Cuba warns of ‘bloodbath’ as US imposes new sanctions amid rising tensions

Cuba warns of 'bloodbath' if US attacks; Washington adds sanctions

Cuba's leader warned Monday of a "bloodbath" in the event of an American attack, while the US Treasury sanctioned Cuba's main intelligence agency and top leaders as tensions spiked between the arch-foes. President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed Cuba's right to defend itself a day after US news site Axi...

Iran announces new body to manage Strait of Hormuz as peace talks stall

Iran announced a new body to oversee the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, signalling tighter control over the strategic waterway after months of disruption linked to its war with the United States and Israel. Tehran says the authority will manage maritime traffic and provide updates as tolls and restric...

Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lost his $160 billion dollar lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief Sam Altman in a federal court in California.  After 11 days of testimonies and arguments, a 9-member jury deliberated for less than two hours to reach a unanimous verdict, saying Musk filed the case to...

Damage control over prevention: International health system 'closing gaps instead pushing forward'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Anne Moore, Professor of Biochemistry at University College Cork. She is warning about the seriousness of the latest Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain. While tests and vaccines exist for the Zaire strain, Professor Moore says “we don’t ye...

Israel built two secret military bases in Iraq to aid Iran war, New York Times reports

A new report by the New York Times claims Israel built a second secret military base in Iraq’s western desert to support its strikes on Iran, and that the US had knowledge of it. Citing an Iraqi official and lawmaker, the NYT reported that the presence of these bases may have led to the death of...

Russia and Belarus stage joint nuclear weapons drills

Moscow and Minsk held joint military drills to practice using Russian nuclear weapons, the Belarus defence ministry said on Monday. Russia deployed nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles to its western neighbour last year, and in 2024 released revised doctrine placing Belarus under its nuclear umbrell...

French Minister visits Algeria amid diplomatic thaw

France's justice minister Gérald Darmanin is in Algeria to discuss improving cooperation and the fate of a detained French journalist. The visit is a sign of warming ties between the two countries, after a diplomatic spat triggered among other things by Paris's official backing Moroccan sovereignt...

‘High time to push peace agenda’: Ebola outbreak in DRC spreads in conflict-hit, hard-to-reach areas

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr. Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, M.D., Professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine at the University of Kinshasa. Dr. Mavoko offers a sobering analysis of the latest Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain in the eastern DR Congo. He places the crisis...

G7 finance ministers meet amid Middle East war economic fallout

G7 finance chiefs are meeting in Paris. The discussions over the next two days in the French capital comes as the war in the Middle East continues to weigh on the global economy. France holds the G7 presidency and faces the tricky task of keeping dialogue open as tensions mount with Washington, ove...

'I don't believe the war is coming to an end': Kyiv-based photographer Mark Neville

A British photographer who lives in Kyiv has told FRANCE 24 how he doesn't believe the war in Ukraine is coming to an end. Mark Neville takes his photographs to tell the real stories of the Ukrainian people as they fight for their country against the Russian invasion. Amid the latest more positive...

Could Ukraine's drone strikes mark a turning point in war with Russia?

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, May 18, 2026: First, Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia may mark a turning point in the war. Next, Venezuela's post-Maduro era is conflicting for locals. Also, there's more drama at the Cannes Film Festival as Canal+ hits back at filmmakers. Finally, Gen Z find new ways of...

Two dozen injured in Ukraine following Russian strikes

Russia targeted eight regions of Ukraine in its latest nighttime drone and missile barrage, with local authorities reporting that the strikes wounded more than two dozen civilians, including three children. The city of Dnipro bore the brunt of the attack, which saw more than 500 hundred drones laun...

War against Iran is "growing more unpopular by the day" in the US

A drone strike close to a UAE nuclear plant raised concerns of an escalation in the conflict. Amid stalled talks, Trump is expected to meet national security advisers to discuss options for military action on May 19 and warned the 'clock is ticking' for Iran. But domestically, the US president also...

G7 finance ministers meet in Paris as headwinds mount for global economy

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's top economies are gathering in Paris as the US war on Iran threatens to undermine the global financial system. Meanwhile, inflation tied to the war sparks a rout on bond markets, and the US's busiest commuter rail system shuts down over a labou...

Russia and Ukraine exchange overnight drone attacks

Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight wounding more than 30 people in the cities of Odesa and Dnipro. A Russian drone also hit a Chinese cargo ship in the Black Sea, a day before Russian President Vladmimir Putin is meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing....

Russian drones hit two ships off Ukraine's coast, including Chinese-owned vessel

Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, hitting ​two ships in the Black Sea near Ukraine's Odesa region and wounding more than 30 people. Ukrainian authorities said that the two civilian vessels hit included one ‌under the Marshall Islands flag an...

'Tool of control to crush dissent': Amnesty warns of global 'resurgence' in use of death penalty

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Chiara Sangiorgio, Amnesty International's Death penalty specialist. In Amnesty International’s latest global report on the death penalty, 2025 emerges as a grim landmark year: at least 2,707 executions were recorded across 17 countries, the highest figure docum...

Middle East war live: Iran announces new body to manage Strait of Hormuz

Iran's top security body announced on Monday the formation of a new body to manage the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said it had responded to a new US proposal aimed at ending the war, adding that talks with Washington via mediator Pakistan are ongoing. This comes after drone strikes were reported on U...

Trump warns Iran that 'there won't be anything left of them' without peace deal

US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday to move quickly towards a peace deal or face destruction, as Washington’s war with Tehran and its allies continues to stall negotiations, drive up energy prices and fuel instability across the Middle East....

Drone strike sparks a fire on the edge of UAE nuclear facility

A drone strike sparked a fire near the United Arab Emirates’s Barakah nuclear power plant on Sunday, authorities said, in an attack Abu Dhabi condemned as a threat to regional security. The strike highlighted the possibility of renewed war amid a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Ir...

Suspected Ukrainian military drone discovered after crashing in Lithuania

A suspected Ukrainian military drone was found crashed in Lithuania on Sunday, officials said, as Baltic NATO members face growing concern over stray drones crossing into their airspace from the war in neighboring Ukraine....

Most of the architects of October 7 attacks have been killed, says Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is close to finishing a key war aim in Gaza: killing the planners of the October 7 attacks. The comments came after Israel said it had killed senior Hamas commander Ezzedine Al-Haddad in an airstrike, as its campaign against the group’s le...

Ukraine strikes Russia: Zelensky says response to Moscow's agression 'justified'

Douglas Herbert has more....

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kills at least 4 and wound 12 others

One of Ukraine's largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities said Sunday. Debris fell on Russia's largest airport without causing damage....

Ebola: WHO warns about risk of spread in DR Congo and Uganda

Trish Newport, Emergency Programme Manager for MSF's Ebola response in Ituri, DRC, is our guest....

🔴 Ukraine launches around 600 drones at Russia, Zelensky claims ‘justified’ attack

Betting on war: Mysterious traders make millions on well-timed bets on Iran

Did traders have confidential information on the oil market? The US Congress has demanded answers....

Middle East war live: Drone strike causes fire outside UAE nuclear power plant

A drone strike caused a fire outside a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, according to authorities in the United Arab Emirates. There were no reports of injuries and radiological safety levels were unaffected, said Emirati officials. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates....

No vaccine for new highly lethal Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns, as death toll hits 80

A new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has caused at least 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths, according to the latest figures released on Saturday. There is currently no vaccine available for the strain, known as Bundibugyo, which is considered highly lethal, the country's health minister Samuel-Roger...

Putin to hold taks with Xi in China days after Trump’s trip to Beijing

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The meeting comes days after US President Donald Trump's state visit to China, which ended with warm diplomatic optics but few resolutions to key trade an...