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Ex-Syrian general defendant Khaled al-Halabi (R) covers his face as he is escorted in handcuffs for the trial to the courtroom by justice officers at the Regional Vienna's Court of Austria in Vienna, Austria, on June 1, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
June 1, 2026, 6:30 pm
Two Syrian former officials deny civil war torture charges as trial opens in Austria
Former Syrian intel officer Khaled al-Halabi and ex-police chief Musab Abu Rukbah are charged with committing slew of crimes against Assad’s opponents in Raqqa between 2011 and 2013
By Julia ZAPPEI and Blaise GAUQUELIN
Smoke billows the air from a residential buildings following explosions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 26, 2022. (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)
June 26, 2022, 10:33 am
Explosions rock Kyiv, Russians ‘fully occupy’ key eastern city
For 1st time in 3 weeks, Ukraine capital hit in what mayor calls ‘intimidation’; Moscow’s forces seize Severodonetsk, battle moves to neighboring Lysychansk
By Blaise GAUQUELIN
A picture taken on June 21, 2022, from the town of Lysychansk shows a large plume of smoke rising on the horizon behind the town of Severodonetsk, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP)
June 25, 2022, 8:19 pm
Ukraine’s Severodonetsk ‘fully occupied’ as Russians shift focus to neighboring city
Pro-Moscow separatists report street fighting in Lysychansk; Putin says Russia to provide Belarus with nuclear-capable missiles
By Benoit Finck, Blaise GAUQUELIN and Anna MALPAS
A picture shows destruction of a heating system plant after a Russian missile attack in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region in Ukraine, June 24, 2022. (Bagus Saragih/AFP)
June 25, 2022, 3:40 pm
Ukraine says rocket barrage fired from Belarus at northern village
20 rockets target Desna, damaging infrastructure; Ukraine says attack part of efforts by Russia to draw neighbor fully into conflict; Putin, Lukashenko set to meet
By Benoit Finck, Blaise GAUQUELIN and Anna MALPAS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen make statements following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 11, 2022. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
June 12, 2022, 7:56 am
EU chief visits Kyiv, promises answer on Ukraine’s candidacy bid next week
Zelensky presses for quick admission into union, highlights dangers of a food crisis posed by Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports
By Benoit Finck and Blaise GAUQUELIN
A civilian militia man holds a shotgun and a rifle during training at a shooting range in outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, June 7, 2022. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
June 8, 2022, 9:06 am
Zelensky defiant as Russia claims Severodonetsk’s residential areas
‘The absolutely heroic defense of Donbas continues,’ says Ukrainian president while street fighting rages on
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and Quentin Tyberghien
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, listens to a serviceman report close to front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 5, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
June 6, 2022, 4:26 pm
Ukraine suffers setbacks in bid to retake parts of strategic city Severodonetsk
Russian FM Lavrov blasts European countries for blocking his plane from traveling to Serbia
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and Quentin Tyberghien
File: A heavily damaged car is seen on a street after a Russian attack in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
June 6, 2022, 2:16 am
Ukraine says it’s regained ground from Russia in key eastern city
Senior official claims half of Severodonetsk again under control after Moscow’s forces driven back
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and Quentin Tyberghien
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on June 2, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP)
June 5, 2022, 6:16 pm
Putin threatens strikes on new targets if West gives Ukraine long-range missiles
‘We will draw the appropriate conclusions,’ Russian leader warns, after Kyiv struck in missile barrage for first time since end of April
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and Quentin Tyberghien
Smoke and dirt rise in the city of Severodonetsk during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops at the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 2, 2022. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
June 5, 2022, 8:56 am
Ukraine: Russia using ‘all its power’ to capture strategic city of Severodonetsk
Lugansk regional governor says invading forces control most of the city but Ukrainian troops pushing them back; Zelensky says situation in Donbas ‘extremely difficult’
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and Quentin Tyberghien
Smoke rises during shelling at a factory in the city of Soledar in the region of Donbas, eastern Ukraine, June 3, 2022. (Aris Messinis/AFP)
June 4, 2022, 8:22 am
Ukraine claims Russian advance repelled in key eastern city
Regional governor says Ukrainian forces still control industrial area in Severodonetsk, vows ‘Russian infantry will run’ when long-range artillery arrives from West
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and Quentin Tyberghien
A poster of the exhibition 'The Vienna Rothschilds - A Thriller' is displayed in front of the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Vienna on February 11, 2022. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
April 29, 2022, 8:17 pm
Vienna exhibit explores persistence of conspiracy theories around the Rothschilds
Jewish Museum examines why the banking dynasty continues to be blamed for many of the world’s ills and how the family name became a codeword used by antisemites
By Blaise GAUQUELIN and eva WACKENREUTHER
Dr. Robert G. W. Anderson's hand showing a photo of his grandfather, who fled Austria in the Holocaust, in a video produced by AFP on March 19 2021. (Screen capture: AFP)
May 3, 2021, 10:16 am
‘An attempt to correct history’: Jewish descendants reclaim Austrian citizenship
Over 1,900 descendants of those forced out during the Holocaust have reclaimed citizenship since law change in 2019, although not all are sure their relatives would have approved
By Blaise GAUQUELIN
Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann, born in 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen camp, in Paris on January 23, 2020. (Lionel BONAVENTURE/AFP)
May 5, 2020, 8:06 pm
Born in a concentration camp: The Holocaust’s youngest survivors
Their mothers gave birth amid the most extreme adversity imaginable. They are among the only ones left able to bear witness to the horrors of the Nazi genocide
By Blaise GAUQUELIN
A Polish flag displayed in front of a former crematorium oven at the Gusen concentration camp in Austria, January 20, 2020. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
January 25, 2020, 4:16 am
Poland pushes for Nazi camp in Austria to be remembered
Warsaw charges that Gusen camp, a satellite of Mauthausen complex, is neglected by Austrian authorities; some 35,800 detainees, many Polish, died there
By Celine JANKOWIAK and Blaise GAUQUELIN
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