“We are ensuring that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,” Hegseth said
US President Donald Trump has repeated an earlier warning that the US may attack Iran's Pickaxe Mountain "very soon"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a third visit to Israeli troops in an occupied stretch of Syria Wednesday, sparking fresh condemnation from Damascus. Netanyahu repeated his claim that the Iranian government is on the verge of collapse as the US-Israeli war against Iran drags on
Pact with Caracas would bolster US oil supplies for years to come, but may face legal challenges
The Middle East war has flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran on Monday. Here are the latest developments: - Iran attacks Jordan, UAE - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they attacked two US military air bases with ballistic missiles in Washington-allied Jordan, causing "heavy damage", state media reported
Republicans opened their highly unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that is putting the president at the center of this fall’s midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Professor Todd Belt, Director of the Political Management Programme at George Washington University, says that Trump "believes in the power of his own charisma"
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A U.N. expert said on Monday that Israeli clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy valuable evidence of "atrocity crimes" and prevent the recovery of human remains. Israel's assault on Gaza — started after the deadly raid into Israel by Hamas in October 2023 — has generated around 61 million tons of wreckage and debris that could take seven years to clear, according to the United Nations
Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a bombshell report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Haaretz newspaper, in a report excerpted from a forthcoming book by its reporters, said UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke to Netanyahu a week and a half before the attack and told him that Hamas was planning a major operation
Iran said it fired ballistic missiles at a US base in Jordan early Wednesday, in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island, off Iran’s coast. The US said five Iranian tankers were destroyed
Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles early on Tuesday, resuming its air attacks after a brief halt for the visit of US peace negotiators, killing two people and triggering fires across the Ukrainian capital. France 24’s correspondent in Kyiv Emmanuelle Chaze has the latest
Wildfires and heatwaves are threatening global efforts to improve air quality and protect human health, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Monday. The UN agency warned that increasingly severe fires are raising exposure to toxic PM2.5 pollution, even as regulations have reduced industrial and transport emissions in Europe and North America
The Houthis, an Iran-backed militia, appear to be trying to gain control of a port city near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a key choke point for global trade