A brother of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday became finance minister, tightening the family's grip on power in the South Asian nation as it confronts growing economic troubles. Basil Rajapaksa, 70, took over the finance portfo...

The Israeli army said Thursday it demolished the home of a Palestinian woman with US citizenship whose estranged husband stands accused of fatally shooting a Jewish student in the occupied West Bank. "Overnight... troops demolished the residence of...

2021-07-05 21:07 France coronavirus pandemic, vaccination rates stagnate at 64% for hospital workers

Gathered around a tandoori oven in the kitchen of a small Kabul restaurant, a group of Afghan women prepare naan for their lunchtime customers. They are all survivors of domestic violence, and many will never be able to return to their families. M...

Japan's government on Thursday announced a new virus state of emergency stretching throughout the Tokyo Olympics, as reports said organisers could bar fans from almost all events at the Games.

After days of drama and suspense before handing himself in, South Africa's Jacob Zuma began a 15-month sentence for contempt on Thursday, after spending his first night in jail. The former prisoner of the apartheid regime had kept the country on te...

Taliban fighters on motorbikes roamed a provincial Afghan capital Thursday after a day of heavy fighting that saw them storm the city in their most brazen assault since the United States stepped up its troop withdrawal. The government flew in hundr...

Indonesians have ignored health warnings to stock up on a "miracle cure" for Covid-19 backed by leading politicians and social media influencers, as an out-of-control virus surge sweeps the country. Authorities are reporting hundreds of deaths ever...

Australia's prime minister announced 300,000 coronavirus vaccine doses will be rushed to Sydney Thursday, as the country's largest city struggled to bring a Delta outbreak under control. As a citywide lockdown entered its third week, there were sig...

Ethiopia's construction of a massive dam on a tributary of the Nile River, which the UN Security Council meets about on Thursday, is raising regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water supply. - Ten c...

A musical film, "Annette", starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard as lovers caught in an ominous relationship, kicked off the Cannes movie competition on Tuesday. The film's lead actress Marion Cotillard talks to France 24 about everything from c...

Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday, losing in the quarter-finals to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz. With his 40th birthday in just five weeks' time, there will be doubts over his future in a sport where he is an eight-time Wimbledon winne...

England fed off the energy of a passionate Wembley crowd to beat Denmark 2-1 in extra time in the Euro 2020 semi-finals on Wednesday and now stand just 90 minutes away from ending their 55-year trophy drought. 

Japanese badminton star Kento Momota said Thursday he feared he might never play at an Olympics after a catalogue of career mishaps, but is feeling "positive" about the Tokyo Games. World number one Momota was banned from Japan's Rio Games team in ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning won their second straight Stanley Cup Wednesday, edging the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 to win the NHL championship series four games to one. Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy bounced back from a game-four defeat in Montrea...