A large explosion shook northern Tehran on Friday, FRANCE 24's Reza Sayah reports from the Iranian capital, with smoke seen rising from the site of the blast, as the Israeli military said it had launched a "wide-scale wave" of strikes, alongside...
The incident is the first report of a US fighter jet being downed in Iranian territory since the United States and Israel launched its war on the Islamic republic on 28 February.
The war in Sudan is spilling into Chad with increasing intensity. In mid-March, a drone strike – the fourth and deadliest cross-border attack from Sudan – killed 20 people in the town of Tiné, which has become a frontline in the conflict’s...
Six weapons experts have contested the US claim that video evidence suggests an Iranian missile could have hit the hall.
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In his annual budget, President Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades.
بدأ يوم الجمعة بقول إسرائيل إنها تتعرض لهجوم بوابل جديد من الصواريخ من إيران، في حين حذر الرئيس دونالد ترامب من أن الولايات المتحدة لم تبدأ بعد في "تدمير ما تبقى" من البنية التحتية للجمهورية الإسلامية.
قال لبنان إن ضربات إسرائيلية وقعت بالقرب من طريق المطار الرئيسي في بيروت يوم الثلاثاء، بينما عقد مجلس الأمن الدولي اجتماعا عاجلا بعد مقتل ثلاثة من قوات حفظ السلام في الجنوب. قال وزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي، إسرائيل كاتس، إن جيش بلاده سي...
Traore reneged on promises to hold elections and has since scrapped political parties in the country.
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قال مسؤولون إيرانيون إن أحد أطول الجسور التي تربط طهران بمدينة كرج دُمر خلال الليل، في حين ضربت صواريخ وطائرات مسيرة إيرانية إسرائيل والسعودية والإمارات العربية المتحدة وأكبر مصفاة للنفط في الكويت، مما أدى إلى إصابة بعض الوحدات...
Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the military president, Ibrahim Traoré, told the...
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, April 3: The papers reflect on 1,500 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Libération and Les Échos report an improving outlook in Kyiv, despite four years of bombing and devastation. In other news, Germans are...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready for a truce over the Easter holidays, but the Kremlin said it had not received any proposals.
Ukrainian authorities say Russia is deploying "new tactics" as the city of Kharkiv comes under rolling aerial assaults from ballistic missiles and drones fitted with jet engines.
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Troops and their families have been pushed back to the United States after their bases in the Middle East were threatened by Iranian counterattacks. Community groups are scrambling to react.
Elsewhere, Oracle and Amazon Web Services data centres were targeted in the UAE, reports said.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has asked General Randy George to step down as chief of staff of the US Army, an official said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report from US broadcaster CBS that said George...
Israel's military reported a new missile salvo from Iran on Friday, with its air defences operating to down them, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Ein Angriff auf Irans größte Brücke fordert Tote und Verletzte. US-Präsident Donald Trump veröffentlicht ein Video zum Einschlag und droht mit weiteren Angriffen auf Infrastruktur. Teheran reagiert scharf.
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Retirement of Randy George is latest high-profile dismissal since the US defence secretary took office last January.
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Myanmar's pro-army parliament on Friday elected Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as president days after he relinquished his top military post, as required by the constitution, and passed it to the country's former spymaster. Min Aung Hlaing, the...
