Concerns over international law violations mount

07/03/2026 14:34 France 24

On the eighth day of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, questions are emerging about the legality of the Middle East war, though those directing the campaign do not seem overly concerned. For more on the legal issues surrounding the conflict, Professor Marc Weller University, a law professor at Cambridge University, shares further insights.

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Reports suggest Moscow shares intelligence with Tehran

Russia has shared intelligence with Iran that could help Tehran strike US warships, aircraft and other American assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with US intelligence – the first indication Moscow may be stepping into the war launched last week by the United States and Isr...

07/03/2026 15:23 France 24

Iranian civilians seek shelter abroad

As strikes against Iran appear to intensify, increasing numbers of Iranians are seeking safety abroad, raising fears that the conflict could trigger a refugee crisis. The United Nations has warned of a “moment of grave peril” for civilians caught up in the fighting, urging de‑escalation and p...

07/03/2026 14:43 France 24

Russia wins first Winter Paralympics medals since Sochi Games

The Russian flag made its first appearance at a Paralympics medal ceremony in 12 years on Saturday as Varvara Voronchikhina and Aleksei Bugaev took bronze in the women's and men's downhill standing events, earning a polite smattering of applause from the crowd in Cortina....

07/03/2026 14:27 France 24

Israel says began new strikes on Iran's Tehran, Isfahan

Over 80 Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes across Iran overnight in the largest bombing campaign since the fighting began last Saturday. The Israeli military said the attacks targeted strategic infrastructure, including a military academy, an underground command center and a missile storage f...

07/03/2026 13:59 France 24

Displaced in Lebanon: 500,000 told to flee Dahiyeh in Beirut

Over the past week, Israel has issued evacuation warnings before carrying out heavy strikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. Adéa Guillot, spokesperson for CARE France, says there are no precise figures for the total number of displaced people. Estimates range from 300,000...

07/03/2026 13:57 France 24

Lebanon: Israeli army tells residents Tyre to evacuate, more and more people displaced

Over the past week, Israel has issued evacuation warnings before launching heavy strikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The IDF estimates that more than 300,000 Lebanese civilians have so far evacuated their villages in southern Lebanon. UN Human Rights spokesperson Thamee...

07/03/2026 13:54 France 24

Sanaa's mass rally amid regional strikes: Houthis warn of escalation after death of Khamenei

Amid regional strikes and reported death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Sanaa in Yemen has emerged as a focal point of defiance. Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi declared support for Iran and said the group was ready to escalate militarily if necessary. He also urged supporters to stage...

07/03/2026 12:15 France 24

White House releases video montages gamifying Iran war on social media

The White House sparked criticism after it released video montages Friday that combined images of real US air strikes on Iran combined with clips from action movies and features from video games....

07/03/2026 11:09 France 24

Humanitarian crisis looming: 300,000 displaced as Israeli army pounds Lebanon

The war has also expanded into Lebanon, where fighting between Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group, and Israel is continuing. Over the past week, Israel has issued evacuation warnings before launching heavy strikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Israel Defense For...

07/03/2026 10:50 France 24

Israel strikes eastern Lebanese town: At least 16 killed in raids on Nabi Chit

The war has also expanded into Lebanon, where fighting between Hezbollah, a military Iran-backed group, and Israel is continuing. At least 26 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight on the eastern Lebanese town of Nabi Chit, a small mountain community in the Bekaa Valley that has stron...

07/03/2026 10:47 France 24

Russia sharing intelligence information to help Tehran, officials say

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, expressed his condolences to Masoud Pezeshkian over the many civilian casualties caused by what he described as “Israeli-American armed aggression” against Iran, and called for an immediate halt to the fighting. Meanwhile, Associated Press reported that Ru...

07/03/2026 10:12 France 24

Kurdish Iraq draws a line: Erbil warns against attacks on Iran from Kurdish territory

In Iraq, Kurdish authorities are warning that their territory must not be used as a launchpad for attacks on Iran. Kurdish Iranian dissident groups say they will not act independently, but could potentially join a US ground invasion. Iran has already carried out several missile and drone strikes...

07/03/2026 10:05 France 24

Death toll mounts in Middle East war: Over 1,400 killed across Iran, Lebanon and Israel

The war in Iran has now entered its second week, with loud explosions reported in Tehran early Saturday morning. State television said blasts were heard in several areas of the Iranian capital but did not provide further details. Israel’s military said around 80 fighter jets dropped 230 munitio...

07/03/2026 10:02 France 24

Lebanon under fire from Israel: Clashes erupts as Israeli forces attempt landing operation

Hezbollah’s decision to enter the war comes at a time when the group appears to be weakened. Meanwhile, the Lebanese government seems to be taking advantage of the situation, having declared Hezbollah’s military activities illegal earlier this week in what looks like a move toward disarming the...

07/03/2026 09:59 France 24

Russia is helping Iran target US military forces, officials say

07/03/2026 06:29 France 24

War in Middle East live: Trump threatens ‘very hard’ Iran strikes, warns of new targets

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran would be "hit very hard", adding that he was considering expanding strikes to new targets, without providing details. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier announced that he would not “surrender” as demanded by Trump Friday and apologis...

07/03/2026 02:04 France 24

Zelensky visits eastern front as Ukraine and Russia complete POW swap

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited frontline troops in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Kyiv and Moscow completed a two-day prisoner-of-war exchange involving 500 soldiers from each side. The swap was one of the few tangible outcomes of ongoing diplomatic talks aimed at ending the war....

06/03/2026 22:37 France 24

Iran, Europe & Churchill: The View from a Former British Ambassador to Iran

In this edition of the Spotlight, we speak to Richard Dalton, the former British ambassador to Iran and Libya and a former consul general in Jerusalem, to unpack the first week of war and what may come next....

06/03/2026 20:41 France 24

Winter Paralympics officially open, Russian athletes greeted with boos

Some spectators booed Russia's athletes as they marched under their own flag in the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics on Friday. The International Paralympic Committee in February lifted a long-running ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing under their own flags a...

06/03/2026 20:09 France 24

Iran war: A special edition

In a week that a major war broke out in the middle east when the US and Israel attacked Iran from the skies, with air strikes that assassinated the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and at least forty senior Iranian officials all reportedly within a five minute period at the start of the bombing campaign on S...

06/03/2026 19:31 France 24

Iran's Azeris fear ethnic strife, sucking Turkey and Azerbaijan into the war

With ethnic brethren in northern Iran and a US outreach to Iran’s Kurds following the launch of Operation Epic Fury, Turkey and Azerbaijan are at risk of being drawn into the war. For Iran’s Azeris, the largest minority group in a multi-ethnic country, it could mean trouble as ethnic fault line...

06/03/2026 18:08 France 24

Asia holds its breath as Iran war drags on

The fallout of the US-Israeli war on Iran is reverberating across Asia. China has condemned the attack and the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, but is staying well clear of the conflict itself. Developing Asian economies that rely on remittances face uncertainty as millions of migran...

06/03/2026 17:12 France 24

Israel carries on targeting Hezbollah strongholds, causing heavy displacement

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06/03/2026 17:06 France 24

Polymarket faces allegations of insider trading after suspicious Iran war bets

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06/03/2026 17:04 France 24

Iran not 'a week away' from having a nuclear bomb as Trump administration claims

The main argument used by the Americans and Israelis to justify the war with Iran has been the country's nuclear program. But where does Iran's enrichment program stand today? On Tuesday the nuclear site at Natanz was hit by airstrikes. And just days ago the Trump administration claimed that Tehran...

06/03/2026 16:44 France 24

White House criticised for gamifying Iran war on social media

The White House is facing criticism for its messaging over the Iran war. Social media trolling and memes were already a hallmark of Donald trump's presidency. But the White House's latest videos have proved particularly offensive, as US strikes in Iran struggle to garner support....

06/03/2026 16:38 France 24

Trump demands Iran 'unconditional surrender' as Moscow helps Tehran target US forces

President Donald Trump said on March 6 that only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would bring an end to the Middle East war. ⁠this comes as The Washington Post reports that Russia is providing Iran ⁠with targeting information that includes locations of U.S. warships and aircraft in the Middl...

06/03/2026 16:35 France 24

Europeans 'will be legitimate targets' if they join war, Iran's deputy FM warns

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Tehran had "already informed the Europeans and everybody else that they should be careful not to be involved in this war of aggression against Iran". He warned that if any country "joins America and Israel in t...

06/03/2026 16:00 France 24

Iran war divides US Congress over Constitution interpretation

The US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a resolution to curb President Donald Trump's powers in the Iran war, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad. It's the second vote in as many days, after the Senat...

06/03/2026 15:01 France 24

'Purely defensive' posture: Europe’s reluctant role in an expanding Middle East conflict

Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome James J. Townsend Jr, the Atlantic Council's Senior Advisor in the Scowcroft Center's Transatlantic Security Initiative. He asserts that European military involvement in the widening Middle Eastern conflict should not be interpreted as entry into the war itself,...

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A World in Crisis. 07/03 13:57 - Displaced in Lebanon: 500,000 told to flee Dahiyeh in Beirut 07/03 13:54 - Lebanon: Israeli army tells residents Tyre to evacuate, more and more people displaced 07/03 13:23 - Russia Attacks Kharkiv and Kyiv in Ukraine 07/03 13:00 - Iranian authorities warn against ‘fifth column’, as no signs of war abating 07/03 13:00 - Iranian authorities warn against ‘fifth column’, as no signs of war abating 07/03 12:23 - Indonesians protest Iran war, pressure president over US ties 07/03 12:23 - Indonesians protest Iran war, pressure president over US ties 07/03 12:15 - Sanaa's mass rally amid regional strikes: Houthis warn of escalation after death of Khamenei 07/03 12:00 - Families say infected blood scandal compensation scheme creates ‘penalty for dying’ 07/03 12:00 - Trump skirts Congress over Iran war as Republicans simply step aside 07/03 11:49 - News24 | US State dept approves weapons sale to Israel in emergency of Trump govt’s ‘own creation’ 07/03 11:30 - Sirens echo in occupied East Jerusalem warning of Iranian missiles 07/03 11:30 - Sirens echo in occupied East Jerusalem warning of Iranian missiles 07/03 11:14 - Trump-Netanyahu’s ‘war in search of a strategy’ 07/03 11:14 - Trump-Netanyahu’s ‘war in search of a strategy’ 07/03 11:12 - Iran rejects Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender as a ‘dream’ 07/03 11:09 - Trump team bashed Europe for a year. Now he wants support in war on Iran. 07/03 11:09 - White House releases video montages gamifying Iran war on social media 07/03 11:00 - ‘Operation Epstein Distraction’: Trump’s bloody Iran ‘hype videos’ seem to target niche audience 07/03 11:00 - ‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower 07/03 10:50 - Humanitarian crisis looming: 300,000 displaced as Israeli army pounds Lebanon 07/03 10:47 - Israel strikes eastern Lebanese town: At least 16 killed in raids on Nabi Chit 07/03 10:36 - How has the US-Israeli war on Iran divided the West? 07/03 10:34 - US-Israel vs. Iran: How are the warring sides faring? (VIDEOS) 07/03 10:12 - Russia sharing intelligence information to help Tehran, officials say 07/03 10:05 - Kurdish Iraq draws a line: Erbil warns against attacks on Iran from Kurdish territory 07/03 10:02 - Death toll mounts in Middle East war: Over 1,400 killed across Iran, Lebanon and Israel 07/03 10:02 - Europe Didn’t Want War With Iran. But So Far, It Can’t Stay Out of It. 07/03 10:01 - Ahead of Midterms, Economic Warning Signs Pile Up for Republicans 07/03 10:01 - Russia Revels in a Sudden Reversal in Fortunes as Oil and Gas Prices Soar 07/03 10:01 - Voronchikhina wins Russia's first medal at Games 07/03 10:00 - Why is the U.S. at war with Iran? Here’s what the Trump administration says. 07/03 09:59 - Lebanon under fire from Israel: Clashes erupts as Israeli forces attempt landing operation 07/03 09:34 - Russia Gets Silent Treatment in Paralympics Return 07/03 09:26 - Iranians gather for first Friday prayers since US-Israel war began (PHOTOS, VIDEO) 07/03 09:09 - US downplays reports Russia gave Iran intel to help Tehran strike US assets 07/03 09:09 - US downplays reports Russia gave Iran intel to help Tehran strike US assets 07/03 09:00 - From ‘peace president’ to Operation Epic Fury: Donald Trump’s road to war 07/03 08:25 - Iran to halt strikes on neighbours unless attacks from there: Pezeshkian 07/03 08:25 - Iran to halt strikes on neighbours unless attacks from there: Pezeshkian 07/03 08:05 - Panic at Pakistan fuel stations over Iran war 07/03 08:05 - Panic at Pakistan fuel stations over Iran war 07/03 07:54 - US lands huge bomber at UK air base after warning of surge in strikes on Iran 07/03 07:54 - At Perth’s CPAC conference, Liberal party faithful speak of ‘the lost Australians’ – with no sign of One Nation 07/03 07:10 - Ukraine's second largest city hit by deadly Russian missile attack 07/03 07:02 - Tehran pounded in week two of US-Israel war, Iran targets Israel 07/03 07:02 - Tehran pounded in week two of US-Israel war, Iran targets Israel 07/03 06:37 - Revealed: New details of phone calls between Trump and Iraqi Kurdish leaders 07/03 06:37 - Revealed: No orders to invade, no CIA plot – what Trump told Iraqi Kurdish leaders 07/03 06:33 - Indonesian president’s US ties questioned amid public anger over Iran war 07/03 06:33 - Indonesian president’s US ties questioned amid public anger over Iran war 07/03 06:29 - Russia is helping Iran target US military forces, officials say 07/03 06:00 - UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns 07/03 06:00 - We've been speaking to Iranians during one week of war. 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