US President Donald Trump says he is reinstating a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage. The announcement comes after the two countries exchanged more fire following an Iranian attack on a…
Thirteen people, including five Britons, three Belgians and one national each from France and Spain, were killed in one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires in recent years, authorities said on Monday. The blaze in the southeastern province of Almeria destroyed rural…
The United States launched a fresh salvo of strikes against Iran early Tuesday, marking a new escalation in the resumption of hostilities, even as US President Donald Trump said a deal with Tehran was still possible. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will deliver a prime-time address to the nation on Thursday, without disclosing the topic. The announcement came hours after Trump said he would reimpose a US naval blockade on Iran and impose…
A US judge on Monday voided a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over leaked tax returns, ruling the lawsuit was filed for an “improper purpose.” The agreement had granted Trump, his family and business broad…
Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis, Stefan Doerr, Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, says that “we need to prepare the environment more to reduce the risk of fire but we will never eliminate it competely”.…
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In tonight’s show, the Ebola outbreak spreads to two more provinces. A Sudanese court sentences paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia. Residents of the Niger Delta town of Billé take to the streets to demand…
Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from Ukraine.
A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday has prompted evacuations and disrupted train and highway traffic. Authorities say the fire, which has destroyed nearly five percent of the 25,000-hectare forest, could have…