A Pakistani court sentenced on Tuesday former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, government officials said. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in Pakistan and was not available for comment on the sentence, handed down by an anti-terrorism court […]
Pope Francis on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to the way the Roman Catholic Church deals with cases of sexual abuse of minors, abolishing the rule of “pontifical secrecy” that previously covered them. Two documents issued by the pope back practices that have been in place in some countries, particularly the United States, such as reporting suspicion of sex […]
The former president of the Central African Republic (CAR), François Bozizé, has returned to the country more than six years after he was forced from power and fled abroad, his party said on Monday in a claim rejected by the government. “François Bozizé has definitely been in the capital of the CAR since yesterday. These […]
The United States has called on Baghdad to “take actions” to protect US interests in the country after a flurry of attacks that have been blamed on Iranian-backed groups. Tehran wields growing influence in Iraq, particularly through armed factions. Since October 28, ten rocket attacks have targeted areas where US soldiers and diplomats are stationed. […]
The Biya Francophone regime in Yaoundé is directly responsible for crimes against humanity in English speaking Cameroon now known as the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. The Francophone dominated government; its military and the French Cameroun elite force also known as the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) including the National Gendarmerie Service and Amba Boys the Yaoundé […]
Boeing Co bowed to a growing cash squeeze by suspending commercial 737 production from January for the first time in more than 20 years, as the grounding of the planemaker’s best-selling MAX after two fatal crashes drags into 2020. Boeing, which builds the 737 south of Seattle, said it would not lay off any of […]
In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with FRANCE 24, the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda discussed the ICC’s ongoing cases regarding Libya, Ivory Coast, the Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Philippines. Speaking to FRANCE 24 from The Hague, the ICC chief prosecutor warned Libyan Marshal Khalifa Haftar that she was monitoring his current […]
Spain will deploy a large-scale security operation involving 3,000 personnel at the Clasico on Wednesday, when the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos look set to share the limelight with Catalan separatist protests. Tension in Spain’s northeast region boiled over in October when demonstrations and riots caused the original La Liga fixture between Barcelona […]
Beginning a new week of violence, 21 Southern Cameroonians were killed in both the northern and southern zones of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia by French Cameroun troops loyal to the regime in Yaoundé. The Cameroon government soldiers stationed at the border town of Ekok in the Eyumojock sub constituency and those in Batibo and […]
Three weeks after reports that Cameroon had blocked the internet in English-speaking parts of the country, residents say services have yet to be restored. So what is going on? Cameroonians have little doubt that pulling the plug on internet services for about 20% of the population is an intentional act by the government. The two […]
