France 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports that women and men in Poland have protested the constitutional court’s ruling that outlaws abortions due to fetal defects.
Libya’s warring rivals sign nationwide “permanent ceasefire” at UN ceremony
Libya’s warring sides signed an agreement for “a permanent ceasefire in all areas of Libya”, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a Facebook post on Friday.
Paty killer linked to Syrian jihadist
The man who murdered French school teacher Samuel Paty had been in touch with a Russian-speaking jihadist in Syria, local media reports. Paty was beheaded one week ago after showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed...
Analysis: Trump homes in on Biden’s record in final debate
At Thursday’s second and final presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden set out their policies on topics including the pandemic, racism, and climate change. FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Armen Georgian...
Polish court places near total ban on abortion
Poland has furthered tightened restrictions against abortion, its constitutional court ruling termination on the ground of foetal defects to be unconstitutional. Once the judgment comes into effect, abortion will only...
France extends coronavirus curfew, 46 million now affected
France is to extend its overnight curfew, already in place in Paris and eight other metropolitan regions, to an additional 38 administrative departments from midnight Friday. Prime minister Jean Castex said the curfew...
Residents desert Stepanakert, no sign of Nagorno-Karabakh peace in sight
With the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict nearing one month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is hoping to broker a deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, amid growing fears Turkey and Russia will be drawn into the conflict...