Russian President Vladimir Putin's trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) is "a possibility", French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Thursday on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.. "The International Criminal Court is investigating and will follow the law," Colonna continued.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas urged the West to "discredit" Russia's tool of aggression in Ukraine to prevent further attacks, in an AFP interview ahead of the invasion anniversary.. We have to totally discredit the tool of aggression," she told AFP. Otherwise, "the signal to... all the aggressors, or would-be aggressors, in the world, is that this pays off.
A nine-year-old Syrian girl whose fate captured the tragedy, hope and heartbreak of this month's earthquake after spending 40 hours under the rubble was taken to Turkey Thursday for treatment.. They were the first of those rescued from the rubble of the February 6 quake to be given authorisation to enter Turkey for treatment from rebel-held areas.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's move to strip more than 300 critics and political opponents of citizenship, and Chile's forceful condemnation, have shone a spotlight on a deep ideological divide between leftist Latin American leaders.. On February 9, Ortega's government expelled 222 political prisoners -- including jailed opposition leaders -- to the United States, and stripped them of their citizenship.
French police on Thursday detained for questioning the husband of a woman whose dismembered body was found in plastic bags at different locations in a popular Paris park, a source close to the investigation told AFP. The body parts of the woman had been discovered in the Buttes-Chaumont park in the north of the French capital earlier this month.. Park workers found the lower torso of a woman in a plastic bag hidden under leaves and further remains, including the head, were found during a thorough search of the park by police a day later.
US, European and other governments on Thursday urged Nigeria to ensure a peaceful presidential election this weekend as skirmishes broke out in a key city on the last day of campaigning.. Thursday was the final day of campaigning for the presidential, senate and parliamentary elections.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday there should be "no illusions" over China, which has been seeking to position itself as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, almost a year after Moscow's invasion.. "We should have no illusions about China.
The Eiffel Tower was lit in the colours of Ukraine's flag on Thursday in a mark of support for Kyiv on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.. Hidalgo had asked for the show of support, which comes as France, like other western countries, is boosting arms deliveries to Kyiv.
France's leading rolling news channel BFMTV on Thursday said it has sacked an anchor after a probe into alleged external influence in his work, according to a company message seen by AFP. Rachid M'Barki was sacked this week after the probe revealed that due editorial process had not been followed in several segments aired between 2021 and 2022, its director general Marc-Olivier Fogiel said in the message.. In the reports concerned, "these shortcomings were the sole responsibility of one journalist who has not respected the rules in force within the editorial staff", Fogiel said in the message.
The Joan Mitchell Foundation has sent a cease and desist letter to Louis Vuitton alleging the luxury brand is using reproductions of the artist's paintings in handbag advertisements without authorization.. The Mitchell foundation vowed that if Louis Vuitton does not "cease the illegal use of Mitchell's artworks," it will pursue further legal action. mdo/bgs
