More on AFP:
Most Popular Videos
- 2:14 | 1,450 views
- 0:48 | 1,108 views
- 0:33 | 123 views
UN Syria investigators seek access to Security Council
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 1:03 | 11 views
A UN commission of inquiry on Syria called Monday for direct access to the UN Security Council to make the case for referring crimes committed in the war-torn country to the International Criminal Court.Duration: 01:03
France remembers Islamist gunman spree one year on
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 1:07 | 2 views
One year after an Islamist gunman went on a killing spree in the French city of Toulouse, authorities have opened commemorations by conferring a posthumous Légion d'Honneur on his first victim, a paratrooper.Duration: 01:07
ICC drops case against Kenyatta co-accused Muthaura
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 1:15 | 1 view
The International Criminal Court on Monday dropped all charges against Kenyan civil servant Francis Muthaura, who was accused alongside president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta of crimes against humanity during 2007-2008 post-election violence. The decision came after a key witness in Muthaura's case was discredited and after ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said other witnesses refused to testify or had died. Duration: 01:14
Opposition chief enters race to succeed Chavez
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 1:04 | 1 view
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles enters the race to succeed Hugo Chavez in the April 14 election, accusing the late Venezuelan leader's chosen successor Nicolas Maduro of using Chavez's death for political ends, while Maduro calls such claim slanderous. Duration: 01:03
Russia adjourns dead lawyer trial to March 22
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 0:33 | 1 view
A Moscow court on Monday put dead Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial for tax evasion in defiance of his family's complaints it was "desecrating" his memory, but swiftly adjourned the process to March 22. Duration: 00:33
Hagel reacts to Kabul suicide bomber during visit
Sat, Mar 9, 2013
AFP 0:46 | 1 view
A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed nine people outside the defence ministry in central Kabul on during a visit to the Afghan capital by new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Duration: 00:45
Uhuru Kenyatta: following in father's footsteps
Sat, Mar 9, 2013
AFP 2:27 | 1 view
Son of Kenya's founding president, Uhuru Kenyatta takes up his father's mantle to become head of state despite facing trial for crimes against humanity over election violence five years ago. Duration: 02:26
Venezuela gives Chavez lavish farewell
Sat, Mar 9, 2013
AFP 2:08 | 1 view
Venezuela gives Hugo Chavez a lavish farewell at a state funeral that brings some of the world's most notorious strongmen to tears, with music, prayers and a fiery speech by his successor. Duration: 02:08