Description
Added on the 17/04/2018 14:36:36 - Copyright : Wochit
At least 2,000 people attend an anti-government protest at Habima square in Tel Aviv, as the Israel-Hamas war nears its 100 days mark. The war, in which Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, began when the militants launched an unprecedented attack on October 7 that resulted in about 1,140 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza since then has killed at least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll reported by the health ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Thousands march in central London against anti-Semitism and to call for the safe return of Israeli hostages, as a temporary truce largely held in Gaza more than a month and a half after the start of the war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel. IMAGES
Thousands take to the streets of Niamey, the Nigerien capital, to demand the removal of French troops from the country. Niger has braced for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the west African countries new military rulers and its traditional European ally. France has around 1,500 troops in Niger, many of them stationed at an airbase near the capital, deployed to help fight jihadist insurgency. IMAGES
Georgians rally outside the parliament in capital Tbilisi despite the ruling party's promise to drop a controversial "foreign agent" bill reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics. IMAGES
Online retail giant Amazon has reached an agreement with the European Commission to close two inquiries into anti-competitive tactics, notably using third party seller data to improve its own sales, as announced by the bloc's competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager. Vestager says that the Commission has "accepted commitments offered by Amazon" which address its concerns about "concerns about Amazon's practises and its e-commerce marketplace". SOUNDBITE
Activists march on the streets of US capital Washington DC for the annual anti-abortion March for Life gathering. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
