Nazym Arzimbetova, who fights to preserve the memory of her uncle who disappeared during World War Two, stands before the Memorial of Glory in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 14, 2025. DANIL USMANOV FOR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE Nazym Arzimbetova struggled to hold back tears as she spoke about the tragic fate of the uncle she […]
A French court on Friday, June 13, sentenced two teenagers to nine and seven years in prison over the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl last year outside Paris. The presiding judge justified the harsh sentence against the two boys as being due to their “worrying” personalities, “the immense social disturbance” they caused to […]
US President Donald Trump at the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. ALEX BRANDON / AP Donald Trump had promised to end the war in Ukraine, yet fighting continued. The disaster in Gaza persisted, far from the real estate magnate’s fanciful dreams of turning the Palestinian territory into a Riviera. Now, the US […]
Israel’s military said early Sunday, June 15 that it had struck Iran’s defense ministry headquarters, “nuclear weapons project” infrastructure sites and other targets, as the rival nations exchanged fire for a third day. The Israeli military said at around 2:40 am (2340 GMT Saturday) that its air force had just “completed an extensive series of […]
In Langouet (Ille-et-Vilaine), October 14, 2019. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP Understanding the factors that affect the health of the French population in connection with diet, physical activity, risk behaviors and exposure to chemical substances is the goal of a new national public health study launched on Tuesday, June 10, by France’s National Agency for Food, Environmental and […]
France’s foreign minister on Saturday, June 14 said his country supported students and staff at Harvard, after President Donald Trump tried to ban foreign students from the prestigious US university. “We stand with universities facing the threat of government control, restriction to their funding, constraints on their curricula or research projects,” Jean-Noel Barrot said during […]
People display signs as they attend the No Kings rally against U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 14, 2025. OCTAVIO JONES / REUTERS Tens of thousands of protesters rallied nationwide on Saturday, June 14 against Donald Trump ahead of a huge military parade on the US president’s 79th birthday – as […]
Portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a demonstration against the Israeli offensive in Tehran, June 13, 2025. VAHID SALEMI / AP After shock came retaliation. Iran eventually responded to the major military operation Israel carried out on its territory, starting on Friday, June 13. The Islamic Republic launched more than 150 ballistic missiles at Israel […]
Emmanuel Macron at a press conference at the Elysée Palace in Paris, June 13, 2025. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU FOR LE MONDE Calling for restraint and diplomacy, without condemning Israel or disavowing its strikes: France, the United Kingdom and Germany reacted on Friday, June 13, in a somewhat unexpected, even acrobatic manner, to the vast offensive launched […]
Excerpt from the series ‘Alice in the Land of Iran’ by Babak Kazemi. The work of this self-taught Iranian photographer is marked by the history of Khuzestan, his native region, and particularly the impact of oil production in the area, as well as the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). BABAK KAZEMI / SILK ROAD GALLERY Philip Gordon, […]