The defendants are accused of spreading unsubstantiated claims over Mrs Macron’s gender and sexuality.
Category: World
Cameroon’s 92-year-old president wins controversial eighth term
Paul Biya retains his title as the world’s oldest head of state, in an election marred with violence and allegations of fraud.
Trump does not rule out seeking third term – but says he will not use VP loophole
Trump rules out running for vice-president, an idea floated by supporters to circumvent the US constitution which bars him from running again.
Israel allows Hamas member into IDF-held Gaza to help search for hostages’ bodies
The government says “a Hamas person” was helping Red Cross and Egyptian personnel trying to find hostage bodies.
Has Trump’s ‘peace deal’ solved the Thailand-Cambodia dispute?
Donald Trump has claimed to have ended another war, this time between Thailand and Cambodia. But what does this latest agreement actually amount to?
A coronation not a contest – Tanzania’s first female president faces little opposition
President Samia Suluhu Hassan faces no real competition at the polls amid a climate of self-censorship and fear.
UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon shoots down Israeli drone
Unfil says the drone flew over a patrol in an “aggressive manner”, but the Israeli military says it was gathering intelligence and posed no threat.
UN pleads for safe passage for civilians trapped in war-hit Sudan city
The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF’s control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.
In Russia’s ‘blitz’ of Ukraine, the question of appeasement is back
A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.
Hurricane Melissa could be strongest to ever hit Jamaica
Melissa has been upgraded to a category five storm and could become Jamaica’s strongest on record.