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The ongoing detention of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria has ignited international concern amid demands for his immediate release as fears for his safety deepen.

More than 40,000 people fled their homes in Port-au-Prince in the space of just ten days this month, according to the International Organization for Migration. The Haitian capital is witnessing a spike in gang violence despite the presence of a multinational security mission.

Brazil's agriculture minister on Monday threw his support behind national meat suppliers who have boycotted deliveries to local French-owned supermarket chain Carrefour, in a growing row related to Mercosur trade negotiations.

Six men go on trial in Paris on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a blackmail and extortion scheme targeting Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba. The accused, including the player's brother, Mathias Pogba, are being tried for their alleged involvement in the case that made headlines back in 2022.

The government's measures – announced to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – include expanding the system for filing complaints in hospitals and awareness-raising campaigns on "chemical submission" in the wake of the Mazan mass rape trial.

A final week-long round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. The ‘high ambition coalition' – which includes France – will be fighting for a legally binding framework that will definitively curtail global plastic…

The prosecution has requested Dominique Pelicot be sentenced to prison for 20 years for drugging and raping his then wife Gisèle Pelicot and recruiting dozens of others to rape her for nearly a decade.

Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in Sunday's presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister.

At least 51,000 women and girls were intentionally killed around the world in 2023 – the majority by a partner or family member – two United Nations agencies have found, warning that the deadliest place for women is at home. They insist that such murders could be prevented.