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Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and saw 14 members of her family being murdered by a Hindu mob during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat, is back in the headlines.

Des combats font rage depuis quelques jours dans la province de Chabwa entre sécessionnistes du Sud, des unités proches des Frères musulmans et des troupes des Émirats arabes unis. Tous appartiennent pourtant théoriquement au même camp, celui du tout récent Conseil présidentiel, qui avait été créé dans l’espoir de cimenter l’unité de ces différentes factions face aux rebelles houthistes.

On July 29, a white Italian man beat to death Alika Ogorchukwu, a disabled Nigerian street vendor from Civitanova Marche in Italy, as bystanders looked on and merely recorded the homicide.

A beluga whale that became stranded in France's Seine river had to be put down, ending a dramatic rescue mission that captivated world audience

La Chine a annoncé vendredi une série de mesures de rétorsion contre les Etats-Unis et des sanctions contre Nancy Pelosi, trois jours après la crise diplomatique provoquée par la visite à Taïwan de la présidente de la Chambre américaine des représentants.

After weeks of intense speculation and sabre-rattling, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is reportedly set to visit the self-ruled island of Taiwan. The top US legislator did not put Taiwan in her official Asia tour itinerary, which kickstarted with visits to Singapore and Malaysia.

La Mecque et Médine affichant des records de température, les autorités religieuses rappellent aux pèlerins de ne jamais marcher pieds nus en dehors des mosquées. “Kompas” rapporte le cas de plusieurs Indonésiens qui se sont gravement brûlé la plante des pieds après avoir égaré leurs précieuses sandales.

Europe is sweltering during a prolonged summer heatwave. But the attention of political leaders is increasingly focused on the coming winter. As a succession of recent warnings from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and elsewhere has underlined, an energy crisis to rival the oil price shock in the 1970s could hit when the weather turns cold.

China has accused the United States of being “the biggest threat to world peace, stability and development”, in response to accusations by the heads of security services in Washington and London that Chinese spying is a global threat and China is threatening international order.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told MPs he would “keep going” despite a growing list of Conservative ministers and other officials resigning in protest over his handling of the case of a senior official accused of sexual misconduct.