France 241 hour agoFrance warns of rise in large-scale trafficking of primates’ skullsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFrench customs said Thursday that they had seized almost 400 skulls from protected primate species in just seven months, in a sign of a rise in the lucrative trade. Agents at the Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport had intercepted 392 posted packages between May and December last year, containing …
France 243 hours agoNew Delhi to reduce Canadian diplomatic staff in India as row escalatesFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESNew Delhi said Thursday it is seeking the reduction of Canadian diplomatic staff in India and has stopped visa services, as a row over the killing of a Sikh separatist deepens. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demanded India treat with "utmost seriousness" allegations that Indian agents …
France 243 hours agoCheckmate in Nagorno-Karabakh? How Azerbaijan got Armenia to back downFrance 24 - Grégoire SAUVAGEThe Armenian separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday agreed to lay down their weapons following Azerbaijan's lightning offensive in the Armenian-majority enclave. Between Moscow's weakening position in the Caucasus and the West's dependence on hydrocarbons, Azerbaijan has taken advantage …
France 244 hours agoRupert Murdoch hands control of Fox, News Corp media empire to son LachlanFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESRupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media magnate who created Fox News, is stepping down as leader of both Fox's parent company and his News Corp. media holdings. Fox said Thursday that Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies. His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and …
France 244 hours agoAzerbaijan ‘rejects’ France’s Nagorno-Karabakh ‘illegal’ offensive claim, ambassador saysFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh held their first direct peace talks Thursday, after Baku claimed to have regained control over the breakaway region in a lightning military operation that France slammed as "illegal, unjustifiable and unacceptable". …
France 245 hours agoFocus - Documenting suspected war crimes from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflictFrance 24 - Garren JANSEZIANSince the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mainly populated by Armenians but internationally recognised as lying within Azerbaijan's borders. A particularly bloody conflict in 2020 enabled Baku to …
