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France on Thursday said it will allow US aircraft on some of its military bases in the Middle East. European countries are sending naval assets to Cyprus after an Iranian drone strike targeted a British base on the island earlier this week. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said a drone attack launched from Iran struck an airport building in Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhichevan on Thursday, injuring two. Earlier, Israel renewed its strikes on Beirut and Tehran as Iran targeted Kurdish guerrilla groups in Iraq. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said a drone attack launched from Iran struck an airport building in Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhichevan on Thursday, injuring two. Earlier, Israel renewed its strikes on Beirut and Tehran as Iran targeted Kurdish guerrilla groups in Iraq. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel announced multiple incoming attacks early Thursday and said it was intercepting missiles as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. Iran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq while Lebanese state media reported that an Israeli drone strike had killed a Hamas official. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel announced multiple incoming attacks early Thursday and said it was intercepting missiles as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. Iran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq while Lebanese state media reported that an Israeli drone strike had killed a Hamas official. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel announced multiple incoming attacks early Thursday and said it was intercepting missiles as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. Iran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq while Lebanese state media reported that an Israeli drone strike had killed a Hamas official. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran launched missiles at Israel early Thursday, marking the sixth day of escalating Middle East hostilities after a US submarine sank an Iranian warship. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon as the conflict spreads, killing thousands, disrupting shipping and oil supplies, and raising fears of a wider regional war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran launched missiles at Israel early Thursday, marking the sixth day of escalating Middle East hostilities after a US submarine sank an Iranian warship. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon as the conflict spreads, killing thousands, disrupting shipping and oil supplies, and raising fears of a wider regional war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, with Israeli ground incursions and air strikes across Lebanon and the group’s leader pledging continued resistance.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spent two days inspecting his latest 5,000‑ton destroyer and observing cruise missile tests, signalling a major push to expand his navy’s nuclear capabilities. The move comes as Pyongyang continues building additional warships and emphasises maritime power alongside its ballistic missile programme.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spent two days inspecting his latest 5,000‑ton destroyer and observing cruise missile tests, signalling a major push to expand his navy’s nuclear capabilities. The move comes as Pyongyang continues building additional warships and emphasises maritime power alongside its ballistic missile programme.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spent two days inspecting his latest 5,000‑ton destroyer and observing cruise missile tests, signalling a major push to expand his navy’s nuclear capabilities. The move comes as Pyongyang continues building additional warships and emphasises maritime power alongside its ballistic missile programme.
Brazil has formally ratified a landmark free trade deal with the European Union, joining Argentina and Uruguay in creating one of the world’s largest trade blocs. The agreement, decades in the making, removes most tariffs, boosts exports on both sides, and has sparked opposition from European farmers concerned about cheaper imports.
Iranian Kurdish militias have reportedly been consulting with the US in recent days about whether, and how, to attack Iranian security forces. A coalition of groups based on the Iran-Iraq border in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has been training to mount such an attack in hopes of weakening the regime. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with former ambassador, Peter Galbraith, who ...
Middle East tourism, worth some $367 billion annually to the region, is taking a hit from the widening conflict between U.S.-Israel forces and Iran, putting at risk the region's carefully-constructed image as a safe and high-end vacation hotspot after billions in investment in recent years from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Anita Mendiratta, travel, aviation and touri...
Middle East tourism, worth some $367 billion annually to the region, is taking a hit from the widening conflict between U.S.-Israel forces and Iran, putting at risk the region's carefully-constructed image as a safe and high-end vacation hotspot after billions in investment in recent years from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Anita Mendiratta, travel, aviation and touri...
On Wednesday, American Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters. The Pentagon says one of the main aims of the US-Israeli war against Iran, launched Saturday, is to wipe out the country's navy, and on Wednesday the US claimed to have “effectively neutralised Iran’s major naval presence”. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we look...
Oil prices have steadied for the first time since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran. But concerns about energy security and prices are weighing on consumers. In France, long queues formed at petrol stations, despite the Energy Minister's assertion that the public shouldn't worry about shortages. Also in the show - shipping giants Maersk, Cosco, and Hapag-Lloyd suspending all operations in...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen about the succession plan in Iran, Sahar Razavi, Director of the Iranian and Middle East Studies Centre at California State University, says that "leaving leadership in the hands of a temporary council [...] could protect the potential successor to Khamenei from additional strikes and potential assassination"
What does succession look like in Iran? The wait continues after last Saturday’s assassination of the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader of nearly 41 years.
Polls opened Thursday in Nepal's first nationwide election since last year’s violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power.
Polls opened Thursday in Nepal's first nationwide election since last year’s violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power.
Polls opened Thursday in Nepal's first nationwide election since last year’s violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power.
The United Nations on Wednesday said an estimated 100,000 people fled Tehran in the first two days of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and March 1. FRANCE 24"s Reza Sayah reports from Iran, where the death toll has climbed over 1,000 people, with "civilians bearing the brunt of this war".
"The US is under immense pressure to continue producing as many interceptors as it can, but the fear for the Gulf countries is that the first client of the US would be Israel, rather than the GCC". Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports for FRANCE 24 from Doha in Qatar.
A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, touting the strike as evidence of America's global reach in its war on Iran. "An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo," Hegseth told a news conference. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
Controversial hip hop sensation Kanye West has been shunned by France's second-biggest city Marseille after the local mayor said he was "not welcome" to perform there.
A ballistic missile fired from Iran and en route towards Turkish airspace was intercepted and destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday, in an incident that underscored fears of a widening regional war.
Spain hardened its stance towards Washington on Wednesday over the use of Spanish bases in operations against Iran, defying US President Donald Trump’s threats of trade reprisals and deepening the friction between the NATO allies. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez repeated his call of “no to the war,” insisting Madrid would not be complicit in the conflict, even as the White House made claims that Spai...
