FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert breaks down what could be Putin's strategy and ultimate goal, following the proposal accepted by Ukraine of an immediate 30-day ceasefire.
Going into talks with China, Russia says it has "high expectations for the trip", with the two countries working to deepen what the Kremlin describes as a "privileged partnership". The ties between Putin and XI have developed since the start of the Ukraine invasion, especially considering Russia ha...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is kicking off a trip to China on May 19 - a visit that aims to show the two countries' ties are unshakeable, days after Donald Trump's Beijing tour. According to the Kremlin, Putin and Xi Jinping are set to discuss how to "further strengthen" Russia and China's str...
Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been subject to Western sanctions. As a result, it has deepened its relationship with China, whether it is in terms of oil or dual-use technology, which help Russia lead its war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley looks at how dependent on i...
Finance ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies were unanimous on the need to take on global trade imbalances, according to the statement released Tuesday following a second day of Paris talks. But the US decision to extend a waiver on sanctions against Russia in the wake of the US-Israel...
Leading global economies on Tuesday vowed multilateral cooperation to address mounting challenges to economic stability due to the Middle East war, after talks in Paris which underscored tensions between the US and its allies....
Ukraine is increasingly using mid and long range drones that are successfully hitting targets inside Russia. After hundreds of drones were sent towards multiple regions over the weekend, Ukraine says it is effectively hampering Russian capacities....
Russia's President Vladimir Putin is visiting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, less than a week after US President Donald Trump's high-profile visit. The talks are likely to be dominated by the trade relations between the two countries, with China presenting a lifeline for sanctioned Russia. FRA...
Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing for a two-day trip and talks with the Chinese leader, less than a week after the US president wrapped up his own trip to China. Going into the talks, Russia said it had 'high expectations' for those talks. FrANCE 24's Philip Turle looks at what to know from that...
Russia says it has "high expectations" for President Vladimir Putin's visit to China - as Moscow and Beijing move to deepen what the Kremlin calls their "privileged partnership". Putin will travel to China on May 19 and 20, less than a week after US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi J...
Cuba's president has warned of retaliation in case of an attack from the United States, as the island "has a legitimate right to defend itself against a military attack". This comes amid rising tension between the two countries after Trump alluded to taking over the island and imposed additional sa...
PRESS REVIEW - Tuesday, May 19: The pan-Arab publication Middle East Eye brings an exclusive report on an arrest warrant application for Israel's Bezalel Smotrich on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges, including apartheid. Donald Trump drops his lawsuit against the IRS in return for the...
Former prison boss Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was "one of the worst instigators" of torture, rape and murder in Libya's notorious Mitiga prison, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court Tuesday. Judges will have 60 days to determine whether the charges against El Hishri – including 17...
Russian drones twice targeted a UN humanitarian mission tasked with delivering aid to civilians in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on May 14. In the hours following the strike, Russian military bloggers published footage of the attack, only to delete it shortly after....
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Aleksei Chigadaev, Analyst on China-Russia Relations and Associate Research Fellow at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre. Veering away from a narrative of an anti-Western alliance, Chigadaev portrays a highly complex relationship marked by asymmetry, strategic nec...
Russia's armed forces will carry out exercises of its nuclear forces from May 19 to 21, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. The drills will include more than 65,000 troops and 7,800 types of equipment and weapons, the ministry said. ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, aiming to project unwavering ties between the two powers just days after US President Donald Trump’s high-profile visit sought to steady US-China relations....
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with his Chinese counterpart and his "long-time good friend" Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit by Donald Trump....
US President Donald Trump said there was a “very good chance” of reaching an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear programme after he paused a planned military attack on Iran on Monday while warning the US remained ready to launch a large-scale assault if talks fail. Follow our liveblog for the l...
Cuba’s leadership warned Monday of a “bloodbath” in the event of a US attack, as Washington imposed new sanctions on the country’s intelligence agency and senior officials. The escalation comes amid reports of heightened military tensions and claims of Cuban drone acquisitions from Russia a...
Cuba's leader warned Monday of a "bloodbath" in the event of an American attack, while the US Treasury sanctioned Cuba's main intelligence agency and top leaders as tensions spiked between the arch-foes. President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed Cuba's right to defend itself a day after US news site Axi...
Iran announced a new body to oversee the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, signalling tighter control over the strategic waterway after months of disruption linked to its war with the United States and Israel. Tehran says the authority will manage maritime traffic and provide updates as tolls and restric...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lost his $160 billion dollar lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief Sam Altman in a federal court in California. After 11 days of testimonies and arguments, a nine-member jury deliberated for less than two hours to reach a unanimous verdict, saying Musk filed the case...
François Picard is pleased to welcome Anne Moore, Professor of Biochemistry at University College Cork. She is warning about the seriousness of the latest Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain. While tests and vaccines exist for the Zaire strain, Professor Moore says “we don’t ye...
A new report by the New York Times claims Israel built a second secret military base in Iraq’s western desert to support its strikes on Iran, and that the United States had knowledge of it. Citing an Iraqi official and lawmaker, the NYT reported that the presence of these bases may have led to t...
Moscow and Minsk held joint military drills to practice using Russian nuclear weapons, the Belarus defence ministry said on Monday. Russia deployed nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles to its western neighbour last year, and in 2024 released revised doctrine placing Belarus under its nuclear umbrell...
France's justice minister Gérald Darmanin is in Algeria to discuss improving cooperation and the fate of a detained French journalist. The visit is a sign of warming ties between the two countries, after a diplomatic spat triggered among other things by Paris's official backing Moroccan sovereignt...
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr. Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, M.D., Professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine at the University of Kinshasa. Dr. Mavoko offers a sobering analysis of the latest Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain in the eastern DR Congo. He places the crisis...
G7 finance chiefs are meeting in Paris. The discussions over the next two days in the French capital comes as the war in the Middle East continues to weigh on the global economy. France holds the G7 presidency and faces the tricky task of keeping dialogue open as tensions mount with Washington, ove...
A British photographer who lives in Kyiv has told FRANCE 24 how he doesn't believe the war in Ukraine is coming to an end. Mark Neville takes his photographs to tell the real stories of the Ukrainian people as they fight for their country against the Russian invasion. Amid the latest more positive...
PRESS REVIEW – Monday, May 18, 2026: First, Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia may mark a turning point in the war. Next, Venezuela's post-Maduro era is conflicting for locals. Also, there's more drama at the Cannes Film Festival as Canal+ hits back at filmmakers. Finally, Gen Z find new ways of...
