Europe

Cameroonian Clervie Ngounoue, a 16-year-old girl won the junior doubles title at Roland-Garros in France with her partner Tyra Grant. Clervie Ngounoue, born in the USA to Cameroonian parents, has a promising future ahead of her. The two players, seeded sixth, took turns to beat top seed Alina Korneeva and …

Tunisian President Kais Saied has signed an agreement with the European Union aimed at combating human trafficking, local media reported. Tunisia has become the main departure point for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Announcing the deal in Tunis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised increased …

Ten prison guards at a correctional facility in Reggio Emilia, a city in northern Italy, were charged with torturing and beating a detainee of Tunisian origin in April, local justice said on Thursday. “The guards were relieved of their duties after being charged with torture, bodily harm to a detainee, …

A Roma court on Saturday decided not to convict a 66-year-old man who admitted intentionally touching the buttocks of a 17-year-old girl, as the attack lasted “between 5 and 10 seconds”. But according to the judges, “this handful of seconds” is too short and the act, in fact, “does not …

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that the UK is “no Amazon” when it comes to supplying arms to Ukraine. This spade is addressed to the Ukrainian president who, according to London kyiv, could show more “gratitude” towards his allies. “This war is a noble war (…) but …

Russian army announced on Wednesday that it had received from the paramilitary group Wagner more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, 2,500 tonnes of ammunition and 20,000 small arms, thanks to the agreement reached after its abortive rebellion in June. “The Russian Armed Forces, according to plan, are completing the reception …

The Ukrainian president denounced this Tuesday hesitations of NATO member countries gathered at a summit in Vilnius, who are struggling to find a wording on kyiv’s future membership of the Alliance, and refuse to mention a timetable. “It seems that there is no will either to give Ukraine an invitation …

Iceland is still the most peaceful country on the planet, according to the result of the 2023 index of the Institute for Economics and Peace, a think-tank based in Australia which publishes its ranking of the most “peaceful” countries each year. Iceland has been at the top of the rankings …

The Swedish government on Sunday condemned the burning of a Koran outside the main mosque in Stockholm, calling it an “Islamophobic” act, after the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for such an incident to be avoided. The government fully understands that Islamophobic acts committed by individuals during protests in …

A court in France has sentenced former Rwandan police officer, Philippe Hategekimana, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. Philippe Hategekimana’s crimes took place during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when Hutu militias killed hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The prosecutors said …