In the United States, a former Syrian prison chief of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime sentenced to sixty years in prison for torture
The entrance to the central prison in the Adra district of Damascus on August 23, 2015. OMAR SANADIKI/REUTERS Samir Othman Al-Sheikh, a Syrian head of a Damascus prison between 2005 and 2008, was sentenced to sixty years of imprisonment in the United…
ICE in Texas: living in fear – Reporters
To be found in the show Since the return of Donald Trump, more than 400,000 people have been detained by ICE, the federal immigration police, and nearly 60,000 migrants are locked up there. But what happens to those arrested? In what conditions do they…
Washington ready to sell 48 F-35 stealth planes to Saudi Arabia, in the midst of conflict in the Middle East
A United States Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet in Puerto Rico, September 13, 2025. MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP The American government approved, Thursday, September 17, the sale of 48 F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia for $24.3 billion, a…
AI: “Le Monde” publishes the speeches of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to supervise the new models
“I would like to say a few words about what I consider to be by far the most important aspect of the crisis we face, and how best to move forward. Let’s be clear. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are the most transformative technologies in…
Donald Trump irritated by the EU’s association project with Canada
Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday September 16 to cut off trade with the European Union in reaction to the latter’s plan to make Canada its first associate member country. While relations between Europe and the United States remain tense,…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas again denied visa by the United States to visit the UN
Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah (West Bank), September 9, 2026. MOHAMAD TOROKMAN/REUTERS For the second year in a row, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will not be able to participate in person in the next UN General Assembly, the…
TV helicopter crash kills at least three in Los Angeles
A helicopter from a television channel which was covering a traffic accident crashed on Tuesday September 15 in a neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the west of the United States, killing at least three people, according to firefighters. The aircraft was…
“We must be all the more concerned about the uncertain threats of AI as the disorders in the world considerably reduce the ability to respond”
LThe apocalypse is back. It was pandemic a few centuries ago, then potentially nuclear. It now bears the initials of artificial intelligence (AI), from which we expected the best but which has become in record time an anxiety factory. When it was only a…
United States: five alleged Russian agents indicted for assassination and attack plans
The American Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, September 15, the indictment of five alleged agents of the Russian intelligence services, all on the run, accused of having conspired to sponsor assassinations and finance attacks in the United…
The new French ambassador to Washington, Aurélien Lechevallier, finally obtained his approval after a blockage of several weeks
Aurélien Lechevallier, appointed French ambassador to Washington, at the Elysée, in Paris, July 20, 2026. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP The new French ambassador to Washington will be able to take up his duties after having obtained his approval from the American…