International – Page 34

A la rencontre de Libanais hors frontières : Mme Zeina Tourbah El-Hoss

4 February 2017

A la rencontre de ces libanais de la diaspora impliqués et intégrés dans leur société, Libnanews a recueilli cet entretien avec Madame Zeina TOURBAH EL-HOSS, coordinatrice chargée des activités postscolaires au VAL (Vacances, Animations, Loisirs), établissement public de la ville de Courbevoie, elle nous explique […]

Israël-États Unis : Bye Bye Barack Obama, sans regret

25 January 2017

Le président Barack Obama quitte la scène présidentielle au terme d’un mandat de huit ans marqué par une normalisation des relations des États Unis avec deux des principaux contestataires à l’hégémonie américaine, Cuba et l’Iran, en contrechamps d’une gestion intrigante de la séquence du «printemps […]

Donald Trump devient le 45e président des Etats Unis

20 January 2017

Donald J. Trump prête serment vendredi sur les marches du Capitole, au coeur de Washington, pour succéder à Barack Obama et devenir le 45e président des Etats-Unis, incroyable épilogue d’une campagne anti-élites qui a pris tout le monde à revers. A 70 ans, sans la […]

UN Launches New Plan to Ease Plight of Refugees, Migrants in Europe

20 January 2017

FILE – Syrian refugees wait with their belongings to leave a makeshift camp near the northern Greek village of Idomeni during a police operation at the Greek-Macedonian border, May 26, 2016. Share See comments GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, International Organization for Migration and 72 […]

Mexican drug lord El Chapo lands in New York to face charges

20 January 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Infamous Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in his country, was extradited at the request of the United States to face drug trafficking and other charges and arrived in New York late Thursday. A […]

Iran shocked by deadly fire, collapse of Tehran high-rise

20 January 2017

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a… Read more TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A historic high-rise building in the heart of Iran’s capital caught fire and later collapsed Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and leaving […]

Italy hotel avalanche survivor’s call for help was ‘ignored for hours’ with 30 estimated missing, feared dead

20 January 2017

Rescue workers have reported no signs of life at a luxury Italian hotel buried by an avalanche as it emerges one survivor’s attempt to raise the alarm was ignored for several hours. Key points: Two bodies have been recovered of the estimated 30 people trapped […]

U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria: Pentagon

20 January 2017

A U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria on Tuesday, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday. Mohammad Habib Boussadoun al-Tunisi, a Tunisian who was involved in “external operations and has been connected to terrorist plots to attack Western targets,” was […]

US Strikes Kill More Than 80 Islamic State Fighters in Libya

20 January 2017

PENTAGON — U.S. airstrikes killed several dozen Islamic State fighters late Wednesday in two militant camps southwest of Sirte, Libya, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said. “Initial estimates indicate that the airstrikes killed more than 80 ISIL fighters, many of whom had converged there after […]

«Chute d’Alep» au-delà de l’emballement médiatique: un reporter de Paris Match témoigne

19 January 2017

Le journaliste français Régis Le Sommier a séjourné à Alep du 15 au 20 décembre 2016, période marquée par la libération des quartiers orientaux de la ville, et a pu assister à l’évacuation des combattants. Dans son reportage pour Paris Match, il constate que la […]

Un ancien opposant révèle la face cachée de l’opposition syrienne

19 January 2017

De retour au pays, l’opposant syrien Nawwaf Bachir multiplie ses révélations fracassantes sur la face cachée de l’opposition syrienne soutenue par les monarchies du Golfe et les puissances occidentales. Sachant que M. Bachir n’est pas n’importe quel opposant : il est l’un des fondateurs de […]

Iraqi Forces Capture Ancient Holy Site in Mosul

19 January 2017

In recent days, Iraqi forces have recaptured the Tomb of Yunus or Jonah, an ancient Muslim, Christian and Jewish holy site in Mosul that was largely destroyed by Islamic State militants when they took over Mosul in 2014. VOA’s Heather Murdock was on the scene […]