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Three months after the fire the race to make good the extensive damage to the UNESCO world heritage site is on -- but the issue is a political hot potato, not least on grounds of cost
World
18.08.2024
French MPs agree Notre-Dame restoration as controversy swirls
The abduction happened in Kaduna State -- a region beset by violence between farmers and herders
World
18.08.2024
Three government officials kidnapped in Nigeria
President Donald Trump said the United States is not seeking regime change in Iran
World
18.08.2024
Trump says US not seeking 'regime change' in Iran
Christine Lagarde stepped away from the IMF leadership post she has held since 2011, sparking a wave of speculation about who would replace her
World
18.08.2024
IMF to begin search for new leader as Lagarde resigns as of Sept 12
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Ukrainian troops prepare for combat with Russian-backed separatists near the town of Dokuchayevsk, in Donetsk region, on July 13, 2019, as a war in the east of the country drags on
World 18.08.2024
Russia and West spar at UN over minority rights in Ukraine
Palestinians protest against a labour crackdown, outside a refugee camp south of the Lebanese capital Beirut
World 18.08.2024
Palestinians protest Lebanon crackdown on unlicensed foreign workers
US President Donald Trump denied accusations of racism, saying he does not have a 'racist bone in my body'
World 18.08.2024
Trump denies racism charges as House prepares rebuke
A French army Gazelle helicopter operating in March 2019 out of a new French military base in east-central Mali as part of the 4,500-strong French anti-jihadist force
World 18.08.2024
US slaps sanctions on Al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali
Medical teams in Goma have been pushing ahead with their vaccination programme even as the first death was confirmed there
World 18.08.2024
Ebola patient in DR Congo city of Goma has died: governor
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit four countries on a tour of Latin America
World 18.08.2024
Pompeo to take up immigration, Iran on Latin America tour
Zuma has faced hours of questioning at an inquiry into alleged corruption during his time in office
World 18.08.2024
S.Africa's Zuma bats away graft inquiry questions
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights ruled against Russia's refusal to register three LGBT associations
World 18.08.2024
Europe's rights court rules against Russia in LGBT case
Environment Minister Francois de Rugy has been under unrelenting pressure for a week after the Mediapart website accused him of hosting friends to opulent meals, complete with lobster and vintage wines, while he was speaker of parliament
World 18.08.2024
French minister resigns in luxury dinners scandal
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