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Bangadesh's interim government has vowed to investigate the cases of hundreds of dissidents abducted by security forces under the regime of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina. FRANCE 24's special correspondents in Bangladesh Navodita Kumari, Léa Delfolie, and Khansa Juned met with one former detainee as well as with activists and families…

Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk.

After a long career that brought him legions of fans – and many detractors – French actor Alain Delon leaves behind a rich legacy in film, including some of the great classics of world cinema. A dark acting style, encapsulated in a look that earned him the nickname “angel-face”, characterised…

The incursion by Ukrainian forces into Russia’s Kursk region is aimed at “creating a buffer zone on the aggressor’s territory“ to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. Ukrainian forces struck another bridge over the Seym river in the Kursk region, the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces were "strengthening" their positions in Russia's Kursk region, where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive. His comments come a day after Russian officials accused Ukraine of using Western rockets to destroy a strategically important bridge over the Seym river in…

A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed US President Joe Biden's optimism for an imminent ceasefire deal in Gaza, where rescue workers said an Israeli strike killed 18 members of a single Palestinian family. "To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion," Hamas political bureau…

Our team has identified at least 38 fake news stories about the 2024 Paris Olympic Games that circulated online since the start of the year, most of them thought to have been manufactured by Russia – from made-up terrorist threats to fictional attacks on athletes to fake media reports. Even…

Ten months into a brutal war that has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, Palestinian athletes are aiming for a lot more than medals at the Paris Olympics, hoping to shed light on the suffering of Gazans as they fly the colours of a stateless people scattered across…

A Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer, Muhammad Yunus has been credited with lifting millions out of poverty in his native Bangladesh. He arrived back in Dhaka on Thursday, tasked with steering the South Asian country out of chaos after mass protests and spiralling unrest forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee.