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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Stuart Williams

President of the parliamentary group of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, Marine Le Pen (R), walks followed by co-defendant French member of European Parliament Catherine Griset (L) as they exit the Tribunal de Paris courthouse following their conviction for embezzlement of European public funds, in Paris, on March 31, 2025. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
March 31, 2025, 3:08 pm
Convicted of embezzlement, French far-right leader Le Pen barred from 2027 presidential run
Court issues immediate five-year ban on her seeking public office, though she can appeal; she’s also handed 4-year prison term, to be served with electronic tag
By Marie DHUMIERES, Anne Lec'hvien and Stuart Williams
Mehdi Yarrahi in the music video for his song "Roosarito." (Youtube screenshot used in accordance with Article 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2025, 7:52 am
Iranian singer whipped 74 times for song calling for removal of women’s headscarves
Mehdi Yarrahi, defiant after punishment, says he is willing to ‘pay for price of freedom’; flogging draws uproar from political dissidents in Iran
By Stuart Williams
France's newly appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (R), flanked by outgoing Prime Minister Michel Barnier, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on December 13, 2024. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
December 13, 2024, 9:54 pm
Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s fourth prime minister of 2024
Amid months of political crisis, Bayrou becomes 6th prime minister under French president’s mandate; Macron had apparently been leaning toward naming defense minister to role
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI, Stuart Williams and Anna SMOLCHENKO
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech during the debate prior to the no-confidence votes on his administration at the National Assembly in Paris on December 4, 2024. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
December 4, 2024, 11:59 pm
French government falls in historic no-confidence vote uniting far-left and far-right
Marine Le Pen’s party backs motion proposed by the hard left three months after the formation of a minority government, with two years left in President Emmanuel Macron’s term
By Stuart Williams and Anna SMOLCHENKO
This UGC image posted on Twitter reportedly on October 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
September 15, 2024, 1:25 pm
Two years after Mahsa Amini protests, Iran restores order but not legitimacy
Activists hope 2022 death of woman in custody who allegedly violated dress code won’t be in vain, but many are still reeling from the brutal crackdown on demonstrators
By Stuart Williams
FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, seen after his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
August 26, 2024, 3:17 pm
France detains Telegram chief accused of failing to curb use of app for crime, terror
Russian-born founder also suspected of not preventing drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime on platform; Moscow says Paris ‘refusing to cooperate’ over detention
By Sylvie MALIGORNE, Julia Pavesi, Jurgen HECKER and Stuart Williams
Illustrative: In this picture taken April 16, 2011, and released by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, a blindfolded man convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and slaying of two policemen waits to be hanged in public. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
August 7, 2024, 10:26 pm
Iran executes dozens, day after hanging protester over killing of IRGC agent
26 people reportedly killed in one group execution, in move without comparable example since 2009; rights group says Iran has executed at least 345 people this year
By Stuart Williams
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh arrives in Tehran for the inauguration of the new Iranian president at the parliament in Tehran, hours before being assassinated, July 30, 2024. (AFP)
July 31, 2024, 5:00 pm
Haniyeh hit shows depth of Israel’s reach in Iran: ‘Something we have all long known’
Assassination is latest in string of precise attacks deep in Islamic Republic, is ‘very embarrassing’ for Tehran, which hosted the Hamas leader for new president’s inauguration
By Stuart Williams and Delphine Touitou
Two pedestrians walk past election posters of the left-wing "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP) in Paris, on July 3, 2024, ahead of the second round of France's legislative elections. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
July 5, 2024, 9:39 am
Marine Le Pen’s far right, Macron’s centrists make final push ahead of decisive vote
Left-wing and centrist parties have coordinated to withdraw some 200 candidates in effort to prevent National Rally from achieving an outright parliamentary majority in runoff vote
By Stuart Williams and Dave Clark
US President Joe Biden (R) is welcomed by France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (front L) upon arrival at Paris Orly airport near Paris, on June 5, 2024, as he travels to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. (Julien De Rosa/Pool/AFP)
June 5, 2024, 4:34 pm
Biden lands in France to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day, under shadow of Ukraine war
US president set to join French and Ukrainian counterparts, British King Charles III, Canadian PM to remember Allied troops who gave their lives to free Europe from Nazi occupation
By Aurelia End and Stuart Williams
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses as he arrives on May 27, 2017 for the Un Certain Regard prize ceremony at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Loic Venance/AFP)
May 13, 2024, 10:26 pm
Convicted Iranian filmmaker flees country on foot, will attend Cannes Film Festival
Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in an Iranian jail for collusion against national security. His film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ will premiere at Cannes
By Stuart Williams
The newly renovated Bahai Shrine of the Bab is seen in Haifa, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 22, 2024, 4:17 pm
In Iran, Baha’i minority faces persecution even after death
Grave desecrations represent a new attack against Iran’s biggest non-Muslim religious minority
By Stuart Williams
Flowers where a German tourist was stabbed to death by an Islamist, near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, December 3, 2023. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
December 4, 2023, 12:49 pm
France admits ‘failure’ in psychiatric care of radical Islamist who killed tourist
Interior minister says that in addition to intel mishap, doctors claimed Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab was ‘doing better’; Paris concerned over attacks ahead of 2024 Olympics
By Stuart Williams
A police officer stands guard at the scene of a stabbing in Paris on December 2, 2023. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)
December 3, 2023, 11:58 pm
Man who killed tourist near Eiffel Tower in Paris had sworn allegiance to ISIS
Authorities say mother of attacker alerted police to unusual behavioral changes in son last month but insufficient proof meant nothing could be done
By Stuart Williams
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd (left), who has been sentenced to death in Iran, with his daughter Gazelle Sharmahd during a demonstration for his release in front of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on July 31, 2023. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP)
November 5, 2023, 2:50 pm
Life of German dual citizen on death row in Iran ‘at grave risk,’ daughter says
Jamshid Sharmahd, 68, suffers from Parkinson’s and may die in prison due to health issues; US resident was abducted from UAE, put on trial in Iran over 2008 blast in Shiraz
By Stuart Williams
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