Trump triumph, Assad fall, Olympic joy... key events in 2024
Paris (AFP) Dec 20, 2024
Donald Trump's US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024. AFP looks back at the major stories that made the headlines: - Mideast war spreads - After the unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel continued its offensive against the Palestinian armed group in Gaza, killing severa