France

1h ago

Thousands turn out for anti-racism rally after Belfast unrest

Thousands of people on Saturday gathered for an anti-racism rally in the Northern Irish city of Belfast after unrest sparked by a horrific stabbing. France 24's Hervé Amoric tells us more.

1h ago

Iran: Will a peace deal with the US be reached soon?

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a deal aimed at ending the war was closer than "ever before" and expected to be finalized within 24 hours. Pakistan was preparing for the electronic signin...

1h ago

Lebanon reports strikes on south as Israel issues broad evacuation warnings

Lebanon reported Israeli strikes on the country's south on Saturday as the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings for more than 20 locations including the city of Nabatieh ahead of raids there. Our c...

1h ago

US-Iran peace agreement: A reason to be optimistic?

The United States and Iran are close to signing an agreement aimed at ending their war, three regional officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A senior U.S. official said the tentative deal inc...

2h ago

Botched investigation sparks outrage

A funeral has been held for 11-year-old Lyhanna. Her murder has sparked a national debate over child sexual abuse and failures of the French judicial system. The suspect, Jérôme Barella, had been prev...

2h ago

Modi-Macron: "For the past three decades, France has been one of India's strategic partners"

In a post on X, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his visit to France will focus on strengthening economic and cultural ties, starting in Nice, where he will attend the ‘Bharat Innovates’ progr...

2h ago

How visa applications became big business across Africa

For millions of people, getting a visa is the key to studying, working or travelling abroad, but applicants on the African continent say the process has become increasingly expensive and difficult due...

2h ago

Ghana lodges protest over Canada's refusal to admit rape case suspect Partey

Ghana's government confirmed on Saturday it had lodged a formal protest with Canada over its refusal to issue an entry visa to the Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey ahead of Ghana's game against Panama o...

4h ago

Anthropic disables access to top-tier AI models after US ban on foreign use

AI giant Anthropic said in a statement released Friday that it had disabled its most advanced AI models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government ordered it to suspend access to the mode...

4h ago

NATO weighs options to defend Europe as the US plans for conflict elsewhere

NATO's top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States announced that it is cutting the number of aircraft and wars...

4h ago

Iran peace deal: "Lebanon is the one to chart its own path forward"

Pakistan's prime minister said on Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed on the wording of a deal aimed at ending their war in the Middle East, and that mediators were working with both sid...

4h ago

Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soar

Shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX closed almost 20 percent higher on their trading debut Friday after the biggest IPO in history, making the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire as he vow...

4h ago

Cuba: Díaz-Canel announces economic reforms to attract investment

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday announced a package of economic reforms aimed at attracting investment, expanding participation by Cubans living abroad in the economy and decentralizing pa...

4h ago

Kenya: World Cup fever hits Kibera's second-hand jersey market

The World Cup is well and truly underway, and so is the jersey craze. We're taking you to the second-hand market in Kibera, Kenya, where enthusiasts scour the stalls in search of hidden treasures. One...

4h ago

World Cup: Mexico beat South Africa 2-0

Mexico opened the World Cup on Thursday with a dominant 2-0 win over South Africa in front of a boisterous home crowd at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. Joining us to discuss the match is sports journal...

4h ago

Indian PM Modi in France to attend G7 summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit. What will be on the agenda? We spoke with Amalendu Misra, Pr...

5h ago

Lebanon reports strikes on south as Israel issues broad evacuation warnings

Lebanon reported Israeli strikes on the country's south on Saturday as the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings for more than 20 locations including the city of Nabatieh ahead of raids there.

5h ago

World Cup Debrief - Day 2: Team USA dominate Paraguay, Canada earn one point

World Cup Debrief - Day 2: Two more hosts launched their World Cup campaigns. Canada earn their first World Cup point following their 1-1 draw against Bosnia Herzegovina. Meanwhile, team USA powered p...

6h ago

US boss Pochettino hails sweep past Paraguay to launch World Cup campaign

United States head coach Mauricio Pochettino lavished praise on his players and the American fans after his side romped past Paraguay 4-1 at the Los Angeles Stadium.

6h ago

South Africa accused of failing to crack down on anti-immigrant violence

Several African countries are repatriating their citizens from South Africa following weeks of xenophobic attacks on black migrants. The vigilante violence has drawn international condemnation, with s...

7h ago

Paris: How to avoid summer travel chaos ahead of RER, metro and tram line disruptions

Tourists and Parisians alike will have to contend with mass transport disruptions in the French capital and surrounding suburbs this summer due to planned major infrastructure works. Here’s what you n...

7h ago

Belfast riots show lingering scars of decades of sectarian unrest

Days of anti-immigration violence in Belfast have shown how three decades of unrest in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles, still shape the contours of daily life, residents and academics said.

7h ago

Albanian PM rallies support as Trump-linked resort row festers

As Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama appeared at a rally of jubilant supporters on Friday in Tirana, thousands were already filling a nearby boulevard, repeating daily calls for his resignation.

7h ago

France bids farewell to girl, 11, whose killing sparked outrage

Several hundred people gathered in southwestern France on Friday to bid farewell to an 11-year-old girl whose suspected murder sparked protests across the country and exposed failures in the country's...

7h ago

Three Indian sailors died in US strike off Oman

Three Indian sailors have died in a U.S. military operation to halt a tanker off Oman as part of Washington's efforts to blockade Iran-linked shipping, Indian authorities said on Thursday.

7h ago

Iran peace deal looms while new military action flares near Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iran signaled on Friday that an agreement ​to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expec...

8h ago

Six Georgians jailed for theft of rare Russian books in France

Six Georgians have been sentenced to up to seven years' jail in France over the theft of rare editions of Russian literary classics, including by 19th-century luminary Alexander Pushkin, from prestigi...

8h ago

Whistleblowing is on the rise in France, but expert says support remains lacking

Whistleblowing in France is on the rise, according to the independent authority in charge of protecting those who speak out in the public interest. The Défenseur des Droits has seen an increase in cas...

11h ago

Peru's leftist candidate Sanchez asks right-wing rival Fujimori to back vote recount

Peru's leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez on Friday proposed a recount to his conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, citing alleged irregularities after votes coming in from abroad were tallie...

11h ago

US says downed multiple Iran drones as both insist deal closer

The United States said it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, hours after both sides said a deal to end the Middle East war was closer tha...

11h ago

Venezuela says leader of Tren de Aragua gang killed in 'joint operation' with US

The leader of the Tren de Aragua gang Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, for whom the US government had offered a reward of up to $5 million, was killed during a joint operation with the United State...

12h ago

Armenia election result revives hopes of reopening border with Turkey

Nikol Pashinyan’s sweeping re-election in Armenia has raised fresh hopes that the border with Turkey could finally reopen after three decades of closure. The Armenian prime minister campaigned on rest...

14h ago

World Cup 2026: Balogun's brace powers USA past Paraguay in Group D opener

17h ago

USA – Paraguay live: Follow the third World Cup ceremony and Group D opener

Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their to...

17h ago

Israeli and Palestinian groups urge world not to abandon two-state solution

Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups appealed to the international community in France on Friday to keep pursuing a two-state solution, warning that the window for peace is narrowing. The call...

20h ago

Middle East live: Iran says US war deal could be signed remotely in 'coming days'

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that a draft agreement to end the war with the United States could be signed remotely within days, adding that negotiations had reached their final s...

20h ago

World Cup 2026: Co-host Canada draws with Bosnia in Group B opener

Co-host nation Canada salvaged a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday night at Toronto's BMO Field, but missed a string of clear-cut chances that could have delivered a winning start to their...

20h ago

What are the African teams' chances?

A record number of African nations are at the 2026 World Cup, but South Africa’s opening defeat to Mexico has raised questions about the continent’s chances. Can African teams turn numbers into histor...

21h ago

‘I worked every day’: How David Hockney fell in love with France during the Covid lockdowns

British artist David Hockney, who died at the age of 88 on Thursday, fell in love with the French countryside in the last few years of his life. He settled in Normandy in 2019, where he lived during t...

21h ago

Ukraine's EU accession bid gains traction as Hungary lifts veto

The European Union will resume membership negotiations with Ukraine on Monday after Hungary's new government lifted a long-standing veto imposed by former prime minister Viktor Orban. EU leaders said...

22h ago

Combating foreign digital interference: ‘France is among the top three in Europe’

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu hosted political representatives from across party lines on Thursday to discuss the issue of electoral interference ahead of the country’s 2027 presidential ele...

23h ago

Former Tory MP and military officer on Keir Starmer's 'rope-a-dope' week

The British prime minister is once again fighting for his political survival, on the back foot after his defence secretary and defence minister quit the government over complaints of a lack of militar...

23h ago

Kosovo's 'Groundhog Day' politics

Right now, the path the EU and NATO faces another set back. There's been no functioning government, despite three elections in less in 16 months.

23h ago

Iran, Ukraine, Belfast & Albania’s ‘Flamingo Revolution’

In a week that began with President Trump pronouncing that a ceasefire extension was so close with Iran, two or three days max, and that would only take an hour to finalise. Hours later Tehran downed...

1d ago

Paris des Arts: Special edition in Prague

This week, Paris des Arts heads to the Czech Republic to visit Prague, a cultural capital and UNESCO World Heritage city. We meet one of the most provocative Czech artists of the international scene,...

1d ago

Iran-linked group claims hack of FBI drones, threatens World Cup, monitor reports

An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala claimed to have breached FBI drones and threatened to target the 2026 World Cup, monitoring group SITE said Friday.

1d ago

LGBTQ rights in Hungary: 'We are very hopeful that changes will be made'

The election of the Hungary's new centre-right prime minister, Peter Magyar, in April marked a particularly stinging defeat for Viktor Orban, whose government was widely regarded as one of the most an...

1d ago

'We need more clean, homegrown, cheap European energy': EU Climate Commissioner

With Europeans sizzling in a record-breaking heatwave in May, and lands and rivers facing severe drought conditions in April, the effects of extreme climate-related events are becoming increasingly ob...

1d ago

Hundreds gather for funeral of French schoolgirl whose killing sparked national outrage

Flags flew at half-mast at the town hall in Fleurance in southwestern France on Friday as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old schoolgirl whose suspected murder spa...