Military strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces dominate eastern Libya, held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, his forces and the Kremlin said.
In tonight's edition, dozens of people killed and many still missing after heavy flooding swept through Niger state in Nigeria. Also, Rwanda is seeing an economic rise, but the UN is warning the east African country is leaving too many behind. And we are taking a closer look at Sidi Ould Tah now...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday warned Hamas to accept a US ceasefire proposal "or be annihilated". While the Paletinian militant group said it was still reviewing the plan, US President Donald Trump said an agreement on a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was "very close"...
US President Donald Trump praised billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to cut federal spending during a farewell ceremony at the White House Oval Office on Friday, as the Tesla CEO departs the administration after a chaotic tenure that saw the elimination of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in...
President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy has expressed optimism about brokering an agreement that could halt the Israel-Hamas war, allow more aid into Gaza, and return more of the 58 hostages still held by Hamas, around a third of whom are alive. Meanwhile, Hamas is reviewing a new Israeli-approved...
Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, while Hamas officials gave the Israeli-approved draft a cool response. Meanwhile, Gaza is "the hungriest place on Earth", the United Nations is warning that the Palestinian territory's entire population was now at risk of...
US President Donald Trump's threat to drag the movie world into his trade wars has rattled an industry that is still recovering from the Covid-19 shutdown, historic Hollywood strikes and the disruption caused by streaming platforms like Netflix. Will Los Angeles end up like Detroit, the former...
French President Emmanuel Macron opens the SHANGRI-LA security conference with a keynote address expected to touch on an emboldened China, Russia's war on Ukraine, as well as Trump's hefty tariffs on Asian allies. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's William Hilderbrandt welc...
A cholera outbreak in Sudan's war-ravaged capital has claimed 70 lives in two days, health officials said Thursday, as Khartoum faces a mounting health emergency after more than two years of brutal conflict. The surge in infections comes weeks after drone strikes blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Su...
During a visit to Kyiv on Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan proposed hosting a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul between US President Donald Trump, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Kremlin dismissed the proposal and Kyiv warned that Moscow was "doing...
The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed responsibility for what seems to be its first attack on Syria's new government forces, two war monitors have reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that one person was killed and three wounded by a remote control landmine on Wednesday....
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside, sending plumes of dust skyward and burying nearly all of Blatten, an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. The devastating landslide is focusing renewed attention on the role...
Ukraine said on Thursday it is "ready" to take part in new talks proposed by Russia in Istanbul next Monday but requested Moscow to provide a document outlining its conditions for a lasting peace....
Poland votes on Sunday in a hotly contested presidential run-off that will pit the pro-EU Warsaw mayor against a nationalist historian in a tight race that could extend the political deadlock in the NATO member nation. Rafal Trzaskowski, backed by the ruling centrists, and Karol Nawrocki, a politic...
A fortnight after Romania, Poland is holding a presidential run-off where the pro-EU candidate faces uncertain odds. On Sunday, Warsaw's liberal mayor Rafał Trzaskowski will need the kind of boost in turnout that propelled his counterpart from Bucharest to victory. Nicoşur Dan came to campaign la...
Russia on Thursday said it was still waiting for Ukraine to agree to attend talks in Istanbul on Monday, after Kyiv demanded Moscow send its peace terms before pledging to attend the meeting. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year conflict have gained pace in recent months, but Moscow has shown n...
On a visit to Damascus Thursday, newly appointed US envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack inked a $7 billion energy deal between Syria and a Qatari-US-Turkish consortium. Barrack also called for an Israel-Syria non-aggression pact and raised the flag over the US ambassador's residence in a sign of warming...
Hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse Wednesday in Gaza in a desperate attempt to get something to eat, shouting and shoving each other and even ripping off pieces of the building to get inside. Four people died in the chaos, hospital officials said. The deaths came a day...
Russia has proposed a new round of peace talks with Ukraine, suggesting Istanbul as the venue on June 2. The Kremlin plans to present conditions for a ceasefire and long-term settlement, including halting NATO expansion and lifting sanctions. Ukraine has yet to respond, as international pressure mo...
At least 44 people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to rescuers. This comes a day after desperate Palestinians looted a World Food Programme warehouse in the heart of the territory. After over two months of blockade, aid has started to slowly return to Gaz...
Israel has approved the construction of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, its largest expansion in decades, drawing strong criticism from Palestinians and international allies. Meanwhile, in Gaza, a humanitarian crisis worsened when thousands of Palestinians stormed a UN food warehouse,...
In Khartoum, destroyed bridges, power outages, dry water stations, and looted hospitals highlight the devastating impact of two years of war on infrastructure. Authorities estimate reconstruction costs in the hundreds of billions of dollars, but continued fighting and drone strikes on power station...
Thousands of desperate Palestinians stormed a United Nations warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, with the World Food Programme reporting two possible deaths in the tumult as Israel and the UN traded blame over the deepening hunger crisis. The humanitarian situation in Gaza, where aid has finall...
The French president met with his Indonesian counterpart on Wednesday as Emmanuel Macron continued his week-long trip to Southeast Asia focused on strengthening regional ties in an increasingly unstable global landscape. On arrival, Macron had warm words for Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, d...
Russia said on Wednesday it had prepared a draft of a peace "memorandum" detailing the Kremlin's terms for ending the war in Ukraine, which it will present to Kyiv at a new round of direct talks in Istanbul on June 2. Despite a new round of talks, Russia's proposals for peace in Ukraine have remain...
Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to support hostages still held in Gaza on the 600th day since the war began, urging a ceasefire to secure their release. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza welcomes Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie...
In tonight's edition: Namibia marks the mass killings of Indigenous people in the early 20th century by former colonial ruler Germany with its first genocide remembrance day. Also, leaders of West African regional bloc ECOWAS celebrate 50 years since its formation. And as war rages elsewhere in th...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said Moscow had drafted its promised peace "memorandum" detailing the Kremlin's terms for ending the Ukraine war and would present it to Kyiv at a new round of direct talks in Istanbul on June 2. ...
The French president met with his Indonesian counterpart on Wednesday as Emmanuel Macron continued his week-long trip to Southeast Asia focused on strengthening regional ties in an increasingly unstable global landscape. Macron and France's first lady Brigitte Macron arrived in Indonesia’s capita...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged Wednesday to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their range and target options as the German leader vowed to keep piling pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine....
Vlodymir Zelensky is in Berlin. Ukraine's president held talks with the German Chancellor earlier. Frederich Merz announced Germany would help Ukraine produce long-range weaponry. Zelensky also said Ukraine's defence minister held a phone call with Russia's negotiator following recent talks in Ista...
