By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi
Israel has agreed to the deployment of around 250 foreign soldiers to Gaza as part of the International Stabilisation Force, according to The Jewish Chronicle citing Israeli security sources. Morocco is among the six volunteer countries, alongside Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Uganda and Albania.
US-Russian negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine opened in Abu Dhabi, with Washington pushing for a “new” security framework. According to Punch, Jared Kushner speaks of decades of peace, while Europe fears a Trump deal with Moscow.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Source: Punch ·
Tehran says Washington must accept its conditions to end the war, as Donald Trump judges the conflict to be "militarily, effectively over". According to Tribune Online, Iran demands the lifting of the naval blockade and of sanctions, and the release of frozen funds, while President Pezeshkian rejects any deal imposed by force.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Tribune Online ·
French police searched the Ritz, the Villa Windsor and the Castel Sainte-Thérèse in Saint-Tropez as part of an investigation into an alleged network trafficking women linked to the late Mohamed Al-Fayed. According to AFP, citing the Paris prosecutor’s office, these operations mark an important step in the investigation opened in summer 2025 to identify possible accomplices.
🇫🇷 France · Source: SeneNews ·
According to the International Maritime Organization, the war in Iran has caused 130 incidents at sea, mostly attacks, and at least 25 sailors killed. Families of missing Indian sailors are calling for help, according to Reuters.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: TimesLIVE ·
Al-Fayed case: police custody in France and the UKPolice custody measures have been taken in the investigation into an alleged network trafficking women linked to Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 without ever being prosecuted. The joint investigations in the two countries have received 163 reports of sexual violence or exploitation, according to Le Monde.The week in Africa
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