Macron avoids crowds on latest provincial trip

Vendôme, France, April 25 (AFP/APP):President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday steered clear from close contact with the public as he made a new foray into provincial France in the wake of his signing of a hugely unpopular pension reform. A visit Macron made to eastern France […]

UN Human Rights Office urges Singapore to halt execution

Singapore, April 25 (AFP/APP): The United Nations Human Rights Office pressed Singapore on Tuesday to “urgently reconsider” its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram of cannabis. Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, is set to be hanged on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiracy […]

Ukraine says evacuated 138 people from Sudan to Egypt

Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25 (AFP/APP): Ukraine said Tuesday it had evacuated 138 people, including 87 of its own citizens, to Egypt from Sudan, where a ceasefire has come into force after deadly fighting. A US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect […]

Paris court gives Canada-based professor life for 1980 synagogue bomb

Paris, April 21 (AFP/APP): A Paris court on Friday sentenced a Lebanese-Canadian sociology professor to life in prison in absentia for the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in the French capital that left four people dead. The court followed the prosecutor’s request for the maximum […]

Ukraine allies vow strong backing at key talks

Ramstein Air Base/Kyiv, Germany, April 21 (AFP/APP): International backing for Ukraine holds “strong and true”, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as he opened a meeting in Germany with allies to discuss further support for Kyiv. On the eve of the talks gathering representatives […]