Macron set for first meeting with Pope Leo amid calls for peace in Middle East

09/04/2026 17:37 France 24

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to have his first face-to-face meeting with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican Friday as the leader of the Roman Catholic church has criticised his fellow American, US President Donald Trump, for "unacceptable belligerence" during the Iran war. Macron has called for a negotiated end to the conflict in the Middle East.

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Middle East live: Vance heads to Pakistan for Iran talks as Israeli assault on Lebanon tests truce

US Vice President JD Vance sets off Friday for Pakistan to lead mediated talks with Iran in a bid to find a resolution to the war as massive Israeli strikes on Lebanon this week tested a fragile US-Iran ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised direct negotiations with Lebanon...

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09/04/2026 19:22 France 24

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09/04/2026 18:27 France 24

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A most confusing Wednesday it was. In the space of six minutes during the same press conference, the White House spokesperson first hailed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz then called on Iran to immediately reopen the planet’s most oil sensitive shipping lane. Five weeks of contradictory st...

09/04/2026 18:12 France 24

Lebanon declares day of mourning after over 250 killed in Israeli attacks

Lebanon declared a national day of mourning on Thursday as Israel bombed more targets in the country, after its largest attacks of the war on Wednesday killed more than 250 people and injured over 1,000, threatening to derail Donald Trump’s truce from the outset....

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09/04/2026 14:34 France 24

Israel dismisses calls to add Lebanon to US-Iran ceasefire

Israel vowed more strikes against Hezbollah on Thursday, dismissing mounting international demands that the fragile truce between the United States and Iran in the Gulf be expanded to cover the war in Lebanon. At least 203 people were killed and 1,000 wounded in the latest strikes, the Lebanese hea...

09/04/2026 14:17 France 24

Iranians rally to mark 40-day mourning for slain supreme leader Khamenei

Mourners across Iran began ceremonies Thursday marking the 40th day after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the Iran war. In Iran’s capital, Tehran, mourners wearing black began their rally from Jomhouri Eslami Square to the neighborhood of the off...

09/04/2026 14:15 France 24

#Lebanon: Scenes of destruction day after ‘terrifying’ Israeli #strikes

Lebanon declared a national day of mourning on Thursday, a day after Israel launched its biggest attack of the war on its neighbour so far, leaving widespread destruction in the capital Beirut and killing more than 250 people according to the country’s civil defence service....

09/04/2026 14:13 France 24

Taking stock of Iran war after 40 days of conflict

As global attention turns to the fragile ceasefire agreed between Iran and the United States, the 40 days of conflict have left lasting scars across Iran – with significant damage to infrastructure and military capabilities, even as Tehran claims victory. In Washington, the Trump administration h...

09/04/2026 14:13 France 24

India hit by Middle East war: Millions face gas shortages

In the weeks leading up to the ceasefire, the impact of the war in the Middle East was felt far beyond the region, reaching countries such as India. The nation of nearly 1.5 billion people relies heavily on imports of cooking gas, or LPG, much of it sourced from the Middle East. When Iran blocked t...

09/04/2026 14:12 France 24

France unveils rearmament boost to face Russia threat, global instability

France is to ramp up explosive drone stocks by up to 400 percent by 2030, draft legislation showed Wednesday, as the country seeks to accelerate rearmament to face an aggressive Russia. The military spending bill was presented after France's top commanders said the country must be ready in the next...

09/04/2026 14:12 France 24

Rising oil prices: Are we heading for a recession?

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09/04/2026 12:04 France 24

Chart shows Iran may have put sea mines in Strait of Hormuz

Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz during the war, in a message that may be intended to pressure the US as uncertainty hangs over a days-old two-week ceasefire and further...

09/04/2026 09:54 France 24

US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon

The fragile two-week truce between Iran and the United States was hanging in the balance on Wednesday, with Tehran threatening to resume hostilities as Israel launched a major bombardment of Lebanon. At least 182 people were killed and nearly 900 wounded on Wednesday, the Lebanese Health Ministry s...

09/04/2026 09:50 France 24

US–Iran ceasefire: Has Iran’s regime emerged weakened or reinforced?

US President Donald Trump declared the war a complete success following the ceasefire. Iran, despite significant damage to infrastructure and its military, also claimed victory. Even though weakened and demoralised, has the Iranian regime emerged strengthened from these 40 days of war?...

09/04/2026 09:49 France 24

Major automakers unveil new electric vehicles at NYC International Auto Show

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09/04/2026 09:46 France 24

Netanyahu faces mounting criticism as Israel’s war goals in Iran remain unmet

For Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's critics, Israel is seen as the biggest loser of the conflict with Iran. His war aims including regime change and an end to uranium enrichment have not yet been achieved. And international opinion of Israel has fallen further since the start of the conflict, with...

09/04/2026 09:43 France 24

Pakistan plays major role trying to mediate an end to Iran war

Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between the US and Iran, playing a crucial role in brokering the two-week ceasefire agreement and working with both camps, as well as regional powers, to end the war. Islamabad has ties to Tehran and Washington and is set to hold talks this weekend....

09/04/2026 06:12 France 24

Netanyahu fails to address Israel’s failure to achieve war goals in Iran

Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky says that when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally made a statement on the US-Iran ceasefire, he failed to “address the fact that Israel has not achieved any of its stated war goals, which included regime change in Iran, the destructi...

09/04/2026 05:50 France 24

US-Iran ceasefire: Why Tehran wants to charge ships for crossing the Strait of Hormuz

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09/04/2026 05:21 France 24

Middle East live: France blasts Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ Lebanon strikes, ceasefire hangs in balance

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Thursday condemned Israel’s "unacceptable" strikes on Lebanon, which killed 182 people and wounded 890 the day after the US and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire agreement. As Iran and Hezbollah retaliated for the attacks, Barrot warned the Israeli str...

09/04/2026 02:16 France 24

Iran-US truce on brink as Israel pounds Lebanon, Tehran warns of escalation

A fragile two-week truce between Iran and the United States hung in the balance on Wednesday as Tehran threatened renewed hostilities and Israel launched heavy strikes on Lebanon. Both sides claimed victory, but at least 182 people were killed and nearly 900 wounded, Lebanese authorities said....

09/04/2026 00:18 France 24

Trump meets NATO’s Rutte as US weighs exit over Iran war

US President Donald Trump held talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday, the White House said, as he weighed leaving the alliance after it did not join the US in its war against Iran. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was also considering withdrawing US troops from some NATO countrie...

08/04/2026 21:51 France 24

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Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed 182 people – the deadliest single day since the start of the Israel–Hezbollah war. Israel launched a wave of strikes on central Beirut and other parts of the country, even as a fragile ceasefire between the United States and...

08/04/2026 21:46 France 24

'Pakistani military calling the shots: Has connections with IRCG, very good relationship with Trump'

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Ali Vaez, Director of Iran Project & Senior Advisor at the International Crisis Group. While the US sees the outcome as a decisive military victory, Vaez argues that the more consequential story lies in the reconfiguration of power within Iran. From Tehran’s per...

08/04/2026 21:15 France 24

Energy crisis not over despite relief rally

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US-Iran truce: ‘Sensitive behind-the-scenes conversations’ paved way for Pakistan-brokered ceasefire

François Picard welcomes Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Pakistan’s ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. According to Baloch, the truce between Iran and the US is less about outright victory and more about survival – and a recalibration of power. She notes that what we are witnessing i...

08/04/2026 19:58 France 24

Can the ceasefire hold? Fragile US–Iran truce tested ahead of talks

No apocalypse. Instead, an eleventh-hour ceasefire between Iran and the United States – one that is still being tested – with both sides claiming victory after five and a half weeks of war that may reshape how the world views them....

08/04/2026 19:48 France 24

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