Amnesty International report says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

05/12/2024 00:54 France 24

Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied. The report says Israel has "unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity".

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Azerbaijan mourns 38 killed in plane crash as investigation gets underway

Azerbaijan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the victims of a plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people and injured 29 survivors as an investigation got underway. Azerbaijan Airlines initially said a flock of birds might have caused the crash before retracting that statement, while R...

26/12/2024 11:05 France 24

Syria authorities launch operation in Assad stronghold

Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed....

26/12/2024 10:53 France 24

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26/12/2024 10:33 France 24

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At least 17 people were killed Wednesday in Syria's Tartus province when security forces under the country's new leadership clashed with remnants of Bashar al-Assad's regime as they attempted to arrest an officer linked to the notorious Saydnaya prison, according to a war monitor....

25/12/2024 23:18 France 24

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25/12/2024 22:08 France 24

Russia blames 'terrorism' for sinking cargo ship off the Spanish coast, two crew missing

Two crew are missing after a cargo ship from a company under the Russian defence ministry sank off the coast of Spain in what Russian authorities on Wednesday called a "terrorist act", without offering evidence to support the claim. The Ursa Major, which was under US sanctions, was sailing from S...

25/12/2024 18:46 France 24

Kyiv condemns 'inhumane' Christmas attack on energy grid

Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine with missiles and drones early on Christmas Day, seemingly aiming to trigger blackouts across the country. Strikes hit multiple cities, killing at least one person, injuring others, and forcing Ukrainians to seek shelter....

25/12/2024 14:42 France 24

Pope urges 'all people of all nations' to silence sound of arms in Christmas address

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his traditional Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the "extremely grave" humanitarian situation in Gaza....

25/12/2024 13:44 France 24

Christmas in Bethlehem: Few tourists, no decorations under shadow of war

This year, celebrations in Bethlehem are subdued, with little festive decoration and fewer visitors. Many residents are marking the holiday quietly within their homes, reports France 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky....

25/12/2024 10:19 France 24

Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis

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25/12/2024 09:52 France 24

Bethlehem marks a second sombre Christmas under shadow of war

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem....

25/12/2024 07:44 France 24

Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure in 'massive' Christmas Day attack

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25/12/2024 07:41 France 24

Ukraine condemns Russia's 'inhumane' Christmas Day attack on energy grid

25/12/2024 07:04 France 24

Cities worldwide mark subdued Christmas Eve in shadow of Gaza, Ukraine wars

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a second Christmas Eve overshadowed by war as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the Vatican....

25/12/2024 06:41 France 24

21 killed in Mozambique post-election violence

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Bethlehem marks sombre Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza

France 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Bethlehem on the subdued and sombre Christmas celebrations, overshadowed for a second year by the war in Gaza....

24/12/2024 21:03 France 24

Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan, according to UN-backed report

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Bethlehem marks sombre Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday with the war in Gaza casting a long shadow over the city's usual celebrations. Missing were the decorations, tourists and pilgrims that were staples of Christmases past....

24/12/2024 11:17 France 24

Sudan is 'largest humanitarian catastrophe in history': Head of International Rescue Committee

FRANCE 24 spoke to David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). According to the group's annual watchlist of global humanitarian crises, some 10 percent of people in humanitarian need around the world are in Sudan, which has been plagued by a brutal civil war since...

24/12/2024 11:00 France 24

Zelensky accuses Slovak PM Fico of aiding Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico for his stance on Russian gas imports, accusing him of helping President Vladimir Putin fund the war in Ukraine. This comes after Fico’s visit to Moscow, where he expressed opposition to reducing Slovakia’s ener...

24/12/2024 03:59 France 24

How French soldiers train for trench warfare

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 marked the return of high-intensity warfare in Europe. Now, almost three years later and with the conflict showing no signs of abating, France is gearing itself up to fight. FRANCE 24 reports from a military camp in northeastern France where soldiers train for...

23/12/2024 15:59 France 24

Saudi Arabia had 'warned' Germany about Christmas market attack suspect

Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about the suspect in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack and had requested his extradition before the deadly incident, according to a source close to the Saudi government....

23/12/2024 12:54 France 24

North Korea suffers more than 1,000 casualties in Russia-Ukraine war, Seoul says

More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers were killed or injured on the battlefield since Pyongyang sent troops to back Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, South Korean military officials said Monday....

23/12/2024 10:21 France 24

Panama dismisses Trump's threats to retake control of Canal

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to reclaim control of the Panama Canal, calling them baseless and affirming Panama’s sovereignty over the waterway. Trump, who criticised Panama’s management and raised concerns about China’s influence, w...

23/12/2024 02:27 France 24

Putin welcomes Slovak PM Fico to Moscow in rare visit by EU leader

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, discussing gas transit and the war in Ukraine, as Kyiv signals it will not renew a key gas deal with Slovakia. The visit, condemned by Slovak opposition parties, highlights Fico's pro-Russia stan...

22/12/2024 23:49 France 24

Gaza: UN warns some displaced Palestinians might not survive cold

Winter is hitting the Gaza Strip and many of the nearly 2 million Palestinians displaced by the devastating 14-month war with Israel are struggling to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain. Humanitarian policy lead for Oxfam Bushra Khaldi was France 24's guest....

22/12/2024 13:54 France 24

Israeli troops in Syria: Villagers watch on warily as soldiers patrol

Residents of Syrian towns in a province bordering Israel observe IDF troops establishing themselves in their neighborhoods. The province, Quneitra, is located on the Golan plateau. Israel took the Golan Heights in 1967 after the Six Day War. After another war...

22/12/2024 09:46 France 24

Major drone attack on Kazan: Airports reopen following Ukrainian drone attack

Kyiv on December 21 staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict. France 24's Philip Turle tells us more....

21/12/2024 17:09 France 24

'We cannot characterise what happened in Syria as Turkey's doing': Turkish FM Fidan

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20/12/2024 21:22 France 24

The World This Year 2024: A look back at events

This year, headlines have been dominated by wars in Ukraine, Sudan and the Middle East. Israel’s leader has become a wanted man for alleged war crimes, and revolution in Syria has led to the downfall of a dictator, though the true scale of Assad’s reign of terror is still coming to light....

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