A quarter of a century after the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history, al Qaeda’s various branches have moved away from the global jihad advocated by Osama bin Laden, focusing instead on regional insurgencies. Their actions continue to destabilise swathes of the world, from ...
A moment of silence was held as an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks began in New York on Friday at a memorial on the site of Ground Zero where the Twin Towers were destroyed.
Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, triggering a 4.1-magnitude tremor.
In Brussels, opinion polls coming out of France have not escaped attention. Two polls see far right leader Marine Le Pen beating all her likely rivals in the French presidential election, which is set to take place in April and May of next year.
Edgar Grospiron, the former moguls Olympic champion, has left the presidency of the 2030 Winter Olympics organising committee, French organisers said Thursday. Grospiron's decision to step down is the latest setback for organisers of the French Alps Olympics. A replacement was no...
Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on US soil, Americans will pause on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. But it is also a moment for the global commun...
Growing numbers of U.S. lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future.
In a special edition, we examine a case that has gripped the United States and sparked debate over postpartum mental health. Former nurse Lindsay Clancy from Massachusetts stood trial for the deaths of her three children. She said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at th...
New York marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Friday, with President Donald Trump absent as he attends a separate ceremony at the Pentagon. Zohran Mamdani, New Yorks first Muslim mayor, will be present, however, a fact that has irked some Republicans.
The US marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Friday, with President Donald Trump attending a ceremony at the Pentagon while Vice President JD Vance and four former presidents join commemorations at Ground Zero, in New York, where victims’ relatives will read t...
In Rwanda, the fight against illegal alcohol has become a national priority. For several weeks, authorities have stepped up seizures, shut down factories and recalled dozens of brands, following a series of deaths linked to bottles contaminated with methanol. Our correspondent tr...
The traditional Ugandan kingdom of Tooro was plunged into a bitter succession battle on Thursday after the family of the late king, Oyo Nyimba, rejected clan members' choice of a television news anchor to succeed him.
This week on Paris des Arts, Belgian comedian Alex Vizorek takes us to the Théâtre des Mathurins to talk about his latest one-man show, "Deux et demi." After putting on a series of shows about art, the comedian turns to more personal themes: the passage of time, his grandmothers ...
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the #US, many young Americans commemorating the date were born after 2001. 🔴 FRANCE 24's #Washington, DC correspondent Matthieu Mabin asked students at #Georgetown University how they feel about the event. Some say 9/11 is nothing mo...
It has been 25 years since terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks that changed the course of US and world history. This week FRANCE 24's media sho...
As New York gets set to commemorate 25 years since the 9/11 attacks that changed the United States and the world forever, a “massive” security operation is underway, say city officials, with former US presidents and dignitaries set to gather at Ground Zero.
Mass civilian deaths were routinely built into Israeli military targeting decisions in Gaza, according to a Venice Film Festival documentary unveiled on Thursday that challenges official accounts of the war. "NAZA", directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, r...
Canada offered support Thursday to boost Ukraine's air defenses and help replenish its drone stocks, as the countries pledged to deepen their alliance during a visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Canada will always be with you," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Zelens...