FRANCE 24's Kyiv correspondent Gulliver Cragg reflects on how, one year into Donald Trump's second mandate, the support of the United States for Ukraine has waned, although, as he points out, the US p...
US President Donald Trump's actions during his first year back in office have been "faster and more shocking than we even expected". That's the view of US domestic and foreign policy specialist Laurie...
Donald Trump has warned of steep tariffs on French wine and champagne as he presses France's president Emmanuel Macron to join a US-led "Board of Peace." Paris has signalled that it does not plan to j...
Military exercise was ostensibly to show support for Arctic security, but US president saw it as a provocation...
Sector has jumped nearly 15% this month as investors bet domestic military spending will have to keep rising...
A new app store crackdown has landed in South Korea as lawmakers formalize a framework for tokenized securities....
As Ukraine expands its attacks on Russia's oil and gas, a look at the effectiveness of the strategy...
A Ukrainian soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Dmytro Smolienko via Reuters Connect NATO's secretary general said up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed in Ukraine each month. Mark Rut...
Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...
Patty O'Keefe, who is a U.S. Citizen, said she was held in a detention center in Minneapolis for over nine hours without a phone call, food, water or a bathroom break....
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Von der Leyen's comments come as US officials will host the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House for crunch talks later on Wednesday....
With the situation tense over in Iran, one of the country's national's is facing justice here in France. Mahdieh Esfandiari, a professional translator, is on trial in Paris, facing accusations of prom...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
As religious elites and Revolutionary Guards strengthen their hold on the economy, experts question how long the regime can survive....
As US President Donald Trump’s tariff increases have roiled global markets and strained America’s alliances in recent months, China has been pursuing the opposite strategy: keeping import duties low a...
A top BYD executive says countries are slowing the EV transition by changing policy too often. Asad/Xinhua via Getty Images Policy changes are slowing the global EV transition, a top BYD exec says. Co...
Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...
Federal Trade Commission’s move comes as Big Tech’s push to woo the White House has failed to put an end to monopoly cases...
Ukrainian forces shoot down a Russian missile over Kyiv on Tuesday. Gleb Garanich/REUTERS Ukraine fired nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night defending against Russian strikes. The f...