Hurricane Beryl churned towards Jamaica Tuesday, with forecasters warning of potentially deadly winds and storm surge, after the storm killed at least seven people and caused widespread destruction across the southeastern Caribbean.
In power since 2019, President Kais Saied announced on Tuesday that Tunisia will hold a presidential election on October 6. He did not specify whether he would run for re-election.
Former US president Donald Trump is trying to overturn his conviction in a hush money case following the Supreme Court's ruling that presidents enjoy some degree of immunity from prosecution for certain acts carried out while in office.
A UN panel found Russia had violated international law by jailing American reporter Evan Gershkovich and called on Moscow to release him "immediately".
French authorities are preparing to press charges against a leading arthouse film director but released another one following day-long interrogations after a women actor accused them of sexual abuse, a source close to the case said Tuesday.
Democratic Representative Lloyd Doggett on Tuesday became the first sitting Democratic member of Congress to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Biden's shaky performance during the debate with Trump has…
The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an…
Over 100 people were crushed to death at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India, with dozens of others wounded. The incident was triggered as people were leaving the event following an event with a Hindi guru, and most of the…
Turkish police arrested hundreds of people during anti-Syrian riots in several cities which erupted after a Syrian man had been accused of harassing a child. Turkey, which hosts around 3.2 million Syrian refugees according to UN data, has…
Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm as it razed several islands in the Caribbean, the US National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday. Up to 7 storms of Category 3 or higher are expected this year…
More than 210 candidates have stood down ahead of France's runoff election as President Emmanuel Macron and a left-wing coalition seek to block the far right, an AFP tally showed on Tuesday. The rivals are hoping that tactical withdrawals…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Kyiv Tuesday, a day after he took over the EU's rotating presidency. A vocal critic of the EU's support for Ukraine, Orban urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire to…
Venezuela will renew dialogue with the US from next Wednesday following a proposal from Washington, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday. The US has since April levied crippling oil sanctions on the country over the Maduro government’s…
More than 300,000 children are displaced in Haiti since gangs forced out Prime Minister Ariel Henry and took over the capital Port-au-Prince earlier this year, UNICEF says. Many children, some of whom are forced to join gangs, are living…
The Israeli army Tuesday bombarded southern Gaza, killing eight and wounding dozens in Khan Younis, after it ordered some 250,000 Palestinians in the area to evacuate on Monday. The shelling came after Israel released Mohammed Abu Selmia,…
An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a "political prisoner" as authorities held him in jail in mainland France pending charges over a wave…
Brazil's Amazon rainforest saw its worst six-month period of wildfires in 20 years despite a decrease in deforestation, satellite data showed Monday. The 13,489 wildfires – likely sparked by agricultural burning – recorded from January to…
The first round of France’s legislative elections has confirmed that Marine Le Pen’s far right is now the dominant force in French politics, putting her anti-immigrant National Rally within reach of power. Whether the rest of the political…
A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party was convicted for the second time Monday of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020…
Violence flared on Monday as the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired around 20 rockets into Israel, while Israeli tanks deepened incursions into eastern Gaza City, residents said. Meanwhile, efforts to achieve a ceasefire backed…
The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with 39 RN candidates elected to parliament after winning over 50 percent of first round votes. The anti-immigration…
France is headed into a second and final round of voting on July 7 after the far right came out ahead in a first round on Sunday, sending centrist and leftist parties scrambling to keep it from securing a majority. FRANCE 24 looks at some…
Leading French film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, who have been accused by actress and director Judith Godrèche of rape and sexual assault respectively when she was a minor, were detained on Monday by French authorities for…
Hungary's nationalist government takes over the European Union's rotating presidency on Monday, which is causing concern among EU lawmakers due to Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Trump-like call to "Make Europe Great Again", perceived…
Steve Bannon, one of former US president Donald Trump's chief strategists, reported to a federal prison on Monday to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena investigating the January 6 US…
French President Emmanuel Macron's camp saw an embarrassing third-place finish in the first round of snap legislative elections on Sunday, behind both the far-right National Rally party and a new leftist alliance. With the National Rally…
North Korea's launch of two ballistic missiles on Monday escalated tensions with South Korea. Seoul responded by suspending a military treaty, resuming propaganda broadcasts, and conducting live-fire drills.
Following intense negotiations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed opposition politicians to key ministerial positions in new cabinet while the ANC retained 20 positions, including key ministries.