The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

At his speech at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused European leaders of abandoning Ukraine's needs to defend Greenland.

Ukraine ‘living in Groundhog Day’ says Zelensky – as first trilateral talks with Russia and US to take place on Friday

ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s president has shaken Europe, called it a ‘salad’, and demanded it live up to its global potential in an emotional speech ringing with home truths, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

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 spoke to a young Iraqi man who…

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 invasion of Ukraine.

Officials say that France’s Navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet

Ukraine president accuses EU leaders of waiting for direction from Donald Trump in blistering speech at Davos

Britain refuses to join Trump's Board of Peace over Putin's inclusion, citing concerns about inviting an aggressor to a peace summit whilst Ukraine remains at war.

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-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces, who fought alongside the United States…

"Until America pressured Europe, most countries weren't budging."

For a decade, the autonomous territory in Syria has been a bastion of gender equality. It holds important lessons for the fight against authoritarianism, says author Natasha Walter