The death toll exceeds that of any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades and recalls the chaos surrounding the 1979 Islamic Revolution....
US House Rep. Ro Khanna. The Washington Post/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution Thursday called the "Creator Bill of Rights." The progressive congressman is...
Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President...
Trump’s rambling Davos speech was vaguely menacing rather than explicitly threatening...
While in Davos, Donald Trump is expected to provide more details about his "Board of Peace". Ostensibly created to oversee the US-brokered ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, the US president has in...
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In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...
Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...
French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...
Mark Owen welcomes Aida Tavakoli, co-founder of We Are Iranian Students, who offers a window into the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Iran under a blanket of state-imposed darkness. Her voice, urgent...
Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...
A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...
An overnight Russian bombardment on Kyiv left thousands of residential buildings and parliament without heating and water in -14C temperatures on Tuesday, just as the Ukrainian capital was scrambling ...
Sudan's army has reportedly received and is considering a new proposal from the United States and Saudi Arabia for a truce with its rival paramilitary. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with former Sudanes...
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During his second term, President Donald Trump used tariffs not only to rebalance trade but to pressure both allies and rivals into aligning with his policies. While this approach has raised tensions,...
Scars of a crackdown, which have brought anti-regime demonstrations to an end for now, are visible across Iran’s capital...
Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday for presidential elections with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 40 years in power amid repression and internet blackouts....
Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini paints a harrowing portrait of a nation under siege by its own government. Amid an internet blackout, reports of systemic, indiscriminate violence h...
More than any other head of state, French President Macron seems set on a collision course with Donald Trump. The Greenland crisis is a litmus test for his high-stakes mix of diplomacy and defiance....