A photograph linking a senior South African diplomat with former president Jacob Zuma and controversial businessman Ajay Gupta has sparked political scrutiny. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has ordered an internal report into High Commissioner to India Anil Sooklal after…
Ghana on Tuesday said a visit between President John Mahama and counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa had been postponed amid anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. Accra and Pretoria have been at diplomatic loggerheads over a wave of protests, some of them violent,…
The 11th century Bayeux Tapestry will arrive in London in the coming days in a discreet overnight operation under police protection ahead of its first-ever exhibition in Britain, the UK envoy overseeing the transfer said. The 68-metre-long masterpiece, which depicts…
Firefighters in France are still fighting large wildfires, with a blaze in Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of the country not yet fully contained with 12,000 people evacuated. Fires are also raging In the Drôme and the on the island of…
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed at least two people while Kyiv targeted sites in Russia in drone attacks just hours ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky at a NATO summit. France 24’s…
Oil prices jumped more than 3 percent on Wednesday as the Middle East crisis burst back into the spotlight, with United States and Iranian forces exchanging strikes after attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, fuelling fresh supply fears.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that Syria must not be destabilised after twin bomb attacks near the Damascus hotel where he spent the night, during a landmark state visit to a country emerging from years of civil war.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday that Greenland was “not for sale” following remarks by President Donald Trump suggesting the territory should be controlled by Washington and not Copenhagen.
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said security concerns still rule out a return to onshore oil operations, but confirmed the French company is rebuilding its Iraq-Syria oil transit routes.
The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday, paving the way for Russian athletes and teams to move closer to competing under their flag and anthem at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, despite…