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Nearly 200 French citizens arrived in France from Israel on Monday as French officials stepped up efforts to evacuate people from the Middle East following the decision of the American President Donald Trump to deploy his war planes against nuclear facilities in Iran.

Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique urged his players to rediscover the ruthlessness and poise that allowed them to destroy Inter Milan 5-0 in the final of the Champions League and explode into the Club World Cup as they went through their final preparations for Monday night’s crucial game in the…

Amid renewed relations with Libya, Russia is relying on the Al-Khadim base near Benghazi to strengthen its military presence in the Sahel region of Africa. RFI journalists were able to trace the itinerary of a Russian cargo plane from Syria to Libya, one of many flights operating on this route.

France's President, Emmanuel Macron, emerged from a meeting with top politicians and advisors to reiterate his call for a resumption of talks to stop the conflict between Israel, Iran and the United States.

The United States bombed three key nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday, joining the offensive launched by Israel on 13 June. Héloïse Fayet, head of the "deterrence and proliferation" research programme at the French Institute of International Relations, talks to RFI about why this is a turning point in the…

Miguel Masaisai, a 23-year-old athlete from Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cycling 6,000 kilometres from his hometown to Cape Town in South Africa, in a bid to promote peace and unity in his troubled country. He talks to RFI about his Pedals for Peace project and the message…

French police have detained 12 suspects after 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during the country's annual Fete de la Musique, officials said Sunday.

Artificial intelligence is changing the way people get their news, with more readers turning to chatbots like ChatGPT to stay up to date. At the same time, nearly half of young adults now rely on platforms such as TikTok as their main source of news.

France has joined a number of European leaders in expressing concern following US air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities early Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron has urged Tehran to resume diplomatic talks and will hold a defence council meeting later today.

The exhibition "Tattoo. Histories of the Mediterranean", held at the Vieille Charité museum in Marseille’s historic Panier district, invites visitors on a journey through the art and tradition of tattooing – from antiquity to the present day. Highlighting Marseille’s deep-rooted connection to tattoo culture, the exhibition also shows the rich…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended by three months a ban on exports of cobalt in a bid to curb oversupply of the electric vehicle battery material, the country's regulatory agency has said.