Lebanon: In the city of Tyre, Christians mark Easter in a ghost town

The week in pictures: Mideast war, a lunar mission and Holy Week processions

The war in the Middle East showed no sign of ending as President Donald Trump exchanged threats with the Iranian regime and jittery markets sent oil prices surging. The week also saw NASA launch its first crewed lunar mission in half-a-century, Italy miss out on a third successive football World Cu...

Middle East war live: ‘Open the F***in' Strait’, Trump says, or US will target Iran's infrastructure on Tuesday

Easter in Jerusalem overshadowed by war and restrictions at the Holy Sepulchre

Silence reigned on Easter Sunday in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, with the holiday overshadowed by war and restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre, where Christians commemorate Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. ...

Pope urges world to 'lay down arms" and names no wars in Easter blessing

Hendro Munsterman, Vatican-correspondent for Nederlands Dagblad, has more....

On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars, renounce conquest

Seema Gupta is live from Rome....

Pope Leo condemns ‘violence of war’ in first Easter Mass amid Iran conflict

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a condemnation of “the violence of war that kills and destroys,’’ amid the US-Israeli war on Iran and Russia’s campaign in Ukraine. In his homily, the pontiff singled out those who wage war, abuse the weak and prioritise pro...

Ramstein: Controversy in Germany over military base's role in Middle East war

Although Germany insists it is not a party to the war in Iran, the U.S. airbase in Ramstein plays a key role in coordinating American military operations causing controversy. ...

Sri Lanka struggles to avert economic collapse over Mideast war

Sri Lanka is struggling to prevent a repeat of its spectacular economic collapse four years ago, as the prolonged Middle East war compounds the fallout from a deadly cyclone in November....

Several people killed in Ukraine after a Russian drone strike on a market

On the night from Friday to Saturday, Russia once again targeted Ukraine with 286 long-range drones, 260 of which were intercepted according to Ukrainian forces....

Impact of Iran war in Pakistan: Fuel prices rise by over 50%

Shahzaib Wahlah, correspondent in Islamabad Pakistan, has more....

Pakistan announces free public transport as energy crisis bites

State-run public transport in Pakistan's capital and most populous province will be free for the coming month, officials said Friday, after the government drastically raised fuel prices due to the Iran war...

France announces crisis loans for firms hit by fuel-price surge

France said Friday it was launching an emergency loan programme to help small and medium-sized businesses exposed to soaring fuel prices driven by the war in the Middle East....

Videos show US missiles being launched from Kuwait into Iran

Despite denials from Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region, there is growing evidence that their territory is being used in attacks on the Iranian regime during the US–Israel war. FRANCE 24 has verified and geolocated multiple videos showing that, on at least two occasions, on March 24 and 31...

Russian drone strike on Ukrainian market kills five, Moscow intensifies attacks

A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and injuring 30 others, according to Ukrainian officials. The Ukrainian air force said Russia fired 286 drones overnight, of which 260 were intercepted....

Russian strike on Ukraine market kills five, wounds 19

A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 19, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks....

European drivers choke on rising diesel prices due to Iran conflict

European drivers face a record fuel inflation as diesel prices have spiralled by more than 30 percent since the start of the Iran war, highlighting the continent's dependence on imported energy and the lingering prominence of diesel on the car market....

War in Ukraine: Russian night-time strikes wound at least 14 people

Russian night-time strikes on Ukraine wounded 14 people while one person died and four were injured in air attacks in Russia, officials said Saturday....

War in the Middle East: Iran hunts crew member of crashed US jet

One US service member has been rescued and at least one is missing after two US military planes went down in separate incidents including the first shoot-down since the war began nearly five weeks ago....

Why is France’s bill against ‘new forms of anti-Semitism’ sparking controversy?

The French government is backing a draft law based on the idea that "hatred" of Israel is inseparable from hatred of the Jewish people. Critics of the “Yadan law” warn the new legislation will not just muzzle legitimate criticism of Israel but could further fuel anti-Semitism in France. ...

Middle East war live: Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make a deal or US will unleash 'Hell'

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran has 48 hours left to make deal or the US would unleash "Hell". His renewed threat in a social media post came as the US military conducted a frantic search for the missing crew member of an F-15E fighter jet shot down by Iran. Follow our liveblog for...

Iran, US race to recover missing crew member of crashed American fighter jet

US and Iranian forces pressed ahead Saturday in a race to find the missing crew member of an American F-15 warplane shot down in Iran as an Iranian TV station called on people to turn the pilot in, promising a reward. The downing raised the stakes for the Trump administration as the war entered its...

Trump seeks massive $1.5 trillion defence budget amid Iran war

Engaged in a costly war against Iran, the White House unveiled its proposed budget for 2027 on Friday, asking Congress to increase the United States’ already massive defence spending by more than 40 percent over the course of a year. This would be a record in the country's recent history if Cong...

'Very tough stretch' for NATO over US war on Iran and Trump's aggression towards Denmark, Greenland

Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Spencer P. Boyer, Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy. As war rages in the Middle East, amid a highly volatile geopolitical landscape, Boyer centers on three interlocking dynamics: the dangers of escalation under conditions...

Iran: US fighter jet downed, War “It’s not a show”, The Space Race, Will Syrians leave Germany?

It’s been a week that began with President Trump addressing the nation for the first time since the Iran War began five weeks ago. Expectations that he might signal an end to the conflict—or announce a ground offensive or a split from NATO—were unmet. Instead, his 18-minute speech echoed his...

Baltic Sea strikes: How Ukraine aims to undermine Russia's oil profits from Iran war

Ukraine has in recent days intensified drone attacks on ports and refineries in Russia’s Leningrad region on the Baltic Sea. Yet Kyiv’s strategy of trying to stop Moscow from reaping the benefits of oil disruption in the Middle East doesn’t come without significant risk....

French-owned CMA CGM container ship passes Strait of Hormuz

A container ship belonging to French shipping group CMA CGM has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, ​MarineTraffic vessel ‌tracking data shows, in a sign that Iran may not consider France ⁠a hostile nation. It is the first French-owned vessel to ‌make it through the channel since US-Israel...

Filmmaker Ilker Catak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ pits artists against the powerful

Filmmaker Ilker Catak explains how his political thriller – exploring authoritarianism and the artistic process – grew out of a desire to examine the complexities of marriage. "Yellow Letters", which won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, serves as a cautionary tale. Catak says the sto...

How a Russian influence network is spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda in Ivory Coast

The Company – a network of Russian agents specialised in disinformation operations – has been carrying out a vast propaganda campaign against the Ukrainian embassy in Ivory Coast. When the pan-African media outlet The Continent received a trove of leaked documents about this operation, the FRAN...

From 250 to 700 dollars per article: How Russia influenced West African media content

A leak of confidential documents from a network of Russian agents operating on the African continent reveals how Russia managed to place hundreds of articles in 35 different West African French-language media outlets – sometimes without their knowledge. The FRANCE 24 Observers team worked with a...

Border town of Tiné caught in the crossfire as Sudan war spills into Chad

The war in Sudan is spilling into Chad with increasing intensity. In mid-March, a drone strike – the fourth and deadliest cross-border attack from Sudan – killed 20 people in the town of Tiné, which has become a frontline in the conflict’s spillover. Chadian authorities have not officially...