‘I don't want to die’: Exodus from Russia after Putin’s call-up for Ukraine war

22/09/2022 18:17 France 24

Dmitri flew to Armenia with just one small bag, leaving behind his wife and children, adding to the thousands fleeing Russia to avoid serving in the war against Ukraine.

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East Libya strongman Haftar meets Putin in Moscow

Military strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces dominate eastern Libya, held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, his forces and the Kremlin said....

28/09/2023 18:49 France 24

Slovakia swamped by disinformation ahead of parliamentary elections

As Slovakia heads toward parliamentary elections on Saturday, the country has been flooded with disinformation, ranging from pro-Russian propaganda, lies about the situation in Ukraine and the spread of anti-migrant hate speech....

28/09/2023 16:43 France 24

France's Macron backs ‘autonomy’ for Corsica ‘within the French Republic’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday threw his weight behind a status of autonomy for Corsica “within the French Republic”, though warning that any devolved powers for the Mediterranean island must be agreed with the French state – and not “against” it. ...

28/09/2023 09:48 France 24

🔴 Live: NATO’s Stoltenberg says Ukraine ‘gradually gaining ground’ in counteroffensive

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukrainian forces are “gradually gaining ground” in their counteroffensive against Russia during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday. The Western alliance chief also said that Ukraine is “closer to NATO than ever before”. Follow our live...

28/09/2023 06:08 France 24

Canadian PM Trudeau offers 'unreserved’ apology for invite to Nazi veteran

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday offered an "unreserved" apology in parliament after the legislature publicly -- if unwittingly -- celebrated a Ukrainian World War II veteran who'd fought alongside the Nazis....

27/09/2023 19:09 France 24

Western sanctions on Russian diamonds set to disrupt a global industry

G7 experts are set to arrive in India on a fact-finding mission this week ahead of the expected announcement of a new embargo on importing Russian diamonds. An EU ban has also been under discussion for months – but imposing new regulations on the global diamond market is no easy feat. ...

27/09/2023 16:41 France 24

'I feel ashamed we haven't done a better job in Sudan,' says ICC chief prosecutor

Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York. He discussed the ICC's investigation of alleged crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine, but also the situation in Sudan, where...

27/09/2023 14:58 France 24

Two Russian cosmonauts, one US astronaut land back on Earth after ISS mission

Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut landed back on Earth Wednesday after spending a year at the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said....

27/09/2023 13:18 France 24

Sudan selects Cannes award-winning film ‘Goodbye Julia’ for Oscars

“Goodbye Julia”, the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Sudan to represent the war-torn country at the Academy Awards in the Best International Film category....

27/09/2023 12:27 France 24

Several hundred Wagner fighters return to eastern Ukraine, Kyiv says

Several hundred members of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Wednesday. Wagner fighters played an important role in Russia’s capture of the east...

27/09/2023 09:35 France 24

Russian court rejects Kremlin critic Navalny’s appeal against 19-year prison sentence

Russia on Tuesday rejected an appeal lodged by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny against a court decision to jail him for 19 years in a maximum security prison on extremism charges....

26/09/2023 20:49 France 24

Canada's House speaker steps down after making tribute to Nazi veteran

The speaker of Canada's parliament resigned on Tuesday, days after publicly celebrating a Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis during World War II....

26/09/2023 18:39 France 24

With shutdown looming, US Senate offers stopgap budget fix

The US Senate drafted a last-ditch short-term budget proposal Tuesday as time was running out for Congress to avoid a partial government shutdown, though the odds of it passing the House remained slim....

26/09/2023 16:31 France 24

Russia says US Abrams tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine

US supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine will not change the situation on the battlefield, the Kremlin warned on Tuesday, hours after the latest wave of Russian drones hit Ukraine's Danube river port of Izmail, damaging grain-exporting facilities. Read our live blog to...

26/09/2023 06:33 France 24

London police refuse to carry guns after officer charged with murder

Dozens of London police officers began refusing to patrol with firearms on Sunday after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Black man. The unusual shooting – and subsequent charge – are opening fissures in British culture wars amid a public crisis of c...

25/09/2023 18:18 France 24

Russia says it is repelling attacks over Crimea, Belgorod regions

The Russian-installed head of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea on Monday said air defence forces were fending off an aerial attack over the peninsula. Russian air defences also saw action in the region of Belgorod bordering Ukraine, over which seven Ukrainian drones were destroyed, the Russian...

25/09/2023 04:58 France 24

Russia woos Haftar, but can the Derna floods give Libyans another chance?

Moscow seized the disaster diplomacy initiative after the deadly Derna floods, with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arriving in eastern Libya with a promise of aid. Russia is helping Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar while seeking geostrategic payback. But the Derna tragedy has als...

24/09/2023 12:40 France 24

Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery

At least 30 gunmen killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties. ...

24/09/2023 11:21 France 24

Second Ukraine wheat shipment reaches Turkey despite Russian threats

A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkey via the Black Sea on Sunday, according to maritime traffic monitoring sites, despite Russian threats to attack boats heading to or from its neighbour and enemy. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2)....

24/09/2023 05:15 France 24

Russian foreign minister lashes out at the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

Russia's top diplomat denounced the United States and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure, but he didn't discuss his country's war in Ukraine in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. ...

23/09/2023 15:12 France 24

In Zaporizhzhia, volunteer therapists help Ukraine's war widows process their loss

Ukraine’s military does not publish casualty figures, but tens of thousands of soldiers are believed to have died, often leaving behind bereaved wives and children. While the government gives them some financial assistance, volunteers in Zaporizhzhia who felt there was a lack of high-quality psyc...

23/09/2023 12:52 France 24

'Senior' Russian naval officers killed in HQ attack in Crimea, says Ukraine

Ukraine on Saturday said dozens of people including "senior Russian navy commanders" died or were injured when it staged a missile attack on Moscow's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol the day before. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All...

23/09/2023 08:38 France 24

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over Nagorno-Karabakh

More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday. The development comes days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and began talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating...

23/09/2023 02:03 France 24

People who risk drowning at sea 'must be rescued', says Pope Francis in Marseille

Pope Francis on Friday said European governments had a duty to rescue asylum-seekers who take to sea to escape conflict, warning against a "paralysis of fear" as he entered the growing political controversy on the first day of a visit to the French Mediterranean city of Marseille. ...

22/09/2023 05:23 France 24

Sudan's al-Burhan tells UN war could spill over in the region

Sudan's army chief warned Thursday at the United Nations that months of war could spill over in the region as he urged international pressure on the paramilitary unit he is fighting....

22/09/2023 02:46 France 24

Canada pledges C$650 million in Ukraine aid during Zelensky visit

Canada will give an extra C$650 million ($482 million) in military aid to Ukraine over the next three years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian Parliament on Friday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The news came after Ukraine's military said on Friday its force...

22/09/2023 01:27 France 24

French FM touts climate commitments, support for Ukraine in UN address

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York Thursday evening. She underlined France's commitment to protecting our climate. Watch below....

21/09/2023 22:36 France 24

France warns of rise in large-scale trafficking of primates’ skulls

French customs said Thursday that they had seized almost 400 skulls from protected primate species in just seven months, in a sign of a rise in the lucrative trade....

21/09/2023 16:49 France 24

Documenting suspected war crimes from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mainly populated by Armenians but internationally recognised as lying within Azerbaijan's borders. A particularly bloody conflict in 2020 enabled Baku to reco...

21/09/2023 13:11 France 24

Biden tells Zelensky he will 'ensure world stands with' Ukraine

US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday that he will "ensure the world stands" with Ukraine as the pair met at the White House in Washington. Their meeting comes as opposition grows in Congress on continuing huge US funding for the Ukrainian war effort. Read our...

21/09/2023 02:55 France 24

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