A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has been reportedly agreed on, after a devastating 15 months of war in Gaza. The deal is divided into three different phases – we explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.
On Tuesday evening at the White House, President Donald Trump shocked the world with a suggestion that would amount to the most dramatic change in US policy on the Middle East in decades.
Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israeli forces to prepare for fighting after Hamas postponed more releases.
Israeli drones fitted with loudspeakers ordered people to leave their homes in Jenin, residents said, as the military demolished a number of houses on the third day of a major operation in the West Bank city.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians began moving along the main roads leading north in Gaza.
Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor – a military zone cutting off the north of the Gaza Strip from the south. Hundreds of Palestinians in cars and on carts laden with mattresses and other goods began returning to northern Gaza following the pull-out – often to scenes of utter destruction. “What we saw […]
Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional stability in the long term. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch about what this means for the Palestinian population.
Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could be reached "very soon". Qatar, Egypt and the United States have stepped up efforts to broker a ceasefire to enable the release of hostages held in Gaza since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on 20 January, ushering in his second term in office and capping one of the most astounding political comebacks in American history. But what can we expect on his inauguration day?
President Donald Trump stopped short of imposing tariffs on Canada on day one but said they may come as soon as 1 February.
TikTok users in the United States attempting to use the app have been locked out as a ban takes effect, saying they can't use it "for now".
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States
The BBC's Ione Wells looks at the use of military planes in the new president's crackdown on illegal immigration.
With Donald Trump back in the White House, the world is bracing for another all-out attack on environmental policies. Among his first targets was the Paris climate pact.
It is the firm's "longstanding practice" to observe updates from official sources - in this case requested by Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump has moved to substantially raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, cancelling exemptions and duty-free quotas for major suppliers Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other countries in a move that could boost the risk of a multi-front trade war.
The US Coast Guard in Alaska has found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea ice, after the aircraft suddenly lost altitude on Thursday with the crash killing all ten people on board, officials said.
The president has long been a critic of paper straws, which he says don't work and dissolve too easily.
He says the move, which covers non-elite levels, restores fairness but human rights advocates have condemned it.
Officials investigating Wednesday's mid-air crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane over Washington, D.C., are analyzing data from the black boxes recovered from the wreckage. They're working to piece together the final moments before the collision. Even as the search for answers continues, Americans are paying their respects at a growing memorial near Reagan National Airport.
US President Donald Trump said the sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause "some pain" for Americans, as global markets reflected concerns the levies could undermine growth and reignite inflation.
Wall Street panicked Monday as China’s DeepSeek AI surged past ChatGPT, delivering a powerful model at a fraction of the cost, while US President Donald Trump called the industry-changing event a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley to maintain US technological dominance.
Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?
The United States has conducted air strikes on IS targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump confirmed on social media. The strikes had the backing of Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
Democrats described Trump's late-night firing of the federal agency inspectors general as an 'attack on Democracy'.
A fire has broken out north of Los Angeles, with some 50,000 people under evacuation orders or warnings. The region is still reeling from a recent spate of deadly conflagrations.
Colombia has agreed to accept repatriated citizens on military flights, the White House announced Sunday, in response to US sanctions threats. Earlier, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro had said he would only take back citizens "with dignity," such as on civilian planes, and had turned back two US military aircraft with repatriated Colombians.
A sweeping deportation program, ending "transgender lunacy," "drill, baby, drill," and peace for Ukraine: President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move big and quickly when he returns to the White House on 20 January.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday called on its member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, saying the move was an attempt to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work.” FRANCE 24's Fernande van Tets reports from The Hague.
A federal judge said the executive order was "blatantly unconstitutional" and he was issuing a temporary restraining order to block it.
US President Donald Trump's nomination for health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has spent decades fueling misinformation around vaccines, told a Senate hearing on Wednesday he was not anti-vaccine but pro-safety. Citing a book he wrote in 2014, Kennedy said "The first line of it is, I am not anti-vaccine, and the last line is, I am not anti-vaccine FRANCE 24's chief foreign editor, Rob Parsons has more.
Thousands of people joined in on demonstrations as the United States prepares to inaugurate its new president.
Donald Trump claims to have a good relationship with Vladimir Putin, but Ukraine believes the Russian president is looking to manipulate his US counterpart — and sideline both Kyiv and Europe in potential negotiations.
The Trump administration's decision at the end of January to freeze billions of dollars in US foreign aid was a shock to humanitarian agencies worldwide, including Ukraine, where USAID and State Department funding has played a vital role since the start of Russia's invasion three years ago.
Russian forces shot drones followed by a ballistic missile, Ukrainian authorities said. The rare attack on the capital also caused injuries and damage to infrastructure.
Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Kyiv to sign what Downing Street is calling a “landmark 100-year partnership” with Ukraine, the BBC reports. The pact would formalize economic and military support already pledged to the country, and offers more. It is the prime minister’s first visit to the country since taking office last summer, in …
TikTok users in the United States attempting to use the app have been locked out as a ban takes effect, saying they can't use it "for now".
Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?
President Donald Trump stopped short of imposing tariffs on Canada on day one but said they may come as soon as 1 February.
It is the firm's "longstanding practice" to observe updates from official sources - in this case requested by Donald Trump.
France 24 regional correspondent Yena Lee reports on the situation in South Korea, where Yoon Suk Yeol became the first sitting president in the country's history to be arrested on Wednesday after anti-corruption authorities stormed his presidential residence to execute a warrant for Yoon's failed martial law attempt early last month.
A preliminary investigation report on December's crash that killed 179 people has been released.
Hundreds of supporters of South Korea's arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building after his detention was extended,smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country's acting leader called "unimaginable".
A fire has engulfed a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu, killing 66 people and injuring at least 51 more, the BBC reports. The fire broke out at the 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there, he added. An …
Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, police sources said, as millions of people gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week Hindu festival.
A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, the BBC reports. Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm, on Wednesday evening. Unrest broke out after Mr Momika set fire to a copy of Islam’s holy book outside Stockholm Central …
Prosecutors have launched an investigation after an undersea cable leading to Latvia was damaged.
Swedish police have said the victims of the country's worst mass shooting were of multiple nationalities, as Syria and Bosnia said their citizens were among the dead.
Thailand has become the first country in southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have said they had successfully synchronised their electricity systems to the European continental power grid, a day after severing decades-old energy ties to Russia and Belarus.
Tensions have erupted in southern Lebanon after a deadline expired for Israeli troops to withdraw. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has lifted a hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.
Events marking the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in then-occupied Poland took place across the world. Some 1.1 million people were murdered there, 1 million of them Jews.
Madison Keys, once burdened by the weight of expectations, claimed her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open on Saturday – defeating world number one Aryna Sabalenka. After nearly 16 years as a pro and 46 major appearances, Keys’s triumph came after years of mental struggles and therapy.
The success of the late director's iconic series showed that there was a market for challenging, diverse, adventurous TV shows
Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after a series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist island this week.
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned , Becoming the highest-ranking official to step down amid a wave of anti-corruption protests that have spread across the Balkan country. The anti-government demonstrations sprang up in the wake of the roof collapsing at a railway station in the city of Novi Sad, killing 15 people and leading […]
Sam Nujoma, the guerilla commander who led Namibia's fight for independence from South Africa and became its first democratically elected president, has died at the age of 95.
The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Thursday said he is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders accused of persecuting women. Since the militant group regained power in Afghanistan it has imposed heavy restrictions that almost entirely exclude women and girls from public life.
A ski lift collapsed at a resort in the Spanish region of Aragon on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine of them very seriously and eight seriously, the regional government said. Around 80 people remain trapped, hanging in the chairlift at the ski resort of Astun, in the province of Huesca, according to state TV channel TVE.