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The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended an arms embargo on Sudan's Darfur region for another year, after experts said it had been regularly violated amid the ongoing civil war, including by the United Arab Emirates.

In response to escalating migrant arrivals, several EU countries have reintroduced border checks within the Schengen zone – a region normally characterised by free movement. The measures, permitted under Schengen rules as a last resort to address significant threats to internal security or public policy, reflect growing concerns over migration…

Swiss group Nestlé has agreed to pay a €2 million fine following a settlement over illegal water drilling and unauthorised treatments for its mineral waters, including Vittel and Contrex.

In 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault provided an experimental proof of the Earth’s rotation using a pendulum. Although Foucault is best known for this ingenious experiment, he also made several important contributions to physics including the discovery of eddy currents as well as measuring the speed of light. Foucault…

The French charity Emmaus has taken steps to distance itself from its founder, the late Abbé Pierre, following serious new allegations of sexual abuse. An investigation by French public radio found uncovered that the once venerated priest attempted to silence his critics.

The European Commission said on Tuesday it was discussing setting a new deadline for France to submit a plan to reduce its public deficit, confirming Paris had requested a postponement.

Yemenia Airways was sentenced on appeal in Paris for manslaughter and unintentional injuries, fifteen years after the crash in 2009 of one of its planes off the coast of the Comoros, which caused the death of 152 people.

Getty Images special correspondent John Moore travelled to Ecuador in February 2024 to document the country’s response to the gang crisis. The resulting exhibition is on show at the Visa pour l'image Festival in Perpignan, in the south of France.

Nearly 200 environmental and land defenders around the world were murdered in 2023, with Colombia once again the deadliest place for activists, watchdog Global Witness said in a report Tuesday.