Controversial pension reform is not a “luxury” but a long-overdue measure, the French president says
French President Emmanuel Macron has stood by his controversial pension reform in his first public remarks since pushing the measure through without the approval of lawmakers. He said the move, which has deepened ongoing unrest in the country,
Samoa has cautioned that Beijing’s contract with Solomon Islands may “morph into something else”
The awarding of a contract to a Chinese state-owned company to redevelop a commercial port in the Solomon Islands’ capital, Honiara, may lead to deeper security tensions, the Prime Minister of Samoa Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has said.
The agreement struck between Beijing and Honiara will see the city’s international port and two domestic wharves upgraded as part of a $170-million project to be completed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC).
The investigation into extrajudicial killings by British troops in Afghanistan was announced last year
An independent inquiry into alleged illegal killings by the British military in Afghanistan officially opened with a call for evidence on Wednesday. Investigation chairman Lord Justice Haddon-Cave promised to “do everything in our power” to “get to the bottom” of the scandal.
The estimated cost of rebuilding and restoring Ukraine has surpassed the $400 billion mark, a fresh report suggests
Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery bill has grown to $411 billion, according to a new assessment conducted jointly by the country’s government, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the UN.
According to the evaluation,
Israel’s military has admitted it made a ‘mistake’ by targeting civilians in an effort to shore up support for its 2021 Gaza campaign
The Israel Defense Forces illegally targeted the Israeli population with a social media psychological operation to convince citizens that its airstrikes were “taking a toll” on Gaza during the 2021 Guardian of the Walls military operation,
Security forces have discovered an arsenal two days after killing a terrorism suspect near the country’s border with Poland
Belarusian security forces have found a cache of weapons that were allegedly set aside for terrorists, potentially preventing attacks on the country just two days after killing a foreign terrorism suspect near the Polish border.
The Badakhshan tremor was felt in Pakistan and India as well
An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening was felt all the way to New Delhi, with city residents in some parts of India and Pakistan fleeing their buildings in fear they might collapse. Initially reported as 7.7 in magnitude, the quake was later confirmed to be a 6.5,
JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank knowingly benefited from their links to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, the suits claim
A US judge has cleared the way for three lawsuits to move forward against banking giants JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, alleging both companies knowingly benefited from their relationships with convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Mexico’s leader has blasted Washington for believing it’s the “government of the world” after report alleging human rights abuses
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has bristled over his government being accused by the US State Department of human rights abuses, dismissing his country’s neighbors to the north as “liars.”
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday in Oaxaca,
The new plan will bring the 70-ton tanks into action “as quickly as possible,” the Pentagon said
The US military will accelerate its shipment of M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukrainian forces, opting to send an older model after finding that the latest version could take more than a year to reach the battlefield.
Esquire News | Latest News 24/7 