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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced that new targeted curfews would be put in place this Tuesday in France.

In Perspective, we spoke to the Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge, the first man to reach the North Pole unassisted by animals or vehicles.

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Damien Lecomte, Political Scientist and Researcher at Paris Panthéon Sorbonne University.

French schoolteacher Samuel Paty was killed on October 16, 2020 after false rumours circulated about racism following one of his lessons in which cartoons from the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo were shown.

Cédric Kouamé travels across Ivory Coast to collect old vinyl records before restoring them.

As the US midterms approach, immigration is once again dominating the country’s political discourse and Arizona’s largely agricultural Yuma County, just miles from the Mexican border, is no exception.

From our special correspondent in Tel Aviv – Since 2023, Israel has experienced an unprecedented brain drain.

Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier living in Uganda, where he had become a vocal critic of his government back home, was found decapitated near Kampala.

Three junta-ruled Sahel states – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso – on Saturday resumed dialogue with the ECOWAS regional bloc, which they withdrew from more than 18 months ago.

In tonight's programme: Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie is convicted of 191 murders, 190 of which were of children.

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Dr Joseph Downing, Senior Lecturer International Relations and Politics at Aston University.

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 20: We look at reactions from the French press after President Emmanuel Macron's government announces a curfew in parts of the country.

A rural Australian town felt a mix of horror and disbelief on Tuesday after a highly respected lawmaker was gravely injured in what looked to be a targeted attack.

A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were on Monday found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult in an infamous starvation cult.

Fires in Indonesia have burned through more than 1.9 million hectares of land, according to new data, as the country battles its worst wildfire season in a decade.

Tuesday marked the opening of the race village in Saint-Malo for the Route du Rhum, with the first boats arriving and more expected in the coming days.

Russia launched fresh attacks on Ukraine’s energy and civilian infrastructure this Monday.

France’s first night under curfew passed without incident, as authorities sought to restore order following a weekend of demonstrations that escalated into riots.

Shop owners in France are counting the cost of the weekend's riots as the government works on new measures to help them recover from widespread looting.

Following weekend protests and riots across the country, curfews have been imposed by the government in some parts of Paris and several cities in France.

French President Emmanuel Macron has obtained commitments to deliver an additional 200,000 tonnes of diesel per month from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain during a tour of the Gulf, his office said Tuesday as the French government scrambles to address

Dozens of students gathered outside the Louvre Museum on Monday in an attempt to block access to the iconic landmark.

France didn't just erupt on Saturday – it exploded.

The state takeover of Halk TV, one of Turkey’s most widely watched news channels, represents far more than an isolated confrontation between the authorities and an independent broadcaster.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for 30 days by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Rising fuel costs are piling pressure on households, businesses and governments across Europe, fuelling cost-of-living protests and bolstering the far right ahead of elections next year in countries including France, Italy and Poland.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said further curfews would be imposed "where necessary" on Tuesday evening after those on Monday in parts of Paris and other cities "helped keep the peace overnight" following a weekend of unrest and looting.

Police on Tuesday charged a driver with intentionally causing serious injury to Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines, who is in a critical condition after being struck by a car outside her office in an incident that has shocked the nation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the US on Monday of holding up deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles already paid for by European allies, as tensions with US President Donald Trump’s administration deepened over military aid and intell…

The European Union unveils its new "strategy for the Arctic" on Tuesday, aiming to step up its presence in the far north as melting ice opens new maritime routes, and tensions with Russia and the United States increasingly put the region in the geopolitic…

Japan launched a spacecraft on Tuesday on a five-year mission to explore Mars' mysterious moons, Phobos and Deimos, and bring back samples for the first time.

Torrential rain battered eastern Spain on Monday, killing at least four people in recent days as floodwaters swept away cars, submerged roads and stranded residents.

This week, FRANCE 24's media show Scoop revisits a fatal assignment for a Fox News team in Ukraine.

A condemned female murderer who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care," according to her attorneys.

"Blood diamonds" became infamous for funding the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone.

Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region said Thursday.

Tens of thousands of mourners marched through Madrid on Thursday in tribute to a Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked national housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections.

Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on…

In response to the massive high school student protests in France, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced emergency measures on Thursday, October 8.

In this edition of Access Asia, we find out why multiple protests have broken out in India after an investigation by The Indian Express raised concerns about the integrity of the country's Election Commission.

Much of the fishmeal and fish oil that support seafood consumed in France come from global supply chains linked to pollution, labour abuses, overfishing, and food insecurity in poorer countries.

Thursday saw the Court of Arbitration for Sport hold a long-awaited hearing in Lausanne, as sport's highest court considered Senegal's appeal over the decision to award Morocco this year's Africa Cup of Nations title.

France's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online.

As international aid to Africa dries up, what does it mean for women and children on the ground?

India recorded 5,737 dowry-linked deaths in 2024, an average of around 16 women a day.

Two ⁠Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local ‌mayor said on Friday.

The city of Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, is increasingly coming under Russian attack.

Ethiopia and Eritrea on Friday accused each other of starting a "war of agresson" days after the two countries severed diplomatic ties.

The South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law.