#US lawmakers resumed their #certification of President-elect Joe #Biden’s Electoral College victory on Thursday morning after angry supporters of President Donald #Trump stormed t
Myanmar's UN ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun, has been fired, state television said Saturday, a day after he urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to reverse the February
Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow on Sunday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summe
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday, the prison service said.
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Prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison on Wednesday after nearly three years behind bars, her sister said in a Twitter post, in a ca
The deathtoll from Monday's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is nearing 22 thousands. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless in its aftermath. Rescue operations con
Rockets launched from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region targeted the capital of Eritrea several hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared military operations in the
The government in the Central African Republic said Russia and Rwanda had sent in troops after an alleged coup attempt. The government had alleged an attempted coup when three of t
Is America's legacy in doubt? The world's most powerful nation happens has been a stable democracy for most of the better part of two centuries. As the planet awakens to images of
A man suspected of shooting and killing three police officers in Puy-de-Dome in central France on Wednesday after police responded to a domestic dispute has been found dead, the Fr
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned that China was ramping up its military pressure and that the threat of a military intervention against T
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmar’s major cities for a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations on Sunday, after a fearful night as residents formed patro
President Donald #Trump on Friday vowed to continue to give a "giant voice" to his #supporters, one day after releasing a video promising an orderly transition after Congress certi
Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, four days after a catastrophic earthquake kil
French President Emmanuel #Macron was #slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a #walkabout in southern #France, video of the incident showed. Macr
The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died during Napoleon's catastrophic retreat from Moscow in 1812 were laid to rest Saturday in a rare moment of unity between the two
The European Union and Britain will return to the negotiating table on Monday after agreeing to abandon a supposed make-or-break deadline for a post-#Brexit trade pact. FRANCE 24's
#Britain said on Tuesday it would drop clauses in draft domestic legislation that breach the #Brexit Withdrawal Agreement after it clinched a deal with the European Union over how
British regulators warned Wednesday that people who have a history of serious #allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new #Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse
United Nations aid for those in Syria affected by Monday's earthquakes has been hampered by border closures and road damage, while supplies that have already been mobilised on the
A United Airlines plane suffered a fiery engine failure Saturday shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residential area before a safe emerge
The insurrection at the #US Capitol was both stunning and predictable, the result of a #Republican Party that has repeatedly enabled President Donald Trump's destructive behavior.
The messaging app WhatsApp has just announced that it will postpone planned changes to its data sharing policy after a widespread backlash. A number of corporations in the US have
From Donald #Trump becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached twice ahead of Inauguration Day and the suspicions surrounding an Internet shutdown for elections in #Uganda to
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, November 17, 2020: We look at a controversial French security bill that would punish people for publishing photos of police officers "with intent to harm".
In the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine, ten youngsters who regularly practice a sport were chosen to join the "awakened athletes" programme. After five weeks of coaching and a cours
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, February 2, 2021: We look at reactions to the military takeover in Myanmar. While Western papers denounce a "coup", The Independent writes that Aung San Suu
IN THE PRESS – Thursday, February 4, 2021: India's government lashes out at foreign celebrities for weighing in on the ongoing farmers' protests. They don't mention Rihanna by name