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Israel’s army on Wednesday struck two vehicles south of Beirut, while the Hezbollah militant group responded by sending a barrage of rockets towards Israel. The attacks come just hours after Lebanon and Israel met in Washington, where they agreed to hold direct talks. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US-Iran peace talks could resume this week, while Israel and Lebanon agreed to launch direct negotiations, signaling movement on two key fronts in efforts to ease the Middle East conflict. The parallel diplomatic openings came even as violence persisted, underscoring both the fragility of the process and Washington's push to stabilise a region shaken by the...
Anti-gang operations in Haiti have slowed the expansion of powerful armed groups in Port-au-Prince, a UN expert report said Tuesday, though progress remains uneven. Authorities, backed by drone strikes and self-defence groups, have curbed advances, but gangs continue adapting amid a prolonged security crisis in the country.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield on Tuesday to reach the Champions League semi-finals with a 4-0 aggregate victory. Ousmane Dembele scored twice, netting in the 72nd minute and stoppage time. PSG, reigning European champions, will face Bayern Munich or Real Madrid next.
Today on Eye on Africa, we look at Sudan where the country nears three years of civil war. The conflict has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced around 12 million people. Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV continues his Africa tour. After spending his second day in Algeria where he celebrated mass at St. Augustine Basilica, he will then head to Cameroon.
French lawmakers on Monday passed a bill to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, historian Marie Cécile Zinsou, resident of the Zinsou Fondation, a contemporary art museum, explains that the restitution of artefacts looted from former colonies is "a moral obligation" and fundamental to the restoring o...
French lawmakers on Monday passed a bill to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, historian Marie Cécile Zinsou, President of the Zinsou Fondation, a contemporary art museum, explains that the restitution of artifacts looted in former colonies is "a moral obligation" and fundamental to the restoring of...
Amid uncertainty over the war in Iran, the International Monetary Fund has downgraded its outlook for the global economy under three different scenarios depending on how long the conflict will last. Meanwhile, the United Nations Development Programme is warning that even if hostilities were to end today, the war could push more than 32 million people around the world into poverty by a "triple shoc...
Amid uncertainty around the war in Iran, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for the global economy under three different scenarios depending on how long the conflict would last. Meanwhile, the United Nations Development Programme is warning that even if hostilities were to end today, the war could push more than 32 million people around the world into poverty by a 'triple shoc...
As the ‘meme war’ between the US and Iran continues via AI ‘slopaganda,’ an Iran-linked group named Explosive Media has been pumping out viral LEGO-style videos ridiculing the US war effort in Iran, and trolling President Donald Trump. Many of these videos depict Trump as childish and fickle, accuse him of having started the war to distract from his ties to Jeff Epstein, and have gained an audienc...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, says that "none of the participants in today's meetings have the authority to negotiate", adding that "implementing what the Lebanese and Israeli government would like to do is simply not possible. The Israelis cannot destroy Hezbollah and the Lebanese central government is unwilling or unab...
The Lebanese government made it clear during U.S.-brokered talks with Israel that they no longer want to be "occupied" by Hezbollah and that there were conversations about long-term vision for clearly delineated border, Israel's ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told reporters on Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
Italy has suspended the renewal of its defence agreement with Israel, which involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday. US President Donald Trump criticised Meloni for her unwillingness to help in the Iran war, in an interview published Tuesday. "I'm shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong," he said in an inter...
Israeli and Lebanese envoys appearing together on camera in the same room, that may well be a first. It's happening under the auspices of the US Secretary of State in Washington. Now if you’re rooting for peace… there's good news and bad news. The good news is that the Lebanese government’s never been so vocal in calling on Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to disarm… and the US president has a...
Controversial US rapper Kanye West is facing the possible cancellation of his planned June concert in Marseille as France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez moves to block the performance over the artist’s anti-Semitic remarks.
An art-loving engineer in Paris won a rare Picasso painting worth more than €1 million in a charity raffle, organisers said Tuesday. The draw, livestreamed from Christie's, capped a global fundraiser that sold 120,000 tickets and raised €12 million for Alzheimer’s research.
An art-loving engineer in Paris won a rare Picasso painting worth more than €1 million in a charity raffle, organisers said Tuesday. The draw, livestreamed from Christie's, capped a global fundraiser that sold 120,000 tickets and raised €12 million for Alzheimer’s research.
Dozens of military vehicles transported from Russia were delivered to Mali through the port of Conakry, Guinea, in late March. The equipment was carried by a Russian cargo ship currently under international sanctions.
An exhibition venue, event space and meeting point for Afro-descendant cultures in all their diversity: its founders call MansA an open house, where a world of art and artists are welcome. As the centre launches a bilingual magazine, we hear from its editor Sebastien Thème on celebrating Black excellence, on the French legislation being debated that should eventually see thousands of looted treasu...
Bundesliga club Union Berlin named Marie-Louise Eta as head coach, making her the first female manager of a men's team in a top-five European league. Her appointment, however, has been followed by derogatory and sexist comments on social media.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday her government had suspended a defence cooperation deal with Israel, reflecting frayed ties between previously close allies as the conflicts in the Middle East continue. Meloni's right-wing government has been one of Israel's closest friends in Europe, but in recent weeks it has criticised its attacks on Lebanon, which have killed hundreds a...
The United States made a lot of progress in talks with Iran, US Vice President JD Vance said in an interview on Fox Newson Monday, saying the ball was in Iran's court when it came to whether a second round of talks would take place.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors in Washington on Tuesday for the first direct peace talks between the countries in decades. France 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani takes a look at the talks’ significance, at what they might yield.
Last year saw the highest level of deadly violence against Jews in over three decades, with 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks, according to an annual study released by Tel Aviv University on Monday. The violence, including a deadly attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, continued a spike that began following Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza, the report’...
For the first time, the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM have clashed in West Africa’s Niger. While previous confrontations between the two jihadist groups had taken place in the tri-border area with Mali and Burkina Faso, they are now spreading toward a new border region between Niger, Nigeria, and Benin, in what FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr describes as a “race to the border” as the tw...
For the first time, the Islamic State Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM have clashed in West Africa’s Niger. While previous confrontations between the two jihadist groups had taken place in the tri-border area with Mali and Burkina Faso, they are now spreading toward a new border region between Niger, Nigeria, and Benin, in what France 24’s Wassim Nasr describes as a “race to the border” as the two groups v...
An open letter signed by hundreds of Hollywood heavyweights, including Jane Fonda, Joaquin Phoenix and Bryan Cranston, was published Monday opposing a deal that would see the historic Warner Bros. studio swallowed by rival Paramount.
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar promised on Monday to usher in a "new era" in Hungarian politics, restoring democratic standards and unblocking European Union funds, following a landslide victoryover a MAGA- and Moscow-aligned incumbentthat will likely anchor Budapest in the EU mainstream.
