Tag: clashes

Amnesty calls for int’l criminal investigations into Iranian officials over brutal repression

Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran’s clerical authorities two years after a protest…

Middle East ‘tinderbox’: Any attack, escalation in conflict likely to inflame actions across region

Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and…

Does attack on Hezbollah ‘herald beginning of long-anticipated ground offensive into south Lebanon’?

Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and…

Protests over rising costs of living turn violent in French Caribbean island of Martinique

Protests have erupted on the French Caribbean island of Martinique over the high cost of living, sparking violent clashes with police and the destruction of property. At least…

Israel shifts war focus to northern front as it tries to ‘decouple’ the Gaza and Lebanon conflicts

Israel bombed southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had thwarted an Iranian-led assassination plot, following two days of sophisticated attacks on communications equipment used by Iran-backed armed…

What’s behind violent protests in France’s Martinique? • FRANCE 24 English

French authorities on Thursday grappled with a new spike in violence in the country’s overseas territories, ordering a curfew after rioting in Martinique. France 24’s Angela Diffley takes…

Israel’s attacks a ‘message’ to Hezbollah of ability to ‘inflict harm, create collective psychosis’

the leader of Hezbollah said Thursday the mass bombing attack in Lebanon on the group’s communications devices was a “severe blow” and said Israel had crossed a “red…

‘Very dangerous moment’: Israel, Hezbollah miscalculation ‘could bring about terrible regional war’

Israel said it pounded Lebanon’s Hezbollah, just hours after the group’s leader vowed retribution for deadly explosions that targeted its communication devices, killing 37 people and wounding thousands….

‘Unacceptable poverty’: Protests continue in Martinique • FRANCE 24 English

Cab drivers in Martinique joined a protest movement against the high cost of living, blocking major highways on Thursday before a 9pm government-imposed curfew. The French Caribbean island…