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.
FRANCE 24's François Picard is pleased to welcome Ulf Laessing, Director of Regional Sahel Programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. According to Mr. Laessing, we are witnessing in Mali the complete unraveling of a broader geopolitical experiment. Russia stepped into a vacuum left by France, pr...
Mali’s ruling junta was reeling on Monday after coordinated attacks by separatists and al Qaeda-linked jihadists sparked two days of fierce fighting across the country. It was the most serious challenge to Mali's central government since a 2012 rebel offensive was pushed back by the intervention...
Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by Russia's Defence Ministry, confirmed on Monday that its forces had withdrawn from the northern town of Kidal in Mali after fierce fighting there. Africa Corps has been supporting the Malian junta since deploying to Mali in 2025. But Russia's prese...
Iran's top Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi blamed Washington on Monday for the failure of Middle East peace talks as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. Putin, meanwhile, promised Araghchi Moscow's support in bringing the war to a close....
Global military spending rose 2.9% in 2025 despite a 7.5% decline in the United States as President Donald Trump halted new financial military aid to Ukraine, a report by a conflict think-tank showed on Monday....
Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gazan community of Deir al-Balah this weekend headed to the ballots to elect their local leaders. For the Gazans who participated, it was their first local vote in more than two decades. Palestinian authorities hailed the vote a success...
Annette Young is pleased to welcome Laurel Rapp, Director of the US and North America Programme at Chatham House. According to Ms. Rapp, the visit of King Charles to the US, planned prior to the outbreak of the US war on Iran, now unfolds with far higher stakes in the wake of an all-out diplomatic...
The Azawad Liberation Front and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) launched an offensive against several Malian towns on April 25. In the north, the city of Kidal was recaptured following a three-year presence of Russian and Malian forces. Verified footage offers a window into th...
Two days of national mourning have been declared in Mali after the country's defence minister was killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda linked group JNIM, who have allied with Tuareg rebels. Despite their disagreements, the two sides joined forces to fight against the Malian army, which is supported by R...
Cities around the globe are clearing their billboards of adverts for flights, cruise ships and petrol cars in a bid to reduce global warming. Amsterdam is the latest city to join the movement, becoming the first capital in the world to approve a legal ban on fossil fuel advertisements. Following th...
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war came into force over a week ago. It came as Israel and the Iran-backed group traded fresh accusations of breaching the fragile truce, wit...
Israeli strikes killed 14 people and wounded 37 on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said, as the Israeli military warned residents to leave seven towns beyond the "buffer zone" it occupied before a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt hostilities. France 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Noga...
King Charles' state visit to the U.S. will go ahead as planned on Monday despite a shooting at a White House dinner attended by President Donald Trump, Buckingham Palace said after discussions with U.S. officials. The four-day trip - which is to include a private meeting with Trump and an addres...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and vowed to help Moscow achieve victory in its "sacred war", state media reported Monday, after Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov met with Kim on Sunday. Pyongyang has sent missiles, munitions and thousands...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reaffirmed Pyongyang's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, vowing to help Moscow achieve victory in its "sacred" war, state media reported on Monday....
China on Monday criticised European Union plans to shield key industries from Chinese competition, warning it would take countermeasures if the measures are adopted. The EU’s proposed “Made in Europe” rules would require companies seeking public funds in sectors including cars, green technolo...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that he will not accept a "humiliating agreement" with Israel, and accused those who drew Lebanon into war of "treason" in an implicit rebuke to Iran-backed Hezbollah. Aoun said his goal was to "reach an end to the state of war" as both Israel and Hezboll...
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a four-day visit to the United States on Monday to honour historic ties between the two countries as the US marks its 250th anniversary. The trip will take place despite simmering transatlantic tensions over the Iran war, and a shooting two days...
Britain's King Charles III begins a state visit to the United States on Monday, as transatlantic tensions simmer over the Iran war, and despite a shooting two days earlier at a dinner attended by his host, President Donald Trump....
Global military spending climbed to nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, marking an 11th straight year of growth as rising insecurity and rearmament boosted defence budgets, researchers said on Monday. The United States, China and Russia accounted for $1.48 trillion, over half the total, SIPRI said....
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday squeezed in a trip to Oman before returning to Pakistan and then heading to Moscow for talks in a frantic diplomatic shuffle as mediators pressed to reignite talks between Tehran and the US. But President Donald Trump stuck with his decision to scra...
Forty years ago, one reactor in the Chernobyl power plant, in Ukraine, exploded, leading to the worst-ever nuclear catastrophe....
Russian paramilitary forces deployed in Mali have achieved limited gains in the fight against jihadist groups, according to Philip Obaji, Nigerian journalist and Daily Beast correspondent. Obaji pointed to ongoing insecurity and mounting allegations of abuses, raising questions over the effectivene...
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Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday. FRANCE 24 spoke with Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London, to look back at the tragic event that marked history. Pointing to various factors that caused the explosion...
Ukraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant – the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history. It comes four years into the Russian invasion that has put the plant once again under threat and raised risks of another radioactive catastrophe....
Tuareg rebels fighting Mali's army on Sunday announced an agreement allowing Russian Africa Corps forces to withdraw from Kidal, leaving the northern town "totally" under their control. Jihadist fighters coordinating with Tuareg rebels killed the junta's Defence Minister General Sadio Camara with a...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi returned to Pakistan on Sunday following a brief visit to Oman, state media reported, for more peace negotiations after leaving Islamabad the previous day. US President Donald Trump told his envoys not to travel to Pakistan as Islamabad attempts to reignite c...
A member of the French Resistance who was deported to Dachau concentration camp, 102-year-old Jean Lafaurie continues to share his story with generations of students – and warn them about the hard right’s return in Europe. Ahead of France’s National Day of Remembrance for Victims and Heroes o...
Since the beginning of the Iran-US war, Pakistan has tried to host talks between the two countries, aiming at finding peace....
