ago catapulted Spain into modernity
Forty years ago to the day an event took place that changed the course of Spanish history: the country signed the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community (EEC), as it was known then, now the European Union.
Michelle O’Neill accuses DUP minister of inflaming racial tensions on social media
Gordon Lyons rejects calls to resign after posting information about leisure centre hours before it was set on fireNorthern Ireland’s first minister has accused a DUP politician of inflaming tensions after a leisure centre in Larne was set on fire.Gord…
How ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ seeded a music nonprofit supporting the songwriters of tomorrow
“Take Me out to the Ball Game” is more than just a song sung every summer in baseball stadiums around the United States.
Taiwan jails China captain for undersea cable sabotage in landmark case
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Vivatech 2025: How AI is shaping cybersecurity
In this edition, FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin speaks with Benjamin Netter, the co-founder of Riot. The French company provides real-time cybersecurity for over 1.5 million employees around the world and has raised $45 million since it was launched in…
Gaza boy who lost 9 siblings speaks out as he’s evacuated to Italy
Video shows 11-year-old Adam al-Najjar arriving in Italy for treatment after surviving an Israeli strike that killed his
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu survives attempt to dissolve parliament
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced them to register fo…