Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that saw the release of hundreds of captives and was brokered with the help of the United Arab Emirates, officials said Monday.
The Israeli army has reported a sharp increase in the number of suicides since the start of the war in Gaza, adding that thousands of soldiers have stopped serving in combat roles due to mental distress. The trend has led the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to adopt new preventive measures 15 months in...
Alcoholic drinks should have labels warning consumers that they cause cancer, the United States' top government doctor said on Friday. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said the connection between cancer and alcohol has been known for decades, "yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk"....
Oil from two Russian tankers, which sank and ran aground in the Kerch Strait after a storm in December, has spread 250 kilometres to reach the coast of Sevastopol in Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said on Friday....
The foreign ministers of Germany and France re the first ministers from the EU to visit Syria since rebels seized control of Damascus on Dec. 8 and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee after more than 13 years of civil war and ending his family's 5 decade-long rule. Jean-Noel Barrot expressed h...
South Korean investigators announced on Friday that they were suspending the arrest of deposed president Yoon Suk Yeol, after hours of chaos. Police forces have been unable to get their hands on the former president, who remains holed up in his home and protected by his bodyguards. A story by Matth...
Nikkei Asia correspondent Steven Borowiec speaks to France 24 on the unfolding situation in South Korea, as investigators began executing an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday over his failed attempt to declare martial law in early December. Investigators and police were...
South Korean investigators on Friday called off the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, after an ongoing standoff with the presidential security service at Yoon's residence made the operation "effectively impossible". The Corruption Investigation Office (CIO...
Israel warned Wednesday that it will intensify its strikes in Gaza if Hamas keeps up its rocket fire, as Palestinian rescuers reported dozens of deaths from Israeli strikes on the first day of the New Year. Over the past week, Palestinian militants have repeatedly fired rockets at Israel, particula...
The Israeli defence minister has threatened more strikes on Gaza if Hamas does not stop firing rockets at Israel. This comes as the IDF published a report about the health and well being of its soldiers in the year and three months since the war began. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky in Jerusalem ex...
China's average national temperature for 2024 was 1.03 degrees higher than average, making it "the warmest year since the start of full records in 1961", China Meteorological Administration said Wednesday night. The world's largest greenhouse gas emitter, China also experienced devastating floods l...
On his first official visit to Saudi Arabia since Bashar al-Assad's ouster, Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shibani said he hoped to open a "new, bright page" in bilateral relations. Syria's new leaders are focused on rebuilding their war-shattered country amid Saudi concerns over the trafficking...
A rare Russian aerial attack on the heart of the Ukrainian capital early on Wednesday killed two people, injured at least six and damaged a residential building in Kyiv. The strikes came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a New Year's Day message, vowed that "no cruise missile"...
Russia's gas transit to Europe via Ukraine stopped on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, ending a decades-long arrangement and marking the latest casualty of the war between the neighbours. Russian gas has been supplied to Europe via pipelines crossing Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union in 199...
As the world greets the New Year, FRANCE 24 takes a look at major changes set to come in 2025 including Donald Trump's return to the White House, the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the political uncertainty in France and Germany and more....
From Donald Trump’s return to the White House to marking 80 years since the end of World War II and 250 years since Jane Austen's birth, FRANCE 24 looks ahead to what the year 2025 may have to offer....
Russia on Wednesday shut down its oldest gas route to Europe, which runs through Ukraine, after a transit deal expired in the early hours of January 1, 2025, without an accord extension. Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine accelerated Europe's efforts to end its dependence on Russian gas,...
Revellers across the world watched spectacular firework displays as they welcomed 2025 and waved goodbye to a year marked by conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine. In several war zones, there were muted acknowledgments of the start of another year....
European imports of Russian gas via Ukraine are set to cease on New Year’s Day after the collapse of a key transit deal between Moscow and Kyiv. After more than a decade of fraught relations with Moscow, European officials say they are confident that alternative routes will prevent any shortage f...
The websites of several French cities were taken down on Tuesday after being targeted by pro-Russian hackers. The NoName collective claimed the attacks, which they described as retaliation for French support for Ukraine....
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other tech titans are warring with some of US President-elect Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters over immigration visas. Trump has backed Musk and praised the use of H-1B visas to bring skilled foreign workers to the United States, but the issue has become a flashpoint t...
The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine. Sydney – the self-proclaimed "New Year's capital of the world" – sprayed nine tonnes of fireworks from it...
Donald Trump has vowed to undertake the largest domestic deportation operation in American history when his second presidential term starts, potentially affecting millions of undocumented migrants. This could be bad news for America’s agricultural industry, which depends heavily on migrant labour...
As 2024 nears its end, FRANCE 24 takes a look at world events that marked the year including the ongoing wars in Ukraine, Sudan and the Middle East, the French legislative elections and the US presidential vote. 2024 was also marked by French feminist icon Gisèle Pelicot's mass rape trial that sho...
Hundreds of thousands of revellers across the world watched spectacular fireworks displays while waving goodbye to a year marked by continuing turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as Donald Trump's dramatic comeback in the US. ...
Georgia’s pro-Russia governing party Georgian Dream, backed by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, is instrumentalising conservative values to stay in power, former Georgian minister and professor at Science Po Tornike Gordadze told FRANCE 24, pointing to the party, which started out as a left-wing...
At least 12 residential buildings, and several “social infrastructure objects” were destroyed in Ukraine on Tuesday as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack targeting multiple regions, including the capital Kyiv. Ukraine, meanwhile, claimed it had for the first time shot down a Rus...
It was another turbulent year from start to end, dominated by wars still raging in Ukraine and the Middle East. But 2024 also witnessed some breakthroughs in medical research, space exploration and human rights, while the Paris Games gave the host country and viewers around the world a summer to re...
Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized China’s commitment to "world peace and development" in a New Year’s message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while reaffirming the strength of their partnership, Chinese state media reported Tuesday....
A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law, investigators said Tuesday. Yoon, who faces potential life imprisonment or the death penalty for insurrection, remains under constitutional court review following...
Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday, granting police the power to conduct warrantless searches and arrests for two days, following a surge in violent crime that has left 623 people dead this year....
