Russia battered Ukraine's capital Kyiv overnight with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war, killing at least one person and wounding 16 others, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Ukrainian long-range drone strikes hit two major logistics hubs inside Russia early Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 60. The attacks targeted warehouses operated by Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer. These strikes represent the most lethal Ukrainian operation on Russian soil in over two […]
A Ukrainian woman suspected of a bomb attack that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman in Monaco was found shot dead in Ukraine, Ukraine's prosecutor general's office said.
US President Donald Trump has said that Washington would give Kyiv the "the right to make" Patriot air-defence missiles as he met Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky at NATO's summit.
Mass protests in recent days in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities had called for the removal of commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has named Mykhailo Drapatyi as the army's new chief.
The United States launched new strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump vowed to hit "hard" following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump earlier indicated that in his view the ceasefire with Iran was over.
He was assassinated in a #US-Israeli strike in February 2026. #Iran's Supreme leader Ali #Khamenei's #funerals are set to be held on July 4, with authorities expecting between 15 and 20 million people to attend.
The US and Iran have agreed to refrain from hostilities after a recent flareup, but Washington and Tehran have given conflicting statements on how talks are to proceed. DW has more.
US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the US would destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant every time Tehran attacked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The threat came as Washington and Iran exchanged fresh strikes, regional missile alerts sounded and diplomatic efforts remained stalled.
Iran's supreme leader warned of "unforgettable lessons" Saturday if the United States keeps attacking the Islamic Republic and called President Donald Trump's signature "worthless and invalid." The comments came hours after a negotiator said Tehran was suspending its commitments to the interim deal signed about a month ago.
Iran and the US have concluded a round of indirect talks with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace.
Iran has said it could alert its Houthi allies in Yemen to close another key strait: the Bab al-Mandeb at the mouth of the Red Sea.
The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes has risen to 2,645, with more than 12,600 injured, according to new official figures.
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent An intense, prolonged heatwave is gripping Europe, leading to a surge in fatalities and forcing governments to implement emergency measures. In France, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirmed that 40 people have drowned since last Thursday while seeking relief from record-breaking temperatures. Many of the victims were young people. […]
President Donald Trump blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalculable cost” of dealing with the pollution to existing tariffs on Canadian goods. Heavy smoke from hundreds of Canadian fires enveloped a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the Northeast on Thursday and Friday, […]
One of Spain's deadliest wildfires on record killed 12 people overnight into Friday, authorities said, as soaring temperatures grip much of the country.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall near Guam, a US territory located in the western Pacific Ocean. The storm brought powerful winds and heavy rain to the Northern Mariana Islands.
Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.
A 10th straight day of hostilities between the United States and Iran across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal.
Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 after a "brief and sudden illness" his office said in a statement.
President Donald Trump blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalculable cost” of dealing with the pollution to existing tariffs on Canadian goods. Heavy smoke from hundreds of Canadian fires enveloped a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the Northeast on Thursday and Friday, […]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict birthright citizenship in a blow to one of his signature anti-immigration initiatives. The court, in an eagerly awaited decision on the final day of its term, ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil. FRANCE 24's Eliza Herbert reports.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is working to keep the alliance united and Donald Trump engaged. But disputes over burden sharing, US military commitments, and the Iran war are creating a major test for NATO unity.
US President Donald Trump has declassified intelligence that he claimed showed Chinese interference in US elections.
US President Donald Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the World Cup suspension of US striker Folarin Balogun, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. FIFA later lifted Balogun's one-match ban, clearing him to face Belgium in the last 16 after his red card against Bosnia.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday that a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory was essential to consolidating stability and enabling the state to extend its authority, the Lebanese presidency said.
The US Department of Energy says the "peaceful" co-operation agreement will give US firms "great access" to the Saudi nuclear energy programme.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on the US government to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The NATO summit in the Turkish capital became the stage for renewed transatlantic turbulence on Wednesday as President Donald Trump leveled sharp criticism at Spain while reviving his long-standing interest in the acquisition of Greenland. The President’s remarks, delivered alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, highlighted persistent fractures […]
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall near Guam, a US territory located in the western Pacific Ocean. The storm brought powerful winds and heavy rain to the Northern Mariana Islands.
How has a group of islands with just 525,000 inhabitants made it to the knockout rounds of the World Cup?
After a 16-year wait, Spain has claimed a second men's World Cup. Ferran Torres scored the winner in a deserved 1-0 victory over Argentina, which means Spain is now men's and women's world champions.
US President Donald Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the World Cup suspension of US striker Folarin Balogun, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. FIFA later lifted Balogun's one-match ban, clearing him to face Belgium in the last 16 after his red card against Bosnia.
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams has died at the age of 25, according to the country's sports ministry on Saturday. Officials have not disclosed a cause of death for the football player who represented his country in the ongoing World Cup. Police opened an investigation after Adams' body was found in a suburb in central Cape Town.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is working to keep the alliance united and Donald Trump engaged. But disputes over burden sharing, US military commitments, and the Iran war are creating a major test for NATO unity.
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The NATO summit in the Turkish capital became the stage for renewed transatlantic turbulence on Wednesday as President Donald Trump leveled sharp criticism at Spain while reviving his long-standing interest in the acquisition of Greenland. The President’s remarks, delivered alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, highlighted persistent fractures […]
The pub is located in a busy part of northern Bangkok connected by its urban rail systems
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country’s public health institute said in its latest report. The number of confirmed Ebola cases across the country rose to 1,926, including 702 deaths, official data showed late on Sunday. Four cases were recorded in […]
France has announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.
The high-level mission aims to strengthen a coordinated continental response to the Ebola outbreak
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent An intense, prolonged heatwave is gripping Europe, leading to a surge in fatalities and forcing governments to implement emergency measures. In France, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirmed that 40 people have drowned since last Thursday while seeking relief from record-breaking temperatures. Many of the victims were young people. […]
A skydiving plane has crashed in eastern France, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest ever light aircraft incidents.
France has announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.
Two bombs exploded on Tuesday near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, wounding 18 people and overshadowing the first visit to Syria by a European Union head of state since Bashar al-Assad was toppled.
Anti-immigrant protesters draped in flags and wielding wooden weapons marched across cities in South Africa on Tuesday to mark a deadline they had set for undocumented migrants to leave, with some marches hit by violence and looting.
Israeli strikes have killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza, the territory's health officials said.
Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent U.N. inquiry said on Tuesday. The report by the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel […]
How has a group of islands with just 525,000 inhabitants made it to the knockout rounds of the World Cup?
After a 16-year wait, Spain has claimed a second men's World Cup. Ferran Torres scored the winner in a deserved 1-0 victory over Argentina, which means Spain is now men's and women's world champions.
After a 16-year wait, Spain has claimed a second men's World Cup. Ferran Torres scored the winner in a deserved 1-0 victory over Argentina, which means Spain is now men's and women's world champions.
One of Spain's deadliest wildfires on record killed 12 people overnight into Friday, authorities said, as soaring temperatures grip much of the country.
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The NATO summit in the Turkish capital became the stage for renewed transatlantic turbulence on Wednesday as President Donald Trump leveled sharp criticism at Spain while reviving his long-standing interest in the acquisition of Greenland. The President’s remarks, delivered alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, highlighted persistent fractures […]
Dozens of people were feared dead after a ferry carrying 133 people capsized off the coast of Guyana late on Saturday, with authorities suggesting an inaccurate passenger list and drug use by the crew might have contributed to the situation. No survivors have been found since Sunday afternoon, when Guyanese authorities announced they had rescued […]
US President Donald Trump has declassified intelligence that he claimed showed Chinese interference in US elections.
Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.
Now that Keir Starmer has said he's stepping down as Prime Minister, there's only one name that's circulating to take his place. But Andy Burnham still has to be officially anointed in a vote by Labour party members. Starmer has said that he wants the new leader in place by 1st of September, when parliament returns from recess.
Burnham promised he would move quickly next week and hit the ground running.
Police in southwest England say they have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of murdering politician Ann Widdecombe. Based on initial inquiries, they were not treating the case as terrorism or politically motivated.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country’s public health institute said in its latest report. The number of confirmed Ebola cases across the country rose to 1,926, including 702 deaths, official data showed late on Sunday. Four cases were recorded in […]
France has announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a trilateral framework agreement. Lebanese officials began direct talks with Israel in Washington in April.
Kylian Mbappé has condemned a Paraguayan senator on Monday for making racist comments about him after France's World Cup last-16 victory over Paraguay, calling her "despicable" and "not worthy" of her position. The remarks sparked widespread condemnation from French officials, including President Emmanuel Macron.
Some protesters demanding education reforms said they were injured in clashes with police who banned the march.
Police said three people were detained, including the suspected shooter, and that all the fatalities were adults.
Thousands are killed on Uganda's roads each year but this is one of its deadliest accidents involving children.