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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday said they would not allow “one litre of oil” to leave the Middle East if US and Israeli attacks continue. President Donald Trump has warned that the US would hit Iran much harder if Tehran stopped the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not allow “one litre of oil” to leave the Middle East if US and Israeli attacks continue. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that the US would hit Iran much harder if Tehran stopped the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Two men were charged on Monday with terrorism offences after allegedly throwing a nail bomb near an anti-Islam protest in New York over the weekend. Both US citizens are in custody and told police they were aligned with the Islamic State (IS) group, according to charging documents.
Two men were charged on Monday with terrorism offences after allegedly throwing a nail bomb near an anti-Islam protest in New York over the weekend. Both US citizens are in custody and told police they were aligned with Islamic State, according to charging documents, in what authorities described as ISIS-inspired terrorism.
Two men were charged on Monday with terrorism offences after allegedly throwing a nail bomb near an anti-Islam protest in New York over the weekend. Both US citizens are in custody and told police they were aligned with Islamic State, according to charging documents, in what authorities described as ISIS-inspired terrorism.
US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested the war with Iran could end soon but gave no clear timeline for halting attacks that have rattled the Middle East and global markets. Stocks rose after he told CBS the US-Israeli assault was “very complete,” though later remarks offered mixed signals.
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of unlawfully using white phosphorus munitions over residential areas of the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor on March 3. The New York-based group said it verified and geolocated images showing airburst munitions over homes, with civil defence workers responding to fires in houses and a car.
Crude oil prices pulled back sharply after brushing $120 a barrel earlier on Monday. After hovering around $100 for most of the day, both Brent and WTI benchmarks reversed course following comments from Donald Trump suggesting the US-Israeli war with Iran could soon come to an end. As Gulf countries began cutting production amid a rapid decrease in available storage space, consumers have already s...
Crude oil prices pulled back sharply after brushing $120 per barrel earlier on Monday. After staying around $100 dollars for most of the day, both Brent and WTI benchmarks reversed course on comments from Donald Trump suggesting that the end was near for the US - Israeli war on Iran. As Gulf countries started cutting production amid a rapid decrease in available storage space, consumers have alr...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Peter McNally, Global Head of Sector Analysts at Third Bridge, says that "the duration of the outage in the Middle East is going to be the biggest factor" in the G7's decision to tap into strategic oil reserves, adding that US President Donald Trump has "very few" options to keep energy prices down in the short term "other than to make demand go lower".
Influencers in Dubai have taken to social media to post near-identical videos praising the city’s safety and glorifying its leadership, using the same template, music and captions. The posts come just a week after videos of panic in Dubai circulated online following intercepted Iranian strikes. Online, some users have accused the influencers of being paid to promote the city, as UAE authorities cl...
Influencers in Dubai have taken to social media to post near-identical videos praising Dubai's safety, and glorifying its leadership, using the same template, music and captions. It comes just a week after videos of panic in Dubai circulated across social media following intercepted Iranian strikes. Online, users accuse the influencers of being paid to promote the city, as UAE authorities clamp do...
Second week of a war seen more than ever as a massive gamble by the US and Israel: the hitting of oil installations in Tehran prompting retaliation across the Gulf. Also blown away, claims that disruptions to global energy security would be a passing blip.
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, says that "the skyrocketing price of oil, the collapse of the stock market, the increasing casualties and the Iranian ability to continue to hit infrastructure are beginning to sober up" US President Donald Trump, adding that "there never was a plan" behind the United States war on Iran.
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, says that "the skyrocketing price of oil, the collapse of the stock market, the increasing casualties and the Iranian ability to continue to hit infrastructure are beginning to sober up" US President Donald Trump, adding that "there never was a plan" behind the United States war on Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iran women's soccer team after reports that five players had sought asylum in Australia. FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again warned Tehran against taking "provocative steps" after NATO defence systems intercepted a second Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer reports from Ankara.
Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants -- critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. Bahrain's interior ministry said Sunday that an Iranian drone attack damaged a water desalination plant, accusing Tehran of "randomly" targeting civilian infrastructure. FRANCE 24's Monte Fra...
Several more explosions were heard across Doha and warning sirens sounded in Manama on Monday, as Iran pressed its aerial campaign against Gulf neighbours. The oil-rich Gulf states have been targeted by waves of drones and missiles since Tehran launched its retaliation campaign in the wake of the US and Israeli attacks against Iran. Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha for FRANCE 24.
France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday as the Middle East war entered its second week. The French leader landed by helicopter on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Mediterranean after US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 triggered a war that has sown chaos in the...
FRANCE 24 spoke to Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the impact of the Israeli and US military campaign on Iran’s nuclear programme. He said only limited damage has been observed at key nuclear sites so far, with no rise in radiation levels detected. Grossi also warned that despite the conflict, Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and nuclear know-how r...
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, currently off the coast of Crete and heading towards Cyprus. It had been dispatched days before after the island was targeted by a Shahed drone-attack. FRANCE 24 's Kethevane Gorjestani looks at how Europe is reacting to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Rewatch as French President Emmanuel Macron addresses troops on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier as it is deployed in the eastern Mediterranean in an 'unprecedented' move.
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of "unlawfully" using white phosphorus over residential parts of southern Lebanon last week. White phosphorus ignites on contact with oxygen, can be used as an incendiary weapon and can cause fires, horrific burns, respiratory damage and death.
President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to Cyprus on Monday that France and its allies were working to put together a "purely defensive" mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He said the mission would be aimed at escorting vessels "after the end of the hottest phase of the conflict" in the Middle East to ensure the flow of oil and gas – as the war pitting the US and Israel against Iran entere...
Huge fires broke out in Tehran after Israeli strikes targeted Iranian oil infrastructure. Residents reported the smell of burning lingering in the air, with many saying the sky remained dark even as the sun rose and rain fell over the city. FRANCE 24's Valérie Dekimpe tells us more about the strikes and their consequences for the population.
Istanbul's former mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has gone on trial in Turkey on charges of corruption, in a landmark case widely criticised by rights groups. Imamoglu was arrested almost one year ago, when the opposition CHP party named him as their presidential candidate. Critics say the trial is an attempt to scupper Imamoglu's chances of beating Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the ballot box.
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become Iran's new supreme leader. The secretive 56-year-old cleric is only the third supreme leader in the history of the Islamic Republic and has close ties to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. But what will his role actually entail?
The Iran crisis has sent oil prices surging, and the G7 finance ministers are meeting later today to discuss possibly releasing strategic oil reserves to stabilise oil prices. The Brent oil barrel has reached its highest price since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Solange Mougin has more on the factors that can make the price of the barrel fluctuate.
A French court will rule Monday on whether former president Nicolas Sarkozy can avoid serving additional jail time, after his lawyer asked judges to merge two prison sentences handed down in separate corruption cases, in a request his lawyer said was ‘extremely routine’.
