In Gaza, 54 couples held a mass wedding in Khan Younis, bringing a rare moment of joy amid war and displacement. The UAE-sponsored event also provided support for couples to start their new lives.
A Turkish-owned oil tanker that recently visited a Russian port was heavily damaged by explosions off the coast of Senegal last Thursday. While Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack, the bombing follows a campaign targeting ships accused of belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” ...
Rewatch NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte held a press briefing in Brussels on 3 December, addressing the latest developments in Ukraine-Russia peace talks....
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced US citizen Robert Gilman to an additional two years in jail, state media reported. The former US marine was first jailed by Russian authorities in 2022 for a drunken assault on a police officer....
FRANCE 24 spoke to Francis Fukuyama, author of the 1992 book "The End of History and The Last Man", in which he asserted that the end of the Cold War had established the dominance of liberal democracies. The Stanford University professor said that the election of US President Donald Trump is "the...
US President Donald Trump, in a televised cabinet meeting, said “I don't want them in our country” about Somali immigrants, sparking outrage from politicians and migration experts. His remarks coincided with reports of planned federal raids targeting Minneapolis’ Somali community, though loca...
A Russian tanker carrying sunflower oil was hit by a drone off the Turkish coast, with no casualties. The attack is part of recent strikes on Russian-flagged vessels targeting Moscow’s oil sector, while Putin warns of possible retaliatory measures....
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Putin in the Kremlin on a revised Ukraine peace plan but left without a deal. Russia insists on territorial gains, army cuts, and blocking NATO membership, while Zelensky calls for long-term deterrence against future aggression....
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Putin in the Kremlin on a revised Ukraine peace plan but left without a deal. 'This is exactly what Ukraine expected' says FRANCE 24's correspondent Gulliver Cragg from Kyiv....
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Tuesday that Russia is "ready" for war should Europe pursue that path, accusing European leaders of sabotaging a potential agreement on the Ukraine conflict ahead of his meeting with American envoys. His remarks came as US envoy Steve Witkoff and Pres...
At a cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a controversial pair of strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Hegseth blamed the “fog of war” for not seeing survivors before the second hit, which is suspected of killing two people and may vio...
President Macron’s fourth visit to China underscores how crucial the relationship with Beijing remains for him. The trip opens with a tour of the Forbidden City’s gardens, ahead of a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping and a press statement tomorrow. Discussions are expected to focus on business...
Russia–US talks on ending the war in Ukraine produced no breakthrough on December 3, with the Kremlin saying no compromise had been reached on territorial issues. President Vladimir Putin met President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, but Moscow indicated key points of the...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday presented €90 billion funding plan for Ukraine that she said would put Kyiv in a “position of strength”. It is not yet clear whether the two-year plan will be funded by EU borrowing or by using frozen Russian assets. Follow our liveblog for the lates...
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to push Chinese President Xi Jinping to lean on Russia to agree to a Ukraine ceasefire during his three-day visit to China starting Wednesday. Macron's fourth state visit to China is also focused on trade as the EU faces a massive deficit with the Asi...
Haiti’s transitional authorities on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited electoral timetable, announcing that the crisis-hit Caribbean nation plans to hold its first polls in nearly a decade next summer. This marks a significant step toward restoring democratic rule, though officials warn that rampant...
On November 27, Russia launched a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Since then, news articles are claiming that Moscow has accidentally destroyed its only launch pad capable of sending humans into space. According to experts looking at the footage, this is true for the first time in...
In tonight's edition: A month after losing his job as chief of defence staff amidst coup concerns, Nigerian General Christopher Musa returns to government as the country's minister of defence. Also, a well-known South African radio presenter has been accused of recruiting young men to join the Rus...
Italy’s ruling lawmakers are pushing an amendment declaring the Bank of Italy’s $300 billion gold reserves state property, despite concerns it may breach EU rules. The move revives long standing political interest in using the gold to ease public debt. Italy will seek opinions from the Bank of...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a "code red" to improve ChatGPT, planning to put all other projects on the back burner. The urgent call in an internal memo, first reported by The Information, highlights the ever-tightening race for AI supremacy, with Google's recent launch of its new Gemini chat...
Two minors, including a Russian national, have been held in Paris on suspicion of plotting an antisemitic attack, according to judicial and press sources. The Russian, a Chechen 16-year-old who came to France with his mother four years ago, had sent a photo on WhatsApp of himself holding a knife an...
Top US negotiators vying to end the war in Ukraine met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in high-stakes talks happening as Moscow pressed battlefield advances. Putin, who received US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin, sig...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia was "ready" for war if Europe seeks one, accusing Europe of trying to sabotage a deal on the Ukraine conflict before he met with US envoys. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv....
A peace plan allegedly made in Moscow, a week of furious scrambling to dial it back by Ukraine and its European allies and now it's back to the Kremlin for Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, flanked only by the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner and an interpreter. Have negotiations in Florid...
A group of Democratic senators who have repeatedly tried to rein in the Trump administration's aggression against Venezuela said on Tuesday that they will use a congressional vote to block a US attack against the country. “Unauthorized military action against Venezuela would be a colossal and cos...
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned European powers that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal. Four years into the Ukraine war, the deadlies...
The Trump administration insists it is effectively at war with alleged "narco-terrorists," amid mounting fears of US military action. "The laws of war don't actually apply here, because the United States is not at war with drug dealers," explains former New York Assistant Attorney General...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday at the Kremlin for almost five hours of talks seeking to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, with a Russian envoy calling the discussions "productive". ...
In the current volatile geopolitical landscape, the Ukraine peace negotiations are bringing to the forefront deep internal divisions in the US and in Europe, concerns surrounding Steve Witkoff's perceived alignment with Moscow, and economic incentives behind the Trump administration’s pursuit of...
A Ukrainian philosopher has spoken to FRANCE 24 about daily life in Ukraine, and how outside support helps to lift the mood of people living under Russian bombs and drones. He spoke as France is holding the event "Le voyage en Ukraine" – or journey to Ukraine, which aims to enable the French cult...
Coming on the heels of Marco Rubio's peace talks with the Ukrainian delegation in Florida, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in hopes of bringing about an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. For in-depth analysis and...
