Attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have risen sharply since the 7 October terror attacks by Hamas – and international volunteers defending Palestinian civilians are also increasingly being targeted. Fren…

French President Emmanuel Macron will host Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday afternoon to discuss, among other things, the fragile ceasefire agreement with Israel and the continued disarmament of Hezbollah.

EU leaders have expressed relief after US President Donald Trump withdrew threats to annex Greenland by force and impose fresh tariffs on certain member states. At emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday leaders also called for vigilance, unity and th…

How much is the life of a young Iraqi worth? According to the Russian army, around €2,500 a month. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, recruitment networks have sprung up around the globe. Some operate openly, others are more opaque. RFI…

France intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday in a joint operation with allies targeting Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet, which enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions imposed following its 2022 full-scale invasio…

Syrian government forces have seized swathes of territory from Kurdish forces in the north of the country, effectively dismantling more than a decade of self-rule by the Kurds. The head of the Kurdish Institute of Paris tells RFI that the Kurdish-domi…

The United States and Denmark will renegotiate their 1951 defence pact covering Greenland, reopening a Cold War-era agreement after US President Donald Trump backed away from threats to seize the territory and punish European allies with tariffs.

A French journalist who was arrested while covering a protest over a Syrian government offensive targeting Kurdish fighters has been released, though it is not clear whether the charges against him have been dropped.

A coordinated European police operation has dismantled a vast cross-border synthetic drug ring in what investigators hailed as the largest operation of its kind to date.

US President Donald Trump said he has reached a framework deal over Greenland and backed down from threats to impose tariffs on European allies as leverage to seize the Danish territory, which has been shaking the NATO alliance.