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Uganda: preliminary results begin to emerge

In tonight's edition, in Uganda, the preliminary results of the presidential election are beginning to emerge, indicating that President Museveni holds a substantial lead. Also in South Africa, a majo...

10hFrance 24Politics

Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

3dFrance 24Politics

Iran deploys riot police to shut down protests

Iranian authorities deployed riot police Thursday evening on Tehran's main square and avenues to prevent protests, FRANCE 24's correspondent Siavosh Ghazi said. Ghazi also reported that Iran has not y...

21hFrance 24Politics

Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention....

4dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Brazilian au pair testifies against former employer and lover in double homicide case

A Brazilian au pair is testifying against her former employer and lover in a double homicide case that she says was part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of the man’s wife...

2dABC Newscrime

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's son sheds light on Nigeria's quality of care

An investigation has been ordered into the circumstance under which the toddler son of the award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie died at a leading hospital in Lagos. The writer has b...

3dFrance 24HealthImpact

Iranian on trial in France in case that could help release of French hostages

With the situation tense over in Iran, one of the country's national's is facing justice here in France. Mahdieh Esfandiari, a professional translator, is on trial in Paris, facing accusations of prom...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

WATCH: Video shows moment controlled avalanche roars down Russian mountainside

Heart-stopping video shows the moment a controlled avalanche in Russia sends a powerful wall of snow down a mountainside and engulfed a ski resort....

6hABC NewsaccidentsImpact

German firms hunker down as Trump marks one year in office

One year into Donald Trump's second term, higher tariffs and sharper threats are straining transatlantic business. German companies in the US are weighing compliance against resistance as uncertainty ...

15hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump on the future of Gaza: In his own words

A compilation of what Trump envisions for the future of the Gaza Strip....

1dAl JazeeraPolitics

Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them

A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan. It was already running almost a ...

1dBusiness Insiderworld_newsImpact

'Keep protesting, help is on the way,' Trump tells Iranians as death toll surpasses 2,000

Trump's remarks came as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said over 2,000 people had been killed in anti-government protests....

3dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Switzerland Is Asking Itself: Is 10 Million People Too Many?

As the world flocks to Davos, the host country ponders a population cap...

1dBloombergPoliticsImpact

Iranian goes on trial in France ahead of possible prisoner swap

An Iranian went on trial in France Tuesday accused of promoting "terrorism" on social media in a case linked to a possible prisoner swap with two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over ...

3dFrance 24Politics

Iran closes airspace to commercial flights for hours as tensions with US remain high over protests

The airspace closure came as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate, including the embassy in Kuwait, which also ordered its personnel to “temporarily halt” going t...

2dEuronewsPolitics

Uganda: Crackdown, internet blackout ahead of vote

Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...

3dDeutsche WellePolitics

Iran calls for fast trials of protesters despite Trump’s warning

Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Uganda, Elections & the Internet

Uganda has once again shut down the internet just before the elections....

2dAl JazeeraPolitics

61 million passenger trips at Hong Kong airport in 2025, up 15% year on year

Passenger trips at the Hong Kong International Airport reached 61 million in 2025, marking a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, after a full year of operation with the facility’s third runway. The Air...

2dSouth China Morning Postworld_newsImpact