Iranian attack: the United States warned on Monday

The United States warned on Monday of a “significant” Iranian attack on Israel as early as this week. According to John Kirby, a spokesman for the American National Security Council, the United States “shares Israel's concern” about an impending attack from Iran and Tehran's allies in the region. For his part, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said that his country had the “right to respond” to any aggression against him, during a telephone interview with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who

Russia: Putin promises to “expel” Ukrainian forces from the territory

Vladimir Putin promised on Monday to “expel” Ukrainian forces from the Russian Kursk region. The commander of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandre Syrsky, claimed control by his troops of nearly 1,000 km2 of territory in Russia, much more than what was recognized by the Russian authorities.

Massive fires: Athens threatened by flames, Greece calls on EU for help

Despite the deployment of hundreds of firefighters, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes and forcing Greece to call on the EU for help, massive fires continued to spread on Monday in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens. Hoping to make them less vulnerable to the fires that spread to the wooded suburbs of Nea Penteli and Vrilissia, residents wearing masks to protect themselves from suffocating smoke sprayed water on their homes

Social networks: an interview between Donald Trump and Elon Musk disrupted by a “massive” cyberattack
Elon Musk said yesterday that his planned interview with Donald Trump on the social network X was disrupted by a “massive” cyberattack. Reason for its inaccessibility for many users. The conversation between the two billionaires was scheduled for 20:00 (US East Coast time, 00:00 GMT) on the account of Donald Trump, who was suspended after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by his supporters, but reinstated after the takeover of the social network by Elon Musk in 2022. The exchange was finally able to start shortly after 8:30pm but it was not immediately clear if all users could have access to it

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The spokesperson for Hamas' military wing announced on Monday that its fighters had “killed one male hostage” and “injured two female hostages” in “two separate incidents” in the Gaza Strip.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday demanded that state services act with an “iron fist” after the unrest that left 25 dead according to a new official toll.

The Bobigny Criminal Court sentenced three men and one woman to two years of imprisonment with continued detention for multiple thefts on Olympic sites

L The Olympic flag arrived in bright sunshine on Monday in Los Angeles. The authorities now have four short years to organize Games capable of competing with the spectacle offered by Paris.