Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You’ll die alone
CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP Caroline Darian accused her father of lying to the court, saying she was convinced he abused her Tensions at the French mass rape trial burst into the open…
US envoy heads to Israel after progress on Hezbollah ceasefire
Reuters Amos Hochstein (L) held talks with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) for a second day in Beirut A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on…
Congolese false alarm after mausoleum vandalised
AFP The gold tooth was placed in this mausoleum after its return to DR Congo in 2022 The gold-capped tooth of Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s independence hero,…
US nursing student’s killer guilty of murder
An undocumented immigrant has been found guilty of murdering nursing student Laken Riley in a case that became a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential election. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan,…
Meet the TikTokers filming destroyed homes
As people are displaced by the Israeli air strikes pounding the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, two TikTokers are filming the damage for families who have fled. Ali Baydoun and Adam…
US criticised for sending landmines to Kyiv
The US has been criticised by humanitarian organisations for deciding to supply Ukraine with landmines, as the war in eastern Europe rages on. The approval from Washington is seen as…
South Carolina mother asks to be freed 30 years after killing her two sons
A South Carolina woman who killed her two sons 30 years ago is applying for parole on Wednesday. Susan Smith, 53, was convicted of killing her boys by strapping them…
COP29 row breaks out with Vatican over gender rights
Alexander Nemenov/AFP/ Getty Images The Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Parolin has been the Pope’s representative at the UN COP29 climate conference The Vatican has blocked discussions over women’s rights…
Israeli strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kills 36, state media say
At least 36 people have been killed and 50 others injured in Israeli air strikes on residential buildings and an industrial area in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, Syrian…
Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes in Mali
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu to 10 years in prison for war crimes. Prosecutors said…