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The White House sparked criticism after it released video montages Friday that combined images of real US air strikes on Iran combined with clips from action movies and features from video games.
Air raid sirens have sounded in Jerusalem. At least three explosions were heard, and over the past 24 hours at least six air raid alerts have been issued across Israel. FRANCE24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky reports the latest from Jerusalem.
The war has also expanded into Lebanon, where fighting between Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group, and Israel is continuing. Over the past week, Israel has issued evacuation warnings before launching heavy strikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimate that more than 300,000 Lebanese civilians have so far evacuated their villages in ...
The war has also expanded into Lebanon, where fighting between Hezbollah, a military Iran-backed group, and Israel is continuing. At least 26 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight on the eastern Lebanese town of Nabi Chit, a small mountain community in the Bekaa Valley that has strong ties to Hezbollah’s leadership. Over the past week, Israel has issued evacuation warnings before ...
Across Asia, millions of migrant workers are facing increasing uncertainty as tensions escalate in the Middle East. In the Philippines alone, millions of overseas workers send home crucial remittances, even as governments consider possible repatriation plans amid the growing conflict. From construction sites across the Gulf to households in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the stakes are high, no...
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, expressed his condolences to Masoud Pezeshkian over the many civilian casualties caused by what he described as “Israeli-American armed aggression” against Iran, and called for an immediate halt to the fighting. Meanwhile, Associated Press reported that Russia has shared intelligence with Iran that could help Tehran target American warships, aircraft and other ...
Many people in Lebanon are fleeing their homes after Hezbollah launched missiles into Israel from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Israel retaliated with strikes on Lebanon. The latest from Beirut with our France24 correspondent Renée Davis.
In Iraq, Kurdish authorities are warning that their territory must not be used as a launchpad for attacks on Iran. Kurdish Iranian dissident groups say they will not act independently, but could potentially join a US ground invasion. Iran has already carried out several missile and drone strikes on Kurdish bases, escalating tensions in the area. On Friday, Iranian drones were shot down over Erbi...
The war in Iran has now entered its second week, with loud explosions reported in Tehran early Saturday morning. State television said blasts were heard in several areas of the Iranian capital but did not provide further details. Israel’s military said around 80 fighter jets dropped 230 munitions across Iran overnight, claiming several military sites were targeted. Meanwhile, US Central Command ...
Hezbollah’s decision to enter the war comes at a time when the group appears to be weakened. Meanwhile, the Lebanese government seems to be taking advantage of the situation, having declared Hezbollah’s military activities illegal earlier this week in what looks like a move toward disarming the group. Maha Yaya, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, shares her insights.
Russia has shared intelligence with Iran that could help Tehran strike US warships, aircraft and other American assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with US intelligence – the first indication Moscow may be stepping into the war launched last week by the United States and Israel.
Nepali Election Commission officials on Saturday confirmed that rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah had unseated Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli their parliamentary constituency. The campaign rocked Nepal's established political heavyweights, harnessing a wave of support unleashed by the September uprising that toppled the previous elected government.
Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah has a crushing lead in his race against former prime minister KP Sharma Oli in the Jhapa-5 constituency in the general election, according to ballot counts released Saturday by the Election Commission. The campaign has shaken Nepal's established political heavyweights, harnessing a wave of support unleashed by the September uprising that toppled the previous ...
Rapper-turned-mayor of Kathmandu Balendra Shah won his race against former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the Jhapa-5 constituency in the general election, according to ballot counts released Saturday by the Election Commission.
Rapper-turned-mayor of Kathmandu Balendra Shah won his race against former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the Jhapa-5 constituency in the general election, according to ballot counts released Saturday by the Election Commission.
Nepal's centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to win by a landslide in parliamentary polls, according to Election Commission trends Saturday, but with counting still far to go.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes during a commando operation in eastern Lebanon left at least 41 dead and 40 wounded. "The series of raids launched by the Israeli enemy on the town of Nabi Sheet and surrounding towns in the Baalbek district resulted in a total of 41 citizens killed and 40 others wounded," said the ministry in a statement. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates...
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran would be "hit very hard", adding that he was considering expanding strikes to new targets, without providing details. Iran’s President Pezeshkian earlier announced that he would not “surrender” as demanded by Trump Friday and apologised to neighbouring countries for the strikes that targeted them. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday in a prerecorded address that a US demand for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they should take to their grave". He also apologised for Iran’s attacks on neighbouring countries, suggesting they were caused by miscommunication in military ranks. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday in a prerecorded address that a US demand for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they should take to their grave". He also apologised for Iran’s attacks on neighbouring countries, suggesting they were caused by miscommunication in military ranks. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel carried out a wave of “broad-scale” strikes on targets in Tehran on Saturday, following Iranian missile launches towards Israel. Explosions were reported in Tel Aviv, but emergency services said there were no casualties, and residents were allowed to leave shelters. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited frontline troops in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Kyiv and Moscow completed a two-day prisoner-of-war exchange involving 500 soldiers from each side. The swap was one of the few tangible outcomes of ongoing diplomatic talks aimed at ending the war.
First, 51 people have been killed in the last 24 hours in Sudan's Kordofan region due to clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Also, UN Secretary General Anotnio Guterres appoints Former US diplomat James Swan as the new head of the MONUSCO in DR Congo. And, we will take a look at the "WOMANAKWA" photo exhibition launched here in Paris.
In this edition of the Spotlight, we speak to Richard Dalton, the former British ambassador to Iran and Libya and a former consul general in Jerusalem, to unpack the first week of war and what may come next.
Some spectators booed Russia's athletes as they marched under their own flag in the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics on Friday. The International Paralympic Committee in February lifted a long-running ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing under their own flags and anthems due to their role in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Some spectators booed Russia's athletes as they marched under their own flag in the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics Friday. The International Paralympic Committee in February lifted a long-running ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing under their own flags and anthems due to their role in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
In a week that a major war broke out in the middle east when the US and Israel attacked Iran from the skies, with air strikes that assassinated the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and at least forty senior Iranian officials all reportedly within a five minute period at the start of the bombing campaign on Saturday morning.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, renowned historian Rashid Khalidi described a "seismic, fundamental shift" in American public opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also argued that Israel rests on the "absolute supremacy of one group throughout Palestine", but that equality is the only basis for any "sustainable, just solution".
With ethnic brethren in northern Iran and a US outreach to Iran’s Kurds following the launch of Operation Epic Fury, Turkey and Azerbaijan are at risk of being drawn into the war. For Iran’s Azeris, the largest minority group in a multi-ethnic country, it could mean trouble as ethnic fault lines threaten to rip apart the South Caucasus region.
The fallout of the US-Israeli war on Iran is reverberating across Asia. China has condemned the attack and the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, but is staying well clear of the conflict itself. Developing Asian economies that rely on remittances face uncertainty as millions of migrant workers are caught in the crossfire. The war is also unsettling Pakistan, which shares a restive bor...
