Oil prices surge as tanker traffic in Strait of Hormuz grinds to a halt

Foreigners trapped in Gulf countries as Middle East war continues

The United Arab Emirates has sold itself to foreigners for years as a sunny, safe, tax-free oasis, but since the start of the Middle East conflict, its image has shattered. Since March 2nd, social media has been flooded with videos from foreign residents and tourists in the Gulf, documenting the mo...

Iran continues to target Gulf States in response to US-Israel strikes

Iran continues to target Gulf states after the US and Israel launched strikes on the Islamic Republic taking out the top leadership, including the Supreme Leader. Iran's retaliation risks the situation in the Middle East expanding into a full-blown regional war....

Iran attacking regional US assets in "a war of wills and attrition"

Israel's military said on March 2nd there was no reason to launch a ground invasion of Lebanon "imminently" after an overnight attack from Lebanese armed group Hezbollah prompted Israel to retaliate with air strikes. Meanwhile, Iran has refuted US claims that it wanted to negotiate. FRANCE 24's Nog...

Iranian cities and military assets hit by new strikes

Iran's security chief has vowed to not negotiate with the US as Tehran came under heavy attack overnight on March 1st. Israel launched new air strikes targeting the capital before expanding its military campaign to Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump warned he would avenge the death of three U...

'Trump seeks Nobel War Prize': Papers react to new conflict in the Middle East

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, March 2: We look at reactions from across the Middle East to the killing of Iran's supreme leader and ahead to what might be next for the region. Meanwhile in the Western press, US President Donald Trump is slammed as seeking a "Nobel War Prize"....

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon as Hezbollah launches attack after Khamenei's death

Israeli strikes killed at least 31 people in Lebanon on Monday, with the Israeli military vowing that militant group Hezbollah would pay a "heavy price" for launching attacks on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As conflict between Israel, the U...

The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Trump’s State of the Union address and New York snow

From the US-Israeli strikes on Iran to clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking images....

US military says 3 service members killed, 5 seriously wounded in war with Iran

Emergency meeting of the Security Council after US-Israeli attacks on Iran

Secretary-General António Guterres told the council that everything must be done to prevent an escalation. “The alternative,” he warned, “is a potential wider conflict with grave consequences for civilians and regional stability.” Guterres said the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes violated inte...

People gather all over the world after Khamenei's death in Iran

People gather in multiple places around the world to celebrate or demonstrate against the war....

Belgium, France seize Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in the North Sea

Belgian and French armed forces have seized an oil tanker in the North Sea alleged to belong to Russia's so-called shadow fleet accused of transporting Russian crude in defiance of Western-imposed sanctions. The ship, named Ethera, is being taken to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge....

Iran strikes: Republicans back Trump’s strategy as Democrats warn of illegal war

US Republicans rally behind Donald Trump over actions on Iran, while Democrats condemn the administration for what they call an illegal escalation, intensifying the partisan divide over America’s approach to the Middle East conflict....

Republicans back Trump, Democrats attack 'illegal' Iran war

Republicans largely welcomed strikes launched Saturday by US forces and ally Israel against Iran but prominent Democrats condemned what they called an illegal aggression....

'Prime moment for Hezbollah and the Houthis': US-Israeli strikes on Iran risk igniting regional war

As the US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran early on Saturday, FRANCE 24 spoke to Middle East expert Hussein Ibish about the risk of Iranian allies – notably Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen – launching their own retaliatory attacks against US forces, igniting a wider regio...

Netanyahu says Iranians must “take their fate into their own hands”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message released Saturday morning that the attacks will let Iranians “take their fate into their own hands” and that Israel plans the current operation to be “much more powerful” than the bruising 12-day war Israel launched agains...

🔴 Live: Macron warns that US-Israeli strikes on Iran could spark regional 'catastrophe'

Paramount seals a $110 billion mega‑merger to take over Warner Bros

Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $110 billion deal, ending a high-stakes bidding war after Netflix walked away from its agreement with the HBO Max owner....

Paramount acquires Warner Bros. in $110 bn mega-merger

US media conglomerate Paramount Skydance announced Friday it will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valuing the combined company at $110 billion, after beating Netflix in a bruising bidding war....

55 Ghanaians killed on the battlefields of Ukraine

First, dozens of Ghanaians have been killed on the battlefields of Ukraine, as Ghana's Foreign Minister makes a direct appeal to President Zelensky. Also, a new sleeping sickness pill receives the green light from European regulators, paving its way to Africa to protect over 60 million at risk fro...

Ukraine, The Clintons, El Mencho and Iran

It’s been a week that began in silence in Independence Square, where European leaders laid flowers for Ukraine’s war dead — even as the fighting grinds on in the east, across vast drone-dominated front lines in territory Russia now claims as its own....

Drone jammed near French aircraft carrier was Russian, Sweden's military confirms

Pakistan declares 'open war' against Afghanistan

#Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Kabul and three other Afghan provinces overnight between Thursday and Friday, authorities in #Afghanistan said, as the former's defence minister said that the countries were now in "open war"....

Civilians flee fighting after Pakistan bombs Afghan cities

After an Afghan cross-border attack on Thursday night, Pakistan carried out overnight strikes on Kabul and declared what it called an “open war” with Afghanistan, sending civilians in border areas fleeing to safety....

Femicide in France's Chechen community prompts protests

How the murder of a Chechen woman in the southern French city of Nice has resulted in local Chechen women speaking out against patriarchal traditions which normally force them to remain silent. Also amid the devastation in Gaza, a Palestinian coach is teaching women and girls to box to help them co...

Pakistan’s ‘open war’ on Afghanistan follows years of tensions

The Pakistani government declared “open war” on the Taliban authorities on Friday after an Afghan offensive launched on Thursday on its border led Islamabad to bomb Kabul in retaliation. But these tensions between the two neighboring countries are not new; they have been going on for years and...

What's behind Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict?

Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war". It comes after months of tit-for-tat clashes, with Islamabad accusing Afghanistan of failing to act against militant groups that carry out att...

Pakistan-Afghanistan 'open war': How and why we got here?

Pakistan was once viewed as the sponsor and chief backer of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement. But when Islamabad declared “open war” on Kabul Friday, it marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two countries and underscored the regional security implications in a volatile zone....

Kenya declares war on snakebites

Some 2 million people worldwide are poisoned by snakebites every year, resulting in the deaths of around 130,000 of them. Yet these deaths are avoidable through preventive measures, first aid and public policies to make antivenom available. The World Health Organization has labelled snakebite a neg...

Sweden says jammed suspected Russian drone near French warship

Sweden says its armed forces spotted and jammed a drone near the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during a stopover in Malmo on Wednesday, with the country’s defence minister saying the drone was “probably” of Russian origin....

Signs of 'gradual progress' in Iran-US talks

Iran said Friday that in order to reach a deal, the United States will have to drop its "excessive demands", tempering the optimism expressed after talks seen as a last-ditch bid to avert war. Nevertheless there are signs of "gradual progress" being made towards a deal on Iran's nuclear enrichment...