What's behind US President Donald Trump's obsession with taking over Greenland? FRANCE 24's Laurent Berstescher takes a look at the territory's strategic & economic importance for the US, and at previ...
A brand-new museum has been established in Berlin to showcase the many fascinating Medieval artefacts that are being found underneath the German capital....
A French national detained in Togo last year over his alleged involvement in anti-government protests returned to France on Thursday after his release, the French foreign ministry said. The prosecutor...
European leaders have issued a joint statement on Greenland, after the US president said the United States needed the semi-autonomous region from a national security standpoint. Greenlandic leaders sa...
In an address to House republicans ahead of the midterms, US President Donald Trump spoke of the 'amazing military achievement' in Venezuela following the US operation that led to the arrest of Nicola...
Outside the courthouse where deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was brought in on charges of drug trafficking, many protesters gathered - but not all with the same views. While some supported th...
Moscow has made a "proposal" to France concerning the case of researcher Laurent Vinatier, who has been imprisoned in Russia since June 2024, the Kremlin said Thursday. Vinatier was sentenced by a Rus...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth have addressed journalists following the US army's seizure of two Venezuela-linked tanker and Donald Trump's reiterated remar...
US President Donald Trump said this Tuesday that he would be meeting with American oil executives, after last weekend’s stunning series of events in Venezuela. Meanwhile the Organization of American S...
European and US allies of Ukraine on Tuesday agreed "robust" security guarantees for Kyiv to come into force after an eventual ceasefire in Russia's war against the pro-Western country that would see ...
Ukraine’s allies are meeting on January 6 in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country’s security after a potential ceasefire with Russia. But there are concerns that the Trump adminis...
WIth Algeria and defending champion Ivory coast winning their round of 16 games, the AFCON quarterfinal lineup is completed. Algeria will be playing Nigeria next, who have the best attack in the compe...
President Donald Trump is exploring how to take control of Greenland and using the US military is "always an option," the White House said Tuesday, further upping tensions with NATO ally Denmark. Wash...
As the AFCON4's round of 16 is set to end, Algeria and DR Congo are battling for a place in the quarterfinals in a highly-anticipated game on January 6. The Ivory Coast is also set to play Burkina Fas...
Mohamed Salah sealed Egypt's win against Benin and sent it through the quarter-finals on January 5. Egypt, which has played every game in Agadir, will stay in the coastal city for a quarterfinal on Sa...
Nigeria's myriad of security problems continues to pressure security forces. At least 9 soldiers were killed when their convoy struck a landmine before attackers opened fire on January 4. It happened ...
The deadliest clashes so far broke out on January 6 between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo. This comes as efforts to merge the U.S.-ba...
FRANCE 24 heads north to the kingdom of Denmark. The Scandinavian country has been in the spotlight this year, holding the rotating presidency of the European Council from July to December and pushing...
Hundreds of protesters have been killed in demonstrations over the past two weeks, according to rights groups and local sources in Iran, FRANCE 24 Observers journalist Ershad Alijani reported, noting ...
The United States on Wednesday seized a Russian-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic after pursuing it from off the coast of Venezuela, in an operation condemned by Moscow. The US military also ann...