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Ukrainian forces are holding just 20 percent of Severodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern city said on Wednesday as Russian forces pushed further into the Donbas region. The Russian advance comes as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate…

Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday re-elected Nabih Berri as parliamentary speaker for a seventh consecutive term, cementing the octogenarian politician's reputation as an “untouchable” figure in Lebanese politics. FRANCE 24 profiled the controversial politician on May 19, 2022.

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Monday called for an investigation into the death of a French journalist while he was covering an evacuation mission in eastern Ukraine. Colonna was on a visit to Ukraine, where she met with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read our liveblog to see how all the…

Thousands of flag-waving Israelis on Sunday marched through Jerusalem's Old City during a nationalist procession that regularly stokes Palestinian anger, a year after Jerusalem tensions exploded into war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday made his first trip to the country's war-torn east since the launch of Moscow's invasion, as Russian forces intensified their efforts to seize key cities in the Donbas region. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

Ruben Östlund picked up the top prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his “Triangle of Sadness”, a satire of the super wealthy set on a luxury cruise liner, joining the elite club of two-time Palme d’Or winners.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, thousands of people have fled the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In recent days, Ukraine’s national railway company has seen an influx of people who did not want to leave their country but who have finally resigned themselves to boarding evacuation trains. FRANCE…

The Cannes Film Festival is coming to a close with the top Palme d'Or prize awarded to the best film, as selected by a jury. The Palme d'Or statue itself is a work of art. FRANCE 24 takes a behind-the-scenes look at how the prized statue is made.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold “serious direct negotiations” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find “a diplomatic solution to the conflict” during a phone call Saturday, the chancellor’s office said. Putin told the two leaders that increasing arms supplies…