France is in the midst of a long-running debate on expanding the definition of rape to include the absence of consent.
Category: 4. World
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Top European court condemns France for failure to protect girls who reported rape
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Student killed in French school stabbing attack, reports say
One student has been killed and at least three people were injured in stabbing at a private school in western France, French media say.
The attack took place at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in Nantes on Thursday afternoon, according to…
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India will pursue perpetrators of Kashmir attack to ‘ends of the earth,’ Modi says
SRINAGAR, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Thursday to pursue, track and punish terrorists and their backers in a strong reaction to a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir, where police have identified two of the…
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India and Pakistan near strategic standoff after Pahalgam attack in Kashmir | Armed Groups News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan threatened to suspend all bilateral agreements with India, including the 1972 Simla Agreement, on Thursday in a retaliatory move after India said it would suspend the Indus Water Treaty and close the land border…
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Zelenskyy curtails South Africa visit after deadly Russian strike on Kyiv
The Ukrainian president held talks with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria before leaving the country.
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Benin admits that 54 soldiers killed in border attack by Jnim
Benin’s government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country’s north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger.
The authorities had previously said that only eight soldiers were killed.
The…
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Convicted Cardinal Wants To Help Select Pope Francis’ Successor
A cardinal who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after being convicted of embezzlement said Tuesday he intends to participate in the next conclave — the election to pick Pope Francis’ successor — even though the Holy See…
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Israel observes Holocaust Remembrance Day with nationwide silence
Israel came to a standstill on Thursday as a two-minute siren sounded across the country to honour the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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Strikes in Yemen: Is the US sliding into another “endless war”?
President Donald Trump has, in the past, described America’s military involvement in the Middle East as “the worst decision ever made” and came into office vowing to to “end these endless wars.”
In some areas, the administration has…
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