International outcry: Israel passes a law banning UNRWA activities in Israel

Last Monday, the Israeli Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill banning the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israel), causing an international outcry. Israel, which has long been very critical of the agency, has accused Unrwa employees of having participated in the massacre perpetrated on its soil by the Palestinian Islamist movement on 7 October 2023, which triggered particularly deadly Israeli reprisals. For its part, UNRWA denounced a “scandalous” measure against it, despite being the main player in humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip, besieged and devastated by more than a year of war between Israel and

Investment: Morocco and France conclude contracts

The French Presidency announced that Morocco and France have concluded investment contracts and agreements whose total amount will reach “up to ten billion euros”. It was on the occasion of Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Rabat. In particular, the agreements signed provide for the French groups Alstom and Egis to participate in the construction of the second section of the Tangier-Marrakech high-speed train line. Alstom will supply 12 to 18 TGV trains, but the detailed amount of each contract has not been specified. More agreements are due to be signed on Tuesday.

United States: Trump denies being “Nazi”

After several days of controversy over the potentially authoritarian leanings of the Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump defended himself on Monday from being a Nazi, saying he was even “the opposite of a Nazi”. The latter is under fire for old statements he allegedly made and after a meeting in New York marked by racist remarks, a week before a particularly uncertain election between Kamala Harris and

Ukraine: almost 12,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced at a summit in Iceland with leaders of the Nordic countries that 12,000 North Korean soldiers will “soon” be in Russia to train. He indicated that they will be used in Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian president, “there are already 3,000 North Korean soldiers on Russian territory. According to our intelligence services, there will soon be 12,000.” He again denounces an “escalation” in the conflict, while Washington says for its part that 10,000 North Korean soldiers are already training on Russian soil

IN A NUTSHELL

The prefecture of the Caribbean island has announced that the curfew from midnight to 05:00 in Martinique is extended on Fort-de-France and four towns on its periphery until November 4, the scene of urban violence in recent weeks.

For a question of alleged involvement in an attack against a mosque in Shiraz (south), which killed 14 people in 2008, the Iranian authorities executed the naturalized German Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, sentenced to death in 2023.

In order to strengthen its experience in orbit and prepare for its conquest of the Moon by 2030, on Wednesday she will send three new astronauts, including a woman, to her Tiangong space station.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) announces two deaths on Tuesday in Israeli raids on vehicles near the Syrian village of Al-Nazariya on the border with

During a ceremony consumed by the Real Madrid boycott, the Spanish midfielder Rodri received the Ballon d'Or award.