Despite Middle East war, foreign pilgrims flock to Mecca for hajj

Tearful Kostyuk speaks of Ukraine missile attack after 'most difficult' French Open win

An emotional Marta Kostyuk fought back tears after her first-round win at the French Open on Sunday as she told the Roland Garros crowd about waking up to news that a Russian missile had struck near her parents' home in Ukraine.  ...

US-Iran closing in on deal to end war: Trump says it could reopen Hormuz

Jennifer Gavito, Former US State Department official, Senior Advisor, The Cohen Group, is our guest....

The week in pictures: Ebola outbreak in Africa, Putin in China and Cannes Film Festival mermaids

The Ebola outbreak spreads in Democratic Republic of Congo, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, Japanese actress Arisa Sasaki dresses as a mermaid for the Cannes Film Festival and Gaza flotilla activists are humiliated by Israel’s far-right Nat...

War in Ukraine: Russia launches massive missile strike on Kyiv

Macron, EU’s Kallas condemn Russian attack on Ukraine with Oreshnik ballistic missile. ...

Macron, EU’s Kallas condemn Russian attack on Ukraine with Oreshnik ballistic missile

Trump says Iran deal 'largely negotiated', would reopen Strait of Hormuz

A  "largely negotiated" memorandum of understanding on an Iran peace ​deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday, as expectations rose that a turning point might be imminent in the three-month-old war....

Ten African countries at risk from Ebola virus Africa CDC warns

Emmet Livingstone is live from Kinshasa, DR Congo....

War in Ukraine: Russian strikes hit a school killing one person

Gulliver Cragg is live from Ukraine....

Middle East war live: Rubio says announcement on Iran war possible later Sunday

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said an announcement on the Iran war could be possible later in the day. While US media has reported that a deal would include a commitment from Tehran to hand over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, an Iranian source told Reuters this was not the...

Ebola epidemic: Ten African countries at risk

Africa CDC has issued a fresh warning this Saturday, saying up to ten additional African countries are now at risk as the Ebola outbreak spreads across the region. Those countries are Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzan...

'Significant movement here in Washington': US and Iran report progress towards deal on ending war

FRANCE 24 correspondent Fraser Jackson speaks from Washington, DC on the reported progress in the talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran....

'Fjord' by Romania's Cristian Mungiu wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

The Norway-set drama "Fjord" by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu was awarded the Palme d'Or at the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival as critics hailed a strong field of contenders directed by auteurs from Russia, Iran, Japan and beyond....

Ebola epidemic threatens ten African countries in addition to DRC and Uganda

Ten African countries are at risk of being affected by the Ebola virus, in addition to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the African Union's health agency warned on Saturday....

Russia says 16 killed in strike on student dorm that it blamed on Ukraine

The death toll from a drone strike ​on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine has risen to 16, with most of the victims young women, Russian officials said on Saturday, after a heated U.N. debate on the incident....

Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases as Africa CDC warns 10 countries 'at risk'

Health authorities in Uganda on Saturday confirmed three new cases of Ebola linked to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, adding that all three people were still alive. The Africa CDC warned that 10 nations across the region were at risk of being affected by the deadly virus....

Iran, US and Pakistan report progress in talks on ending war

Washington, Tehran and mediator Islamabad all said on Saturday that progress had been made on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran, with a Pakistani security official saying that a memorandum of understanding was being "fine-tuned". ...

Ebola: Highest risk level in DR Congo warns World Health Organization

Emmet Livingstone has more....

Middle East live: Iran in ‘final stage’ of drafting framework for US deal, state media reports

Tehran is in the “final stage” of drafting an agreement with Washington to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, the Islamic Republic’s state media reported Saturday. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had earlier said there was a “chance” that Iran would accept a deal on Saturday ending the war...

Rubio urges more support from NATO allies to help end Iran war

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged more support for US efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, relaying Trump's "disappointment" at NATO allies and European partners for failing to step up their efforts to end the Iran war.  Rubio made the comments ahead of the arrival of Pakistan’s army ch...

Putin Xi, To Catch a Castro, Red Carpet Rebellion

It’s been a week marked by major geopolitical, legal and public health developments across several fronts. In Washington, the Trump administration has indicted 94-year-old former Cuban president Raúl Castro over alleged murder and conspiracy to kill US nationals, linked to the 1990s downing of...

French Open tennis stars turn up the heat on Grand Slams over revenue row

Tensions between tennis players and the Grand Slams escalated at the French Open on Friday, as Novak Djokovic warned the sport risked deeper divisions amid growing demands for fairer revenue sharing and greater player influence. Several stars ditched media commitments in a show of solidarity, thoug...

WHO warns Ebola outbreak risk now 'very high' in DR Congo

The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo to “very high,” warning the outbreak could accelerate rapidly. With no approved vaccine or treatment available, health officials are racing to contain the virus...

Ukraine boosts border security with Belarus over attack fears

Ukraine on Thursday said it is ramping up security in regions bordering Belarus after warning for weeks of a possible fresh attack launched from the territory of Russia's chief regional ally. Kyiv has sounded the alarm that Russia may use Belarus -- a springboard for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine --...

Congo protesters set fire to Ebola treatment tents in dispute over victim's body

Protesters set fire to tents for Ebola patients after Congolese authorities refused to give them the dead body of a victim they wanted to bury themselves, a beloved local footballer suspected to have died in the ongoing outbreak. Police fired warning shots and tear gas ​to defuse the incident ‌...

Latvia: Standing with Ukraine

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Latvia has been providing massive support to war-torn Ukraine. Like Estonia and Lithuania, this small Baltic state is among the European countries hosting the highest number of Ukrainian refugees relative to its population. Our repor...

Ukraine hits Russian oil refinery, Zelensky says, as Kyiv intensifies new tactic

Ukrainian forces attacked an ​oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, the ​latest ‌in a series of strikes ⁠by Kyiv on Russian oil facilities. Authorities in Ukraine's Russian-controlled Luhansk region on Friday said a Ukrainian drone attack on a...

Lebanese accuse Israel of wiping their towns off the map

Lebanese mother-of-two Hala Farah is collecting photos and videos to preserve the memory of her hometown which, like many others along the southern border, has been completely destroyed by Israeli forces. Testimony from residents and officials, as well as satellite images and photographs taken by A...

US Navy official says Taiwan arm sales on 'pause' over Iran war

The acting US Navy secretary said Thursday that arm sales to Taiwan had been put on "pause" to ensure that the American military had sufficient munitions for its Iran operations. Asked at a congressional hearing about the stalled $14 billion weapons purchase by Taiwan, acting secretary Hung Cao sai...

Latvia, standing with Ukraine

Baltic states, shaped by their Soviet past, are at the forefront of the conflict in Ukraine. They are surrounded by Russia, Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. But these members of NATO and the European Union have been providing support to Ukrainians since the start of Russia's full-s...

'Cold, pragmatic relationship': UAE-Israel ties driven by defence and technology

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr Andreas Krieg, Senior Lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London and Fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies. According to Krieg, "Iran is fighting a war against the global economy." By targeting the UAE, and especially Duba...