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Colombian President Gustavo Petro is being examined in criminal investigations by two US federal prosecutors' offices, according to a New York Times report published on Friday. Relations between Washington and Bogota entered a volatile phase after US President Donald Trump's return to office 14 months ago, and the two leaders have clashed over various issues.
In a week where assassinations have continued within the top ranks of Iran’s regime, the minister of intelligence, the commander of the Bases paramilitary and the powerful security chief Ali Larijani included, but a weakened government seems to have had little bearing on Tehran’s retaliation across Israel and nine gulf states.Just one week ago, President Trump spoke of a war that was, “very compl...
An analysis of the spiralling energy crisis with Mohamad Al-Sabban, energy economist and longtime advisor to the Saudi Government.
A video claiming that Iran published a list of 11 American cities it plans to target has gone viral since it was first posted on Instagram on March 3. We found the origin of this list, and it turns out that it has nothing to do with Iran.
Talking Europe travels to Warsaw to meet the mayor of the city and former presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, just as the political temperature rises ahead of high-stakes parliamentary elections scheduled for next year. Trzaskowski argues that a long-standing consensus in Polish politics – being pro-European and pro-Ukraine – has been broken, as populist forces try to outdo each other in an ...
He was the star, taciturn lawman of the show "Walker, Texas Ranger": Chuck #Norris passed away aged 86 on March 19. The martials arts grandmaster turned actor had become the iconic, tough guy over the years.
Cities around the world are clearing their billboards of ads for flights, cruise ships and petrol cars in an effort to reduce planet-warming gases. Amsterdam is the latest city to join the movement, becoming the first capital in the world to approve a legal ban on fossil fuel advertising. Dutch activists are now calling for restrictions to be enforced on a national level. Our Down to Earth team re...
Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Borzou Daragahi, award-winning international correspondent and investigative reporter. As Iran marks Nowruz, the Persian New Year, war intrudes into civilian spaces. The psychological terrain is marked less by overt anger than by fatigue, resignation, and a deepening sense of entrapment. A media blackout and communication breakdowns intensify this isolatio...
Israel's military said Friday it had struck Syrian army camps in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in the southern Sweida province, with the Syrian foreign ministry calling it "an outrageous assault".
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday he did not see an obvious end to the conflict in the Middle East in the short-term, but that France and its allies would continue to work towards trying to find a lasting solution. "There is no obvious short-term way out of the ongoing regional escalation, which has in some ways been unfolding since October 7, 2023. But this must in no way serve...
Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Friday said the enemies of the Islamic republic were being defeated in the war against the US and Israel in a written message for the Persian New Year, Nowruz. The message was read out on Iranian television, with Khamenei yet to appear publicly since the beginning of the war.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former US national security adviser John Bolton said US President Donald Trump "could be ready to stop the war at almost any moment". Bolton also said he remains mystified by Trump's reversal on regime change in Iran and warned that the Iranian opposition is not receiving enough support.
K-pop megastars BTS released a new album Friday ahead of their open-air comeback concert in Seoul, which is expected to draw around 260,000 people. It will be BTS's first concert after a hiatus of almost four years while all seven members served compulsory military service.
Young people have a “much lower” level of wellbeing than 15 years ago due to the effects of social media use, according to the 2026 edition of the World Happiness Report, which sees Finland maintain its position as the world’s happiest country for the ninth consecutive year.
Finland maintains its top position as the world's happiest country for the ninth year running, as it scores 7.764 on a 10-point scale, according to an annual UN-sponsored report. Known for its nature, sauna culture and extensive welfare system, the country's 5.6 million inhabitants generally report a high level of trust in authorities and low levels of inequality.
Her photographs of celebrated personalities, from Toni Morrison to Tupac Shakur, have become iconic images. Dana Lixenberg tells us about three decades of providing her unique perspective on the United States and the evolution of a society she first started documenting in the 1990s. As her major, monographic exhibition "American Images" opens at the Maison Européenne de la Photo in Paris, the Dutc...
William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Paul Taylor, Senior Visiting Fellow in the Europe in the World Programme and a member of the Defence/Security EUrope project. He is also a freelance columnist for The Guardian. Amid the Strait of Hormuz blockade, Mr. Taylor argues that even overwhelming force cannot guarantee safety when asymmetric tools, such as drones and decentralised command structure...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi travelled to Washington hoping to strengthen ties with the United States. The visit turned into a delicate balancing act amid US President Donald Trump's growing pressure on allies to help the US in the Iran war. Yuka Royer discusses the visit with James Schoff, Senior Director at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA.
Four women were killed in the occupied #WestBank following missile fire from #Iran - the first Palestinian victims of the Middle East #war since it started on February 28. For Palestinians, it is yet another conflict they find themselves caught up in, with little protection.
MEPs recently approved a key report on housing, with the stated aim of securing decent, sustainable and affordable housing. They are responding to an EU-wide crisis in which property prices jumped by 15.5 percent between 2021 and 2024, according to Eurostat. That has frozen out millions of people looking to get onto the property ladder. Rental prices have continued to go up as well. Housing is a c...
A court in France has sentenced jihadist Sabri Essid for his part in "the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State group" against Iraq's Yazidi minority, in the first French trial of its kind. Essid is presumed to have been killed in 2018, but without proof of his death he was tried and convicted in absentia.
A French jihadist was sentenced to life in jail on Friday for involvement in Islamic State group atrocities against Iraq's Yazidi minority, the first case in France to tackle the issue.
This week Valérie Fayolle sits down with Yael Naim, who takes us round the Gaîté Lyrique, at the beating heart of the Paris cultural scene. She tells us about her seventh album, "Solaire", an ode to freedom, imperfection and femininity. Next up is vivacious Philippine Delaire, treading the boards of the Comédie de Paris. The actress and comedian is the star of "Daddy's Girl".
From one studio to another, Chuck Norris turned discipline into legend – a martial arts champion who became the iron-jawed face of "Walker, Texas Ranger" and a larger-than-life cultural myth. He died Thursday at 86.
From one studio to another, Chuck Norris turned discipline into legend – a martial arts champion who became the iron-jawed face of Walker, Texas Ranger and a larger-than-life cultural myth. He died Thursday at 86.
Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, began this Friday in countries across the globe. But in many parts of the world, the celebrations are being overshadowed by war.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visited Israel Friday after a trip to Lebanon's Beirut the day before. It is part of a push by France for Israel to hold direct talks with the Lebanese government in what would be an historic first. But what is France hoping to achieve with the talks? France 24's James Andre takes a look.
Is fashion still subversive? The answer is yes, with the extraordinarily named Matières Fécales label. At Yohji Yamamoto, it's yes, but more delicately. Satoshi Kondo for Issey Miyake, meanwhile, advocates for movement without constraints. Historian-performer Olivier Saillard elevates everyday clothing with his Living Fashion Museum. Lilia Litkovska, from Ukraine, draws inspiration from her war-to...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Friday on a visit to Israel that Iran must make major concessions as part of any long-term political solution following the Middle East war, while also calling on Israel to seize an "historic opportunity" and hold direct talks with Lebanese authorities. France 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky said Barrot’s comments show France is trying to take a more “nuanced” p...
