On Monday, Qatar's prime minister declared his state's intent to start helping the Syrian opposition "by all means", including giving them weapons. Two days later, anti-Assad officials received an offer of a $100m (£63m) donation, from their brothers in arms in Libya. Coincidence? Unlikely, if […]
L'opposition syrienne appelle vendredi 2 mars à des manifestations pour réclamer que l'Armée syrienne libre (ASL) puisse recevoir des armes de l'étranger après le passage de Baba Amro aux mains des forces du régime. Depuis un mois, Baba Amro, un quartier de la ville d'Homs qui est un des […]
A major base of Somalia's al-Shabab militants has been captured on the outskirts of the capital by government troops backed by African Union forces. "This operation is necessary to consolidate the security of Mogadishu," AU commander Maj Gen Fred Mugisha said as the offensive began. AU and […]
North Korea has agreed to suspend nuclear missile tests and uranium enrichment, and submit to international monitoring, in return for US food aid. Washington described the deal, which breaks with the US's previous assertion that large-scale deliveries of food are not tied to North Korea curbing […]
Le chanteur et opposant sénégalais Youssou N'Dour a annoncé jeudi qu'il apportait son soutien à Macky Sall, qui affrontera le chef d'État sortant Abdoulaye Wade au second tour de la présidentielle promettant de «battre campagne» pour lui afin que «Wade dégage». «Youssou N'Dour vient de manière […]
THE conference room resembles an old “Star Trek” set, with swivel chairs, laptops on desks and headsets that switch between Kinyarwanda and other tongues. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, sits in the captain’s chair. His technocratic ministers sit nearby. When the talk turns to business, Mr […]
The man who wants to send Vladimir Putin into retirement enjoys changing roles. Sometimes he is Boris Akunin, Russia's top-selling author of crime fiction. When he wants to write from a woman's perspective, he calls himself Anna Borisova. Finally, when he wants to be perceived as a nationalist, […]
Unemployment in the euro zone has risen to its highest level since the introduction of the common currency even as inflation climbed, economic reports showed Thursday, underscoring the challenge facing European finance officials as they met in Brussels. The jobless rate in the 17 euro nations […]
Tout un symbole. En terminant la séance à 13 005 points, mardi 28 février, au-dessus du seuil des 13 000 points pour la première fois depuis mai 2008, le Dow Jones, indice vedette de la Bourse de Wall Street, a marqué le retour des marchés américains à leurs niveaux d'avant la chute de la […]
Même si le contentieux portait sur un litige strictement économique, la signification du jugement est clairement politique. Le fondateur et leader du mouvement conservateur des Chemises jaunes, Sondhi Limthongkul, a été condamné à 20 ans de prison pour fraude financière C’est la première fois […]
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