Algeria summons ambassador after France indicts consular official in dissident's abduction

Sanctions a 'fools errand': 'Putin not beholden to ceasefire agreements, economy remains resiliant'

European officials condemned Monday Russia's deadly missile attack on Ukraine's Sumy that killed and wounded scores, accusing Moscow of committing war crimes and demonstrating disregard for Washington-led efforts to end the war. Ukrainian officials said two ballistic missiles on Sunday morning hit...

US: Donald Trump warns tariffs coming for electronics

The US president Donald Trump said he would announce tariffs rates for semiconductors 'over the next week' and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said they would likely be in place 'in a month or two.'...

Quantum Computing: Revolution or cybersecurity threat?

The United Nations have designated 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, and today is a particularly important moment for that observance as April 14 marks World Quantum Day. It is aimed at promoting public awareness and understanding of Quantum Science and Technology world...

Strikes during Palm Sunday celebrations: 'Vladimir Putin doesn't really care'

Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week. 'Palm Sunday is supposed to un...

Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri: 'The civil war ended, but the conflict never ended'

A world-renowned filmmaker whose films are linked and mirror the events of the Lebanese civil war that broke out exactly 50 years ago has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the conflict is still having a huge effect on the country. Ziad Doueiri said that even though the war ended 35 years ago, it contin...

Netanyahu and war in Gaza 'hijacked by far right': PM clinging on to power to evade corruption trial

Israel has planned to expand its military offensive in Gaza after seizing a new corridor as part of a broader effort to take large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Jean-Emile Jammine welcomes Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fell...

Russia's attack on Ukraine's Sumy: 'It doesn't really look like a mistake'

Zelensky called for a global response to the attack. 'Talks have never stopped ballistic missiles and aerial bombs. What’s needed is an attitude toward Russia that a terrorist deserves,' he said. Asking about the attack, Trump said on April 13 that he was trying to get the war stopped. 'I think...

34 killed and 119 wounded in Russia's attack on Ukraine's Sumy

'Only filthy scum can act like this — taking the lives of ordinary people,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a statement on social media, he said the first strike hit buildings belonging to a city university, while the second exploded above street level. France 24's Gulliver Gragg...

Five decades after Lebanon's civil war, battle-scarred buildings reflect ongoing trauma

Fifty years ago, Lebanon descended into one of the darkest periods in its modern history: the civil war. The brutal 15-year conflict was marked by sectarian violence and shifting front lines. In the capital Beirut, some buildings still bear the scars of battle. Others have been rebuilt, but the tra...

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations

Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week. France 24's Douglas Herbert te...

Tariffs: Donald Trump warns no one is 'getting off the hook'

Markets on April 14 welcomed a US tariffs reprieve for electronics, but President Donald Trump warned no country would get 'off the hook' in his trade war - especially China. France 24's Patrick Fok tells us more....

China and Vietnam sign flurry of cooperation deals amid US tarriff tensions

China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation agreements Monday after President Xi Jinping called for stronger ties on trade and supply chains between the two Communist-run nations on a visit to Hanoi. Xi's Asia trip includes visits to Malaysia and Cambodia as Beijing seeks to reinforce regional t...

Ukraine: More than 30 killed in Russian missile strike on Sumy, officials say

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “dozens” of people were killed or wounded in Sumy after Russian missiles struck the city as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. At least 34 people were killed, officials said, with more than 110 wounded. ...

Ukraine: Russia strikes Sumy's crowded city centre

Russia missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 32 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week....

Global market turmoil, Le Pen supporters rally, deadly Dominican club collapse: The week in pictures

FRANCE 24 highlights some of the week's top stories in pictures: global markets in turmoil after Donald Trump sparks a trade war with tariffs, Marine Le Pen's supporters gather in Paris to protest her ban from politics, the roof of a crowded Dominican nightclub collapses, and more...

More than 20 killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian city

More than 20 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said. Reporting from Kyiv, FRANCE 24's Olliver Cragg said that rescue operations are still ongoing, and that 10 people have been hospitalised according to local authorities....

More than 30 killed in Russian missile strike on Sumy, officials say

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “dozens” of people were killed or wounded in Sumy after Russian missiles struck the city as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. At least 34 people were killed, officials said, with more than 110 wounded....

🔴 'Dozens of dead and wounded' in Russian missile strike on Sumy, Zelensky says

Lebanon displays bullet-riddled bus to commemorate start of civil war, 50 years on

An attack on a bus in the Christian suburb of Beirut on April 13, 1975 helped spark the Lebanese civil war. Lebanon is still grappling with the war's legacy 50 years on, and displaying the bus as a grim reminder of its bloody past. ...

Thousands of children raped in war-torn DR Congo, UNICEF says

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the UN children's agency said Friday, warning that existing funding gaps meant that hundreds of thousands were deprived of protection. Children make up between 35%...

US trade war could divert Chinese goods to European markets

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs could prompt China to sell more products in Europe – even if it means slashing prices. Some analysts say this could undermine Europe’s own industries, which are already struggling against Chinese competition....

US judge rules pro-Palestinian Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident detained by the Trump administration over his role in Gaza war protests, can be deported, US media and a legal rights group said. Lawyers for Khalil are expected to appeal....

'Fundamental change is afoot in European defence': Political theorist Luuk van Middelaar

Our guest is someone who spends a lot of time thinking about Europe's place in the world, and how it should adapt to the new global order of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. We speak to Dutch political theorist and historian Luuk van Middelaar, who heads the Brussels Institute for Geopo...

EU weighs response to drastic US cuts in foreign aid: 'America First', developing world last?

Trade, defence and Ukraine are not the only areas in which the EU is facing a massive challenge from the Trump administration. The US president's "America First" agenda is having a huge impact on the developing world. In March, it was announced that 83 percent of USAID programmes and contracts w...

Kubilius: Europe must ensure its own security and 'increase defence capabilities to deter Russia'

European countries have vowed to send billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a US envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing questions about the Kremlin’s willingness to stop the more than...

‘They’re different from us’: the Ukrainian teens forged by a decade of war

Russia’s full-scale invasion may have begun in 2022, but for many in the east of the country, the war has been going on for much longer. Sloviansk was occupied for three months by separatist militias in 2014 as Russian- backed militias claimed swathes of territory. It was later liberated, but the...

Fifty years after Lebanon's civil war, ex-fighters warn young people against violence

Five decades after the start of Lebanon's civil war, veterans of the conflict are speaking out about their past role in the country's warring militias and how they broke with their respective parties. With the threat of war ever present, they worry that young Lebanese – who do not learn the hist...

Trade war: China urges EU to unite with against US "coercion"

On Friday, April 11, Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged the European Union (EU) to join Beijing in "standing together" against "coercion" amid an ongoing trade war with Washington, according to the Xinhua news agency. The next EU-China summit is scheduled for July in China, a European Council spokespe...

China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates

China announced Friday it would raise tariffs on US goods to 125 percent, further escalating the trade war that risks halting exports between the world’s two largest economies. Beijing’s retaliation triggered renewed market turbulence, with stocks fluctuating, gold prices soaring, and US govern...

Five things to know about the upcoming US-Iran talks in Oman

As tension mounts between the US and Iran, an “indirect” meeting between envoys from Washington and Tehran is taking place in Oman on Saturday. It’s a rare diplomatic exchange between two countries that have been locked in a kind of cold war for almost half a century – and one that will unf...