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Leaders from the European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday aiming to unlock a €90 billion loan for Ukraine, with the funding stalled by a dispute between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over damage to a key Russian oil pipeline.
Leaders from the European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday aiming to unlock a €90-billion loan for Ukraine, with the funding stalled by a dispute between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over damage to a key Russian oil pipeline.
Leaders from the European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday aiming to unlock a €90-billion loan for Ukraine, with the funding stalled by a dispute between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over damage to a key Russian oil pipeline.
Watch live on FRANCE 24 as US defence chiefs Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine speak about the war in the Middle East, where Iran on Thursday struck a series of Gulf energy sites after an Israeli attack on its South Pars gas field. Oil and gas prices surged on Thursday after both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reported drone strikes on oil refineries while Qatar said firefighters had put out a blaze at a major ...
Oil and gas prices surged on Thursday after Iran intensified its attacks on the energy infrastructure of its Gulf Arab neighbours, raising further concerns over supply. Both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reported drone strikes on oil refineries as Qatar said firefighters had put out a blaze at a major gas plant following Iranian missile attacks. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
Oil and gas prices surged on Thursday after Iran intensified its attacks on the energy infrastructure its Gulf Arab neighbours, raising further concerns over supply. Both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reported drone strikes on oil refineries as Qatar said firefighters had put out a blaze at a major gas plant following Iranian missile attacks. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
Oil prices extended gains on Thursday after Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours' energy infrastructure, raising further concerns over supply. Brent North Sea crude jumped more than 10 percent to $119.13 a barrel, while the main US oil contract West Texas Intermediate rose 2.6 percent to $98.81 a barrel. Qatar said firefighters had put out a blaze at a major gas plant after it ...
Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours' energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquified natural gas facilities ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Middle East war that has sent global fuel prices soaring. Qatar said firefighters had put out a blaze at a major gas plant after it had been hit by Iranian...
US President Donald Trump has pledged that Israel would make no more attacks on Iran’s major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again, the US would retaliate and 'massively blow up the entirety' of the field. This comes after Iranian strikes on Gulf states energy sites. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
Markwayne Mullin, US President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, told senators Wednesday he would be a 'steady hand' for the embattled agency while pursuing the administration's hard-line immigration agenda during a combative confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill.
Liverpool stormed into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday with a 4-0 win over Galatasaray at Anfield, overturning a first-leg deficit to set up a last-eight clash with holders Paris Saint-Germain.
Around 90% of global goods are transported by sea. And while just approximately 5% of that travels directly through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's effective closure of the key passage is having a ripple effect, disrupting trade routes world wide. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Ebru Surucu-Balci, Assistant Professor in Circular Supply Chains at the School of Management at the University of Br...
Qatar's foreign ministry on Wednesday ordered Iran's military and security attaches along with their staff to leave the country within 24 hours, following an attack on its massive natural gas facility. FRANCE 24's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha.
Around 90% of global goods are transported by sea. And while just approximately 5% of that travels directly through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's effective closure of the key passage is having a ripple effect, disrupting trade routes world wide. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Ebru Surucu-Balci, Assistant Professor in Circular Supply Chains at the School of Management at the University of Br...
More than two weeks after the US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran, a rumour has sprung up that American soldiers are refusing, en masse, to fight. There is no evidence for this. However, the number of conscientious objectors in the US military is on the rise, according to the NGO Center on Conscience & War.
More than two weeks after the US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran, a rumour has sprung up that American soldiers are refusing, en masse, to fight. There is no evidence for it. However, the number of conscientious objectors in the US military is on the rise, according to the Centre on Conscience and War NGO.
Weeks before crucial parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s campaign has characterised his main rival as a stooge of Kyiv and Brussels. As part of this strategy, Orban’s government has sought to escalate tensions between Hungary and Ukraine, alleging that Kyiv and its European allies are conspiring to drag Hungary into war with Russia.
Weeks before crucial parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s campaign has characterised his main rival as a stooge of Kyiv and Brussels. As part of this strategy, Orban’s government has sought to escalate tensions between Hungary and Ukraine, alleging that Kyiv and its European allies are conspiring to drag Hungary into war with Russia.
In tonight's edition, Senegal is demanding a corruption investigation, after the Confederation of African Football stripped the Lions of Teranga of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title. Also, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu meets King Charles and the royal family at Windsor Castle for a 2-day visit. And we learn more about "the right of salt" -- an age-old custom in North Africa honouring women d...
Iran suffered major blows on Wednesday with the killing of its intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, in an Israeli strike and an attack on the South Pars natural gas field, one of the world's largest gas resources and a pillar of the country's energy supplies. Tehran vowed retaliation for the attacks, targeting facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE.
Iran suffered major blows on Wednesday with the killing of its intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, in an Israeli strike and an attack on the South Pars natural gas field, one of the world's largest gas resources and a pillar of the country's energy supplies. Tehran vowed retaliation for the attacks, targeting facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE.
The Trump administration is taking steps to curb rising energy costs, as it continues to wage war in the Middle East. The US is easing sanctions on Venezuela, and suspending a century-old shipping law, in an effort to get more oil supplies into the global market. Oil prices continues to rise, with crude topping $109 per barrel, as Gulf energy infrastructure was targeted by strikes. Also in the sho...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade, Zaid Al-Ali, Visiting Fellow at Princeton University and Former UN Advisor in Iraq, explains that until the war in Iran broke out, Iraq had been able to "straddle between US-aligned interests and Iranian-aligned interests" but there's an "acute risk" that it will become the victim of internal conflict once again as the war progresses.
Iran made no effort to rebuild uranium enrichment after its capabilities were destroyed in a June 2025 US-Israeli attack, US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard testified Wednesday, contradicting President Donald Trump's justifications for his ongoing war. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.
Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is just 30km from Russia and suffers almost daily bombardment from across the border. But as the years of war have gone by, the city’s cultural institutions have adapted in order to keep working despite the dangers. The national opera and ballet theatre in the city centre stages regular performances. Most recently, to coincide with the four-year anniversary ...
Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed four ballistic missiles that were launched toward Riyadh on Wednesday, the Defence Ministry said, just ahead of a meeting of regional and Islamic foreign ministers in the Saudi capital. FRANCE 24's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha.
Today in the Middle East, Day 19 of the war, there have been extensive air strikes, drone attacks and missiles launched. And fall-out is spreading far beyond the so called theatre of war. And the funeral of Ali Larijani, Iran's de facto leader, key advisor to the Ayatollah, the head of National Security, killed in an Israeli air strike just over 24 hours ago in a Tehran suburb. Tonight we're askin...
Since the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, US and Israeli strikes have decimated the regime's top ranks, from the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, to the country's security and intelligence chiefs. But even as the heads of the Iranian leadership roll, regime change remains unlikely anytime soon. FRANCE 24 spoke to Middle East expert Filippo Dionigi to u...
Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Elisa Catalano Ewers, Senior Fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Our guest sees Israeli strategy as driven by a perceived window of opportunity to destabilize the Iranian regime from within. Their approach is not one of immediate collapse, but of calculated and sustained pressure, targeting leadership structures and security capa...
#France's next aircraft carrier will be called the "France Libre" (Free France). It is set to replace the current Charles #deGaulle warship and is being named after the French Resistance movement that de Gaulle led against the #Nazi occupation of France during World War II.
