Donald Trump gave the update on Tuesday as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered its fourth week.
US, Israel and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, reached with Pakistani mediation
Iran’s negotiating team arrived in Islamabad today for peace talks with the United States, even as Tehran insisted on measures it said needed to be addressed first, throwing last-minute doubt over the meetings. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire in the six-week war on Wednesday, just hours before a deadline after which Trump […]
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30 days into the war in Iran, the key Strait of Hormuz is still partially closed, making prices of oil rise, considerably affecting businesses and citizens all around the world. Business owner John Catsimatidis decrypts this situation with France 24's Gavin Lee.
Donald Trump has indicated he could send troops to take control of Iran's key oil export terminal.
President Donald Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called Trump's remarks "unacceptable". FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.
First Lady Melania Trump has denied connections to Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters at the White House that any claims linking the two “need to end today,” the BBC reports. In a surprise announcement on Thursday, the first lady called for congressional hearings for survivors of Epstein’s sex trafficking. She also denied online rumours that Epstein …
Donald Trump has told The Telegraph he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of Nato after it failed to join his war on Iran. The US president labelled the alliance a “paper tiger” and said removing America from the defense treaty was now “beyond reconsideration.” Trump was asked if he would reconsider the US’s membership of …
The Republican-appointed judge ruled that Trump was a "steward" of the White House, not the owner.
The US navy will begin blockading ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday. He added that the US would also “interdict” every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran for passing through the critical waterway.
US Vice-President JD Vance is due in Hungary to back veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key European ally of the Trump administration, in a tough parliamentary election, the BBC reports. Vance is expected to address an election rally with Orban in a football stadium in Budapest on Tuesday afternoon. Last month President Donald Trump …
Robert Mueller, the former FBI chief who documented Russia's interference in the 2016 US election and its contacts with Donald Trump's campaign, has died aged 81.
The US president's signature will appear on new paper currency alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
A California jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their platforms, ordering them to pay $3 million and opening the door to potentially far larger punitive awards. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.
It sided 8-1 with a therapist from Colorado Springs who argued the ban violated her free speech rights.
Massive protests against President Donald Trump kicked off across the United States and beyond, as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance.
Israel and Lebanon are due to hold talks in Washington on Tuesday, though a ceasefire remains a distant prospect. Israel says it will not discuss any halt to the fighting with Hezbollah, which it considers the main obstacle to peace. The meeting will mark the first formal contact between the two countries, which have no diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,950 people, including over 350 on the first day of the US-Iran ceasefire alone. Daniel Quinlan reports.
Lebanon’s government said Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds across the country, with the capital Beirut enduring its most intense bombardment since the start of the war with Hezbollah.
Talks between Israel and Lebanon are due to move forward today in Washington D, the BBC reports. They’re set to start at 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT), with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio joining, according to a US State Department memo. Both countries’ ambassadors to the US will take part – Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter and …
President Donald Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called Trump's remarks "unacceptable". FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.
Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and abandon any schemes for power, conquest or domination.
The Pope said this in Cameroon on Thursday after President Trump attacked him again on social media.
Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.
US Vice-President JD Vance is due in Hungary to back veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key European ally of the Trump administration, in a tough parliamentary election, the BBC reports. Vance is expected to address an election rally with Orban in a football stadium in Budapest on Tuesday afternoon. Last month President Donald Trump …
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat in parliamentary elections to his rival, conservative Peter Magyar, a former government insider and political newcomer who has promised "system change".
Hungary's new parliament will convene in early May to formally elect Peter Magyar as premier, following his landslide victory of the 16-year rule of nationalist Viktor Orban.
The new law, introduced by Israel's far-right government, was passed in parliament on Monday night. It imposes the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks.
Israel has said it will "not be intimidated" after an apparent failed attack on its consulate in Istanbul. One man was killed who the Turkish government says had links to a terror group.
The bill's passage marked the culmination of a years-long push by Israel's far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis.
It's an exciting time as four intrepid astronauts — Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen, along with NASA astronauts, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover — are heading to the moon on a 10-day mission. Here's just some of what to expect over the next week.
A former student opened fire at a high school in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people before killing himself, officials said.
Israel has said it will "not be intimidated" after an apparent failed attack on its consulate in Istanbul. One man was killed who the Turkish government says had links to a terror group.
A 12-year-old was among those killed as Russian missile and drone attacks hit Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro.
The Hercules C-130 aircraft crashed as it was taking off in Colombia's southern Amazon region, bordering Peru.
The European Union and Australia struck a long-awaited free trade deal on Tuesday, while also agreeing to boost defence cooperation and access to rare earth minerals, in the face of global uncertainty over trade.
Australia's most decorated soldier has been arrested and charged with five counts of war crimes relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while on deployment in Afghanistan.
The bill's passage marked the culmination of a years-long push by Israel's far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis.
The Israeli military claims Mohammed Wishah was a "Hamas terrorist" - which the Qatar-based network has previously denied.
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly-by and witnessing a total solar eclipse from their spacecraft, the BBC reports. Commander Reid Wiseman says the Orion spacecraft crew “saw sights that no human has ever seen”, while pilot Victor Glover says there are “no adjectives” to describe what they observed. The spacecraft reached its …
South Korean megastars BTS reunited for their first show in nearly four years in front of enormous crowds in Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza livestreamed to millions more worldwide.
The announcement that West would headline the three-day Wireless Festival sparked criticism from Jewish groups and politicians, who highlighted his repeated antisemitic remarks.
A power outage has struck the entire island of Cuba on, the energy ministry said, in the second nationwide blackout in less than a week as its grid struggles under a US oil blockade.