L'ex-Premier ministre sénégalais, Ousmane Sonko, actuel président de l'Assemblée nationale du Sénégal, a été largement réélu samedi à la tête de son parti, le Pastef, dans un contexte de brouille avec le chef de l'État Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
L'Iran a mené des frappes sur le Koweït et Bahreïn, samedi, en riposte à des attaques américaines, mettant encore davantage à mal des négociations qui patinaient déjà. Depuis la trêve signée le 8 avril, les hostilités avaient quasiment cessé entre les États-Unis et l'Iran. Mais elles ont récemment repris, notamment autour du détroit d'Ormuz.
Le secrétaire américain à la Défense Pete Hegseth a évoqué, samedi, une "invasion" d'immigrés, tout en appelant les pays européens à augmenter leurs capacités de défense, quelques heures après avoir renoncé à participer à la cérémonie internationale.
US Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday marked the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings in France with a speech that bemoaned the "invasion" of "boats and men" on Europe's beaches. In his address at a US military cemetery in Normandy, Hegseth also called on allies to contribute more to their defence.
Plusieurs centaines de personnes ont protesté samedi dans une réserve naturelle sur la côte albanaise pour dénoncer un plan de construction d'une station balnéaire de luxe par une société liée à la famille Trump, a constaté une journaliste de l'AFP.
Protesters on Saturday gathered at the Vjosa-Narta lagoon, a nature reserve on the Albanian coast, to denounce a plan by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to build a luxury resort in an environmentally sensitive area. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has insisted that "top" experts will be involved in the project, which has yet to be approved.
La Russe Mirra Andreeva a remporté samedi à Roland-Garros son premier tournoi du Grand Chelem grâce à sa victoire en finale contre la Polonaise Maja Chwalinska (6-3, 6-2), issue des qualifications.
Ukraine on Saturday fired hundreds of drones targeting the St. Petersburg region in the second such attack on Russia’s second-largest city in less than a week. The attack came on the final day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, President Vladimir Putin’s annual investment forum known as “Russia’s Davos”.
Le président ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky, a déclaré, samedi, que des drones ukrainiens avaient frappé un dépôt pétrolier de la région russe de Krasnodar et une base militaire proche de Saint-Pétersbourg (Nord).
Décédée le 5 juin, Bernadette Chirac, née Bernadette Chodron de Courcel, aura été la seule première dame à avoir elle-même exercé un mandat politique sur son nom propre, celui de conseillère générale de Corrèze, département où elle a été élue sans discontinuer de 1979 à 2015.
Les Spurs et Victor Wembanyama ont échoué d'un rien, vendredi à domicile, à transformer une folle remontée en victoire, finalement battus par les Knicks (105-104). La franchise new-yorkaise mène désormais 2 à 0 en finale NBA, avant de recevoir deux fois lors des deux prochains matches.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain on Saturday for a seven-day trip focused in part on migration, including a visit to the Canary Islands where he will honour thousands of migrants who died trying to reach Europe. Leo is also scheduled to meet with victims of sex abuse by Catholic clergy, which some 200,000 minors are estimated to have suffered in Spain since 1940.
Le pape Léon XIV arrive en Espagne, samedi, pour une visite de sept jours. Le souverain pontife mettra l'accent sur les questions migratoires et sociales et rencontrera notamment le Premier ministre socialiste, Pedro Sanchez.
A sea drone exploded Friday near Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta without causing casualties. The incident prompted authorities to evacuate more than 1,000 people amid heightening concerns over the spillover effects of Russia's war in Ukraine just a week after a separate drone incident injured two civilians.
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro criticised US President Donald Trump on Thursday for supporting hard-right presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, a lawyer – and fervent Trump supporter – who made a fortune representing drug-trafficking paramilitaries, fraudsters and football stars.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a face-to-face meeting to end the four-year war, saying he saw "no point" in meeting his Ukrainian counterpart until a possible peace deal had been agreed. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.
Washington is pledging emergency aid to Bolivia and warning against attempts to topple President Rodrigo Paz as his government faces mounting protests aND worsening shortages. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that "the United States is watching", vowing continued support to Paz in the fight against "narco-terrorists" who profit "from death and destruction in our hemisphere".
The US on Thursday announced new economic sanctions against Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, members of his immediate family, and members of the Castro family connected to the country's past two presidents. President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on the island in recent months, even threatening to take the country over.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for a face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter, saying he was also ready for a “full ceasefire”. In response, the Kremlin said Zelensky could meet Putin in Moscow "any time".
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