A prototype European space suit designed to be slipped on in under two minutes is set for testing aboard the International Space Station, where French astronaut Sophie Adenot, now in orbit for her first long-duration mission, will try it out in microg…

Germany’s foreign minister has criticised France for not spending enough on defence, adding strain to the already tense relationship between the traditional European allies.

European leaders are increasingly confronting a once-taboo question: how to defend the continent in a more dangerous world if reliance on the United States can no longer be taken for granted.

France and its European partners say new scientific evidence shows Kremlin critic and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was killed with a rare toxin, intensifying accusations against the Kremlin and calls for accountability.

Greenland sharks can live for hundreds of years, drifting through some of the coldest and darkest waters on Earth. Once dismissed as slow, clumsy and nearly blind, these deep-sea giants are now giving up new secrets – at a time when climate change and…

The release by the US administration of more than 3 million documents linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has put dozens of high-profile figures under scrutiny over their correspondence with him. RFI spoke to Frédérique Sandretto, a profe…

French President Emmanuel Macron has struck a defiant but optimistic tone in Munich, urging critics to ‘take their cue’ from Europe rather than dismiss it, as world leaders gathered to reset strained transatlantic ties.

Russia has recruited more than 1,400 African nationals to fight in Ukraine, with more than one in five reported dead, according to an investigation that for the first time publishes the names of foreign fighters sent to the front lines.

The first local radio stations in the Gaza Strip are resuming broadcasts after a nearly two-year hiatus due to the war between Hamas and Israel – though FM antennae remain scarce.