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Donald Trump sues Murdoch, Wall Street Journal for $10 billion over Epstein article

US President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion on Friday, a day after the newspaper reported that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

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Turning a desert into an oasis: Maroccan scientists transform fog into drinking water

In Morocco, giant nets capture fog to provide drinking water to villages affected by extreme drought. Installed at over 1,200 meters above sea level, these collectors gather 37,000 liters per day, transforming the lives of nearly 1,000 residents. An inno

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Taiwan runs largest defence drills in preparation for Chinese attack

This year’s military exercises, unprecedented in length and scale, are designed to prepare people for the prospect of Chinese troops storming Taiwan’s shores. Jan Camenzind Broomby has the latest.

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DR Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels sign ceasefire agreement in Qatar

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group on Saturday signed a ceasefire deal to end fighting in eastern Congo following months of Qatari mediation. The agreement follows a separate Congolese-Rwandan peace deal signed in Washington last mo

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France: Statue of Liberty covers her eyes in mural protesting Trump

A towering mural in France of the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes is racking up millions of views online with its swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation policies

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New searches in Brazil : Jair Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, a measure he called “a supreme humiliation,” authorities announced on Friday. The order follows Supreme Court instructions that led federal police to search his residence

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Venezuelan migrants detained in the US returned to Caracas after prisoner swap

Over 200 Venezuelans who were deported from the United States on allegations of gang membership earlier this year and detained in a notorious El Salvador jail arrived in Caracas on Friday under a coordinated prisoner exchange that saw 10 Americans held i

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Israel and Syria agree ceasefire as Israel allows Syrian troops limited access to Sweida

The Syrian presidency announced on Saturday an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire following days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida that has left over 700 people dead, according to a war monitor. The US envoy to Syria earlier s

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Fraud probe opened into Mbappe payments to police officers

An investigation has been opened into potentially fraudulent payments made by Kylian Mbappe to five police officers assigned to protect the French national football team, the public prosecutor's office told AFP on Thursday. Vedika Bahl tells us more.

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Syria and Israel agree to a ceasefire

The Syrian presidency announced on Saturday an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire following days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida that has left over 700 people dead, according to a war monitor. The US envoy to Syria earlier s

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New Russian law criminalizes online searches for controversial content

Russian lawmakers on Thursday approved a contentious law that significantly broadens the government's power to penalize internet users — not for posting banned content, but merely for searching or viewing it. Liza Kaminov has more.

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EYE ON AFRICA: South Africa to fight hunger on Mandela Day

On Friday in Johannesburg, dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students came together to prepare 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to help feed the hungry in honor of Nelson Mandela Day. International Nelson Mandel

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EU launches new sanctions against Russia for more effective oil price cap

On Friday, the European Union approved an 18th round of sanctions targeting Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine, introducing new measures designed to further cripple the country’s oil and energy sector. According to EU diplomats, the bloc will impleme

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US revokes visas of Brazilian judges over Bolsonaro « witch-hunt »

Washington will restrict travel visas for Brazilian judicial officials and their immediate family members, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced, over what he called a “political witch-hunt” against former Brazilian President Jair Bo

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Israeli gunfire kills 26 near Gaza aid distribution centres, civil defence says

Gaza's civil defence agency on Saturday said 26 people were killed and more than a hundred were wounded by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution points in the southern Gaza Strip, in the latest killing of Palestinians waiting for desperately needed food

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India's monsoon season grows increasingly unpredictable and devastating

India has witnessed its wettest May in 125 years, with torrential rains arriving well ahead of the usual monsoon season. Typically expected in early June, the monsoon arrived early this year, flooding cities across the country. Driven by a temperature co

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DR Congo: Fears of renewed violence grow as fighting erupts again

In eastern DR Congo, tensions are rising despite the fragile ceasefire between government forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Our correspondent Emmet Livingstone tells us more.

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Bolsonaro’s son, known as Number 3, pushes for US pressure on Brazil

Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, has lobbied US officials to sanction the Supreme Court judge investigating an alleged coup plot following Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's 2022 win. US President Donald Tr

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Venezuelans deported by the US to El Salvador arrive in Caracas via prisoner swap

Over 200 Venezuelans who were deported from the United States on allegations of gang membership earlier this year and detained in a notorious El Salvador jail arrived in Caracas on Friday under a coordinated prisoner exchange that saw 10 Americans held i

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Liberia: Hundreds rally in Monrovia to protest against Joseph Boakai’s government

In Liberia, hundreds took to the streets on Thursday, angry over perceived corruption in President Joseph Boakai's government and democratic backsliding in the West African country. Critics also accuse Boakai of economic mismanagement. Protesters say the

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France opens probe into systemic failures behind paedophile surgeon’s decades of child abuse

French authorities have launched a judicial investigation into how convicted paedophile surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec was able to abuse hundreds of children over decades while continuing to practise medicine. The move follows his 20-year prison sentence in M

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50 days for Putin: “Much ado about nothing?”, UK Data Breach scandal, Israel bombs Damascus

A panel of Praris-based journalists review the week's international news: stories that made the headlines and also those the viewers may have missed. Putin’s 50 days deadline: “Much ado about nothing?”, The Afghan leak & the UK super injunction, Wh

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🌟 The bright side: Statues of trailblazing women from 2024 Olympics find new Paris quarters

Paris officials have begun relocating statues of pioneering French women that were showcased during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. A golden representation of lawyer Gisèle Halimi, a champion of women's rights, was the first to find a new home

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Visitor eats $6.2 million banana artwork at French museum

A visitor at France’s Pompidou-Metz museum bit into Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana artwork “Comedian” last week, prompting swift intervention from security. The $6.2 million piece – famously duct-taped to a wall – was quickly restored, as the artist

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Indigenous Indian village dismantled in the name of tiger protection

Police and park rangers in Nagarhole National Park in southwestern India tore down an Indigenous village on June 18. They claim that the presence of the Jenu Kuruba people is harmful to the park’s tigers, even though they worship tigers as part of their

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Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Murdoch for $10 billion over Epstein report

US President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion on Friday, a day after the newspaper reported that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

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Germany and EU allies back tougher asylum measures, including deportations to Afghanistan and Syria

Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and five European counterparts agreed Friday on stricter asylum measures, including resuming deportations to Afghanistan and Syria. Meeting atop Germany’s Zugspitze mountain, the ministers backed plans for t

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Tanzania: Tundu Lissu’s trial postponed again ahead of election

Tanzania’s president, Tundu Lissu, has been in prison since April on charges of treason — an offence that could carry the death penalty. This week, his trial was postponed for the fourth time. The decision comes just three months ahead of the country’s p

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Congress approves Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’ s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid on July 18 as Republicans intensified their targeting of institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of ste

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Nigeria’s diplomatic recall risks stalling global cooperation (experts)

Nigeria's president has recalled over 100 ambassadors worldwide – except the envoy to the UN – sparking concern over a sudden diplomatic vacuum. Experts say the move could stall intelligence gathering, treaty negotiations and global cooperation. With Nig

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Sirens wail, cities shut down as Taiwan simulates Chinese air raid

Sirens wailed, roads emptied and people were ordered to stay indoors in Taiwan's capital Taipei on July 17 during an annual air-raid exercise aimed at preparing for any Chinese missile attack. Sirens sounded at 1:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) for the mandatory st

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Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan kill 63 people in 24 hours

Rainfall has triggered flash floods and inundated several villages as the country experiences 82% more rainfall this month compared to the same period in July 2024, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said.

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Child labour rises in Gaza as families struggle to survive

In the heart of Gaza, the humanitarian crisis continues to worsen as economic collapse and widespread hunger push many families into desperate situations. Among the consequences is the growing number of children who are forced to work in the streets to h

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Spain taming fire that belched smoke cloud over Madrid

Spanish firefighters on July 18 were bringing under control a forest fire near Madrid that had cloaked the capital in a huge cloud of acrid smoke.

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Syria: Renewed Druze and Bedouin clashes, UN rights chief urges prompt probe

Tribal reinforcements from across Syria gathered in villages around Sweida on July 18 to support local Bedouin, whose longstanding enmity with the Druze erupted into violence last weekend. Our guest Simon Mabon, professor of International Politics and Mi

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New clashes rock Syria's Druze heartland as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin

The United Nations called for an end to the "bloodshed" and demanded an "independent" investigation of the violence, which has claimed nearly 600 lives since July 13, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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We could withdraw from the von der Leyen coalition: Renew chief Valérie Hayer

The coalition of Ursula von der Leyen in the European Parliament is holding up, but it is looking increasingly fragile. Centrist, Socialist and Green members of that coalition are deeply troubled by what they see as an alignment between the conservative

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Pogacar dominates Tour de France time trial to extend overall lead

Tadej Pogacar claimed a commanding victory in Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday, winning the 10.9km time trial and extending his overall lead to four minutes and seven seconds. The defending champion's second straight stage win leaves Jonas Vingeg

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Holiday travel financially out of reach for 40% of people in France

Four in ten people in France cannot afford to leave their homes to go on vacation, a new study has found, an inequality that has persisted at the same level for the past 40 years. With poverty levels in France reaching new heights, the problem looks set

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EU encourages sustainable journeys by rail: Are trains the future of travel?

The EU is aiming to double high-speed rail traffic by 2030 and triple it by 2050. But harmonising rail networks across the continent is easier said than done. While some cross-border routes have opened in 2025, other projects have been hampered by a lack

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Inside Budapest’s banned Pride march

On June 28, almost 200,000 people flooded the streets of Budapest to celebrate Pride, braving a ban put in place by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Despite the threat of fines, Hungarians marched to denounce the relentless repression of LGBTQ+ rights in the

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Men's fashion for spring-summer 2026? It's political!

Whether it involves making space for the trans community, raising awareness about conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, expressing their distrust of conventional conservative attitudes or funding scientific research that has nothing to do with the fashion

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Supreme Court orders Brazil’s Bolsonaro to wear electronic ankle monitor

Brazil's Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday, banning him from contacting foreign officials over allegations he courted the interference of his ally US President Donald Trump. Wash

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Germany: Top EU officials gather to discuss stricter migration measures

Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt gathered his counterparts from neighbouring France, Denmark, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic on July 18 to discuss stricter migration measures.

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Exiled Syrian family returns home to ruins of Yarmouk refugee camp after fall of Assad

South of the Syrian capital Damascus, Yarmouk refugee camp was the scene of violent clashes between Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel militias, and later the Islamic State group, during the almost 14-year-long Syrian war. Ahmed and Jihane Tameem were am

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European interior ministers gather for meeting on migration policy in Germany

Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt met with his Austrian, Danish, Czech, French and Polish counterparts, as well as European Commissioner for Home Affairs Magnus Brunner, in southern Germany on July 18. The aim of the meeting was to "strength

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Author Aatish Taseer on his 'Excursions in Exile'

On this week's show, we speak with author Aatish Taseer about his new book, "A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile". He shares why he has no regrets for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "India's Divider in Chief" in his 2019 Time article. We also rep

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Pope Leo urges Netanyahu to protect holy sites following Israeli strike on Gaza church

Pope Leo XIV urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call Friday to renew peace talks and protect places of worship following a deadly Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church. The pope expressed deep concern over the humanitarian

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Meet the French women chefs breaking the mould

Despite the old adage that a woman's place is in the kitchen, the world of gastronomy tells a different story. In France, while women make up 35 percent of professional kitchen staff, only 19 percent of chefs are female. But a shift is clearly underway w

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Frenchman Serge Atlaoui released after years on Indonesia death row

Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old Frenchman who returned to France earlier this year after spending almost two decades on death row in Indonesia for drug offences, was released from jail on Friday. Atlaoui was granted a reprieve from execution in 2015 after P

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France returns last military bases to Senegal

France formally handed over its last military bases in Senegal on Thursday, ending a 65-year presence in the country. The move marked the latest in a string of withdrawals from former French colonies as Paris faces growing calls across Africa to end its

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Afghan refugees in Pakistan live in fear amid mass expulsions

Every day, hundreds of Afghan refugee families in Pakistan are being deported back to their country. Since April 1, Islamabad has stepped up its deportations of migrants and refugees from Afghanistan. This wave of expulsions is part of the "Plan for the

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Golf: 19 players competed for first North Pole Championship title

Golfers have swapped well-kept greens for ice at the inaugural North Pole Clock Golf Championship. "It is probably the most innovative and cool golf I’ve ever done", says David Dudek, a player from Hong Kong.

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Argentina: 'Milei never promised major public investment — he promised cuts'

Thousands of health workers and supporters marched in Buenos Aires in defense of the Garrahan Pediatric Hospital, amid sweeping cuts to Argentina’s public healthcare system under President Javier Milei’s austerity plan. “Milei never promised major public

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Argentina: Thousands protest public health cuts in Buenos Aires

Thousands of health workers took to the streets of Buenos Aires on July 17, voicing their anger over government cutbacks to the Argentina's public health sector.

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Benjamin Netanyahu voices regret after Gaza Catholic church killings

Health officials say Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed more than 90 people in the past 24 hours. One strike hit a Catholic church in Gaza, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, including the priest. The attack has sparked global out

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Syria: Fighting between Druze and Bedouin tribes in Sweida continues

Syria's government sent troops this week to the predominantly Druze city to quell fighting between Bedouins and Druze, but the violence escalated until a ceasefire was declared. "If there were hopes over the last three hours that the ceasefire was going

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WSJ bombshell report: Trump's 'bawdy' birthday letter to Epstein

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, July 18: We take a look at The Wall Street Journal's exclusive report on US President Donald Trump's alleged racy letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Also, we learn how Trump's team was on an "f***ing warpath" to kill

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Deportation dossiers: Trump's AI-driven war on immigrants and freedom of speech

With deportations from the United States on the rise since Donald Trump's return to the White House, our reporters hear from those caught up in these new procedures, deployed in the name of national security.

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Druze-Bedouin clashes strain fragile truce in Syria's Sweida after government pullout

More violent clashes erupted between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin tribes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida overnight that threatened to scupper a fragile truce just a day after the withdrawal of Syrian government forces. Israel pummelled Syrian t

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