Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected jihadists, Kurdish forces and a war monitor said.
Israel on Monday retrieved the remains of Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed an "incredible achievement" for the Israel...
Following the shooting of Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton issued strong statements. The Obamas called the incident a "wake-up call," warning that America’s core values are under threat. Clinton also condemned the administration, hi...
PRESS REVIEW – Monday, January 26, 2026: Around the US, editorial boards are writing opinion pieces to express their concern on the situation in Minneapolis. Next, in Iran, details of the state's brutal repression of recent protests trickle into the papers. Elsewhere, British front pages are dedi...
Israel announced it would reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for pedestrians once it recovers the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. This limited reopening is part of a truce framework announced by US President Donald Trump in October. The crossing, a key aid en...
A massive winter storm hit the US, causing power outages, flight cancellations, and hazardous conditions. Over a million people were left without power, and major cities like New York were blanketed in snow. The National Weather Service warns the dangerous weather will continue for days....
The Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine must cede the Donbas region as a "fundamental" condition of any peace agreement, Russian state media reported. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Russia will take the region in east Ukraine – of which Moscow's forces currently contr...
European leaders meeting in Germany Monday vowed to build up offshore wind power in the North Sea in a bid to boost climate-friendly energy while reducing dependence on Russia and other foreign powers. It comes as US President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland have raised the issue of whet...
A monster storm barreling across swathes of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into Monday....
A colossal winter storm over the weekend and on Monday brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to the US, killing at least 10 people, causing mass travel disruption and downing power lines. The US National Weather Service warned of "long-duration power outages, extensive tree damage, and extremely da...
Independent UN experts warned on Sunday that escalating violence in South Sudan was raising the risk of mass atrocities against civilians, citing fresh clashes and inflammatory rhetoric. The UN Commission on Human Rights said it was gravely alarmed by fighting in Jonglei state, where witnesses repo...
A monster winter storm on Sunday paralyzed swaths of the United States with heavy snow and ice, leaving more than a million people in the Southeast without power. New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned that the state was bracing for the longest cold stretch and highest snow totals it has seen in...
The Trump administration’s unapologetic stance on territorial expansion and the plunder of resources goes hand in hand with its rejection of the postwar global order and its disdain for European nations perceived as being in civilisational decline. Historians warn it also harks back to an age of...
As President Zelensky says today that peace talks are progressing and that a U.S. security guarantee is “100 percent there,” awaiting only formal approval from President Trump, there has so far been no confirmation from the White House, nor does it address President Putin’s continued insisten...
Russia’s strikes have hit Ukraine’s power infrastructure, leaving many communities without heat and electricity. For more, France 24’s Catherine Viette is joined by Peter Zalmayev from the Eurasia Democracy Initiative....
Thousands of U.S. flights scheduled for the weekend were canceled as a massive storm began battering large swaths of the country on Saturday, cutting power and turning major highways treacherous with ice, while heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people - more than ha...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that a US security guarantees document for Ukraine is "100% ready" after two days of talks involving representatives from Kyiv, the US and Russia. Zelensky sought more air defence support from allies as hundreds of buildings in Ukraine's capital we...
France 24's Gavin Lee is joined by Liza, a teenager who escaped Russia after being forcibly displaced from Ukraine. Around 20,000 children have been taken from their homes and sent to Russia or occupied territories. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for President Putin o...
After taking offense at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s more assertive stance toward Washington, Trump withdrew an invitation for him to join his Board of Peace, an organization chaired by Trump that some Western allies distrust as a potential rival to the United Nations. He has also used e...
US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that Canada would face 100% tariffs on all its exports to the United States if Ottawa pursued a trade agreement with China, deepening already strained relations between the two neighbours....
Russia carried out another large-scale overnight assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure early Saturday, triggering explosions across Kyiv and cutting power to around 1.2 million properties nationwide. In the capital, nearly 6,000 buildings were left without heating as temperatures hovered nea...
Federal immigration agents shot dead a man during an operation in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said, as police chief Brian O’Hara described an “incredibly volatile scene” and urged residents to avoid the area amid protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown....
Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days. "This military buildup - we hope it is not intended for real confrontat...
The first three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US have ended with no apparent breakthrough, following renewed Russian bombardment of Ukrainian targets. France24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more....
As the United States maintains pressure and threats against Iran, the Islamic Republic has warned that “any attack against it will be considered a total war.” Some airlines subsequently announced the suspension of their Middle East routes; Air France had done the same, but as of midday the comp...
DEM, Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, on Saturday called for the blockade on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobane to be lifted immediately, warning of a "humanitarian tragedy" in the northern Syrian town. Kurdish forces have withdrawn from areas near Kobane over the past week following pressure from the...
More than 200 million Americans are bracing for an unusually severe winter storm beginning Friday, with forecasts calling for heavy snow and freezing rain. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that the storm, moving eastward from the High Plains and Rockies, is likely to create “extremely da...
