
Palestinian officials create vice president position under leader Mahmoud Abbas
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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Thursday voted in favour of creating a vice president position under Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. It is the fist time the organisation has ever opened a number two role, a move that may pave the way for
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US envoy to hold third meeting with Iran over nuclear deal
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US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Iranian officials for a third round of talks on a nuclear deal this month, the US said on Thursday, as the businessman pursues a new agreement that would appease both Israel and the West.
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Iraq’s drought-doomed farmers turn to groundwater to boost agriculture
• 上午3:19
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Iraqi farmers facing scarce rainfall and repeated droughts are drilling wells in the desert to reach groundwater sources and sustain their irrigation systems. While the underground reservoirs help mitigate agricultural losses, it is a risky move as aquif
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Israel warns of 'larger' Gaza assault as air strikes kill at least 55
• 下午4:33
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Israeli air strikes on Gaza Thursday killed at least 55 people as the military warned of a wider assault if the remaining hostages seized during Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel were not released. The strikes came amid mounting pressure from Isra
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Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on documenting life of slain Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona
• 上午12:45
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An Iranian filmmaker who has been documenting the life of a woman in Gaza for her film that has been accepted for the Cannes Film Festival has told FRANCE 24 how she continues to send her messages, even though she knows she was killed in an Israeli air s
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2025年4月23日星期三
Gaza: How safe is the Al-Mawasi evacuation zone?
• 下午8:41
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Since Israel’s breach of the ceasefire on March 18, the Al-Mawasi zone in southern Gaza, home to at least one million displaced Palestinians, is no longer designated as a ‘humanitarian zone’ by the Israeli army. Nonetheless, they continue to direct civil
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Two for one? Trump eyes deal with Russia ally Iran
• 下午6:11
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It took years of painstaking negotiations to reach the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. So can Washington and Tehran now really do a deal in weeks?
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Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood group and confiscates its assets
• 下午4:01
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Jordan announced a sweeping ban on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday after accusing the Islamist group of planning attacks and stockpiling weapons. The crackdown included a raid of their offices and the removal of documents, a security source said.
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In Syria, fate of French families in IS group camps remains uncertain
• 上午10:55
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Six years after the fall of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate, thousands of women and children linked to IS group fighters remain detained in camps across northeastern Syria. Managed by Kurdish authorities since 2019, these detainees fa
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Abbas urges Hamas to free hostages as Israeli strikes kill at least 36 in Gaza
• 上午12:56
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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday urged Hamas to release all hostages, claiming their captivity provides Israel with justification for its attacks in Gaza, as Israeli strikes killed at least 36 people across the besieged territor
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2025年4月22日星期二
Hamas delegation head to Egypt to discuss Gaza truce as Israeli strikes continue
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A Hamas official said on Tuesday that a delegation from the Palestinian militant group had departed for Cairo to discuss "new ideas" for achieving a ceasefire with Israel. The announcement came after Gaza's civil defence agency said that a spate of Israe
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More than 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, amid eviction campaign
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Since April 1, more than 100,000 Afghans have been sent back to their country of origin, according to the Pakistani interior ministry, out of the some three million the United Nations says are living in Pakistan. The figure comes after Islamabad ramped u
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2025年4月21日星期一
2025年4月20日星期日
Israel cancels visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers ahead of visit
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Israel cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and officials days before their planned Sunday visit to Israel and Palestinian territories, the group said. The move comes days after Israel barred two UK Labour MPs from entering the country and a
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Israeli military admits 'professional failures' in killings of Palestinian medics in Gaza
• 下午2:33
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An investigation into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Rafah found that Israeli forces committed “professional failures”, which would lead to the dismissal of a deputy commander. Israel initially alleged that the medics' vehicles did n
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2025年4月19日星期六
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in two days
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Israel’s army killed more than 90 people in the past 48 hours, including women and children, the healthy ministry in Gaza said on Saturday. Many of those killed were sheltering in areas designated as humanitarian zones by Israel.
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Second round of US-Iran nuclear talks end, third round set for next week
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Representatives from the US and Iran met in Rome on Saturday for the second round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme. The mediated talks were held in a “constructive atmosphere” and ended after about four hours, Iranian sta
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2025年4月18日星期五
Israeli strikes kill two in Lebanon, Hezbollah chief says 'will not let anyone disarm' it
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Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Friday that it "will not let anyone disarm" it, despite pressure that the Iran-backed movement hand over its weapons. Earlier in the day, Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed two people in souther
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Is Israel's partition of Gaza a prelude to total control of the enclave?
• 下午3:42
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The Israeli military is tightening its hold on the Gaza Strip, expanding buffer zones and security corridors and keeping border crossings closed. Since the end of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on March 18, the partition of the Gaza Strip has accelerated, pe
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'We aren't scared': Meet the Turkish students defying Erdogan
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The first trials of those arrested during recent anti-government protests in Turkey are expected to open this Friday. The rallies were sparked by the arrest one month ago of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, seen as a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erd
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Scores killed in US strikes on Yemen fuel port, Houthis say
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At least 74 people have been killed and 171 were wounded in a series of US air strikes on the key Yemeni fuel port of Ras Issa, the country's Houthi rebels said early Friday. It is one of the highest reported death tolls so far from US President Donald T
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Hamas rejects Israel's latest ceasefire proposal, calls for comprehensive deal
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Hamas on Thursday rejected Israel's latest truce offer, demanding a "comprehensive" deal to end the 18-month war. The group's chief negotiator spoke after Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at least 40 people, mostly women and children, in renewed
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2025年4月17日星期四
'Trump doesn't want to go to war with Iran,' former top White House adviser says
• 下午1:43
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FRANCE 24 spoke to Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Abrams, who served as Special Representative for Iran from 2020 to 2021 in the first Trump administration, discussed the ongo
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Russian court removes Taliban's 'terrorist organisation' designation
• 下午1:17
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Russia on Thursday removed the Taliban's label as a "terrorist organisation" in a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's rulers. The decision does not amount to formal recognition for the Taliban authorities, who are seeking
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Reportage: Autopsies reveal Gaza medics shot in head and chest
• 上午10:26
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Autopsy reports have revealed that some of the Gaza medics allegedly killed by Israeli troops last month were shot in the head and chest, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
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At least 37 people killed in Israeli strikes, most in displacement camps, Gaza rescuers say
• 上午10:23
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Gaza rescuers said Thursday that Israeli air strikes on Gaza had killed at least 37 people, mostly women and children sheltering in displacement camps, as Israel pressed its military offensive amid stalled ceasefire talks.
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Iran 'not far' from nuclear bomb, IAEA chief warns ahead of critical talks
• 上午7:00
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi warned that Tehran is dangerously close to building a nuclear bomb before his visit to Iran on Wednesday. Grossi is expected to meet with senior Iranian officials ahead of a second round o
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Israel says troops to remain indefinitely in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria
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Israel's defence minister said on Wednesday troops would stay in "security zones" in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, potentially complicating ceasefire and hostage talks with Hamas. Israeli forces, having retaken over half of Gaza, resumed operatio
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2025年4月16日星期三
Israeli Defense Minister vows to use humanitarian aid to pressure Hamas
• 下午3:18
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The Israeli government confirmed Wednesday that it has no plans to ease the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel will continue blocking aid from entering the territory, with no changes to this policy in the
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Israeli army faces growing dissent: ‘I will never again serve under this government’
• 下午3:18
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Israeli media have reported a marked increase in the number of reservists refusing to show up for army duty, pointing to rapidly declining support for a war that critics – including within the military – say is no longer motivated by Israel’s security in
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How Gaza is becoming the deadliest conflict zone for journalists
• 下午2:43
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Gaza has become one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists, with over 170 media workers killed since the war began. Foreign reporters are banned, making it increasingly difficult for Palestinians to gather information. In France, journalist
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Being a Palestinian journalist in Gaza has become increasingly difficult
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Gaza has become one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. With foreign reporters banned from entering, it is increasingly difficult—and deadly—for Palestinians to simply gather information about what is happening. A press freedom
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Perimeter probe describes harrowing policy of creating veritable 'kill zone between Israel and Gaza'
• 下午1:20
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In early spring 2025, Israel’s defense minister warned that parts of Gaza would be annexed if Hamas didn’t release Israeli hostages. Two weeks later, over half the territory reportedly became inaccessible to Palestinians as the military created a “buffer
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‘No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza,’ Israel defence minister says
• 上午10:41
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Israel will keep blocking aid to Gaza to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages, even as the UN warned of the enclave’s worst crisis since the war began and Doctors Without Borders de
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Hamas says ‘lost contact’ with captors of Israeli-American hostage key to Gaza truce proposal
• 上午8:17
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Hamas’s military wing on Tuesday said it had “lost contact” with the captors holding the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander after a direct Israeli strike on their location. Alexander is reportedly central to a 45-day ceasefire proposal put forward b
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Majority of Israelis support ending war in Gaza, peace activist Itamar Avneri says
• 上午12:34
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A leading Israeli peace activist has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how people need to pick a side in the Middle East conflict. But he says those sides are the right-wing Israeli government and Hamas, as opposed to the Israeli people and the Palestinian peopl
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2025年4月15日星期二
Hamas says ‘lost contact’ with captors of Israeli-American hostage key to Gaza truce proposal
• 下午4:47
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Hamas’s military wing on Tuesday said it had “lost contact” with the captors holding the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander after a direct Israeli strike on their location. Alexander is reportedly central to a 45-day ceasefire proposal put forward b
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'Trump tore up nuclear deal: Ironically, Iran's nuclear programme among most advanced in the world'
• 下午2:54
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday voiced satisfaction with recent talks with the United States, expressing confidence in the Islamic Republic's position but casting doubt on US intentions. For in-depth analysis and a deeper peerspec
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Israeli military, academics and civilians unite in challenging Netanyahu's war strategy
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More than 6,500 Israeli academics and teachers, along with students' parents, signed a petition on Monday evening demanding that the Israeli government ensure the return of hostages in Gaza, even at the cost of ending the fighting. France 24's Kethevane
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Netanyahu tells Macron that establishment of Palestinian state will ‘reward’ terrorism
• 下午2:11
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Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phonecall that the creation of a Palestinian state would “be a huge reward” for terrorism. Macron, who last week said his country may recognise such a state,
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Israeli reservists condemn Netanyahu’s leadership for return to Gaza war
• 下午2:10
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Thousands of Israeli reservists are condemning Benjamin Netanyahu's war in Gaza. The movement, which began last week with a group of Air Force pilots, has since gained support from paratroopers, tank corps reservists, physicians, academics, and former Mo
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Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens amid longest Israeli aid blockade
• 上午4:05
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As Israel's blockade on critical aid flowing into Gaza continues halfway into its second month, the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave has reached its lowest point since the war began in October 2023, according to the UN. Palestinian Authority c
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Israel requests hostage return for ceasefire amid spiralling Gaza humanitarian crisis
• 上午1:16
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Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if Hamas releases half of the hostages still held in Gaza, Hamas said Monday, adding that it had refused Israel's request for the Palestinian militants' disarmament. The UN said that, a month into Israel's blockade o
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What do we know about Israel's latest Gaza ceasefire proposal?
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Senior Hamas officials have said that Israel has delivered a new ceasefire proposal to the Palestinian militant group nearly one month after Israel's renewed bombardment and ground assault on Gaza broke the previous truce. Here's what we know so far.
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2025年4月14日星期一
Lebanon, 50 years on: Anatomy of a civil war
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How to truly reconcile a nation with itself? Perhaps a first step is to examine the path that was taken. Lebanon is marking 50 years since the first shots of a civil war fuelled by sea change in the wider region. Today, with Assad out in Syria, Iran on t
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Five decades after Lebanon's civil war, battle-scarred buildings reflect ongoing trauma
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Fifty years ago, Lebanon descended into one of the darkest periods in its modern history: the civil war. The brutal 15-year conflict was marked by sectarian violence and shifting front lines. In the capital Beirut, some buildings still bear the scars of
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Palestinian ministry condemns Netanyahu's 'unjustified attack' on Macron
• 上午9:22
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The Palestinian foreign ministry blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for attacking French President Emmanuel Macron over his plan to recognise a Palestinian state within months. It called Netanyahu's comments "a blatant rejection
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Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri: 'The civil war ended, but the conflict never ended'
• 上午12:45
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A world-renowned filmmaker whose films are linked and mirror the events of the Lebanese civil war that broke out exactly 50 years ago has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the conflict is still having a huge effect on the country. Ziad Doueiri said that even
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2025年4月13日星期日
Israel strikes hospital in northern Gaza, forcing evacuations
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An Israeli air strike early Sunday hit Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza, forcing health officials to evacuate patients from the building. Israel said it struck a command centre at the hospital used by Hamas to plan and execute attacks.
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Lebanon displays bullet-riddled bus to commemorate start of civil war, 50 years on
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An attack on a bus in the Christian suburb of Beirut on April 13, 1975 helped spark the Lebanese civil war. Lebanon is still grappling with the war's legacy 50 years on, and displaying the bus as a grim reminder of its bloody past.
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2025年4月12日星期六
Iran, US hold 'constructive' nuclear talks in Oman, agree to meet again
• 下午6:35
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Iran and the US conducted nuclear talks on Saturday in Oman, holding their first face-to-face meeting since Trump’s return to office. Envoys called the exchange constructive, with more negotiations set for next Saturday.
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First round of high-stakes Iran-US indirect talks conclude
• 下午5:18
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The first round of indirect talks between Iranian and US delegations in Oman on Iran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme wrapped up Saturday with the two sides agreeing to meet next week, according to Iran’s foreign ministry. FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto
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Israel takes over key Gaza corridor, calls on residents to evacuate
• 下午1:05
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Israel on Saturday announced the full takeover of a key corridor in southern Gaza, pushing deeper into Palestinian territory. Meanwhile, Hamas released a video of a hostage alive in Gaza, reportedly Israeli-American Edan Alexander, who was filmed critici
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Israeli reservists call for Gaza ceasefire, hostages’ release in open letter
• 上午10:52
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Nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force reservists and retirees signed a letter published Thursday, demanding the immediate return of the hostages, even at the cost of ending the fighting. FRANCE 24 speaks to one of the signatories, IDF Reserve Colonel Avner Neri
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A look at the history of Iran's nuclear programme
• 上午10:42
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The United States and Iran begin high-stakes talks on Tehran's nuclear programme on Saturday, with President Donald Trump threatening military action should they fail to produce a new deal. FRANCE 24 looks at the history of Iran's nuclear programme.
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2025年4月11日星期五
Fifty years after Lebanon's civil war, ex-fighters warn young people against violence
• 下午4:11
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Five decades after the start of Lebanon's civil war, veterans of the conflict are speaking out about their past role in the country's warring militias and how they broke with their respective parties. With the threat of war ever present, they worry that
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'Not just a strategic partner: Europe needs a Turkey that upholds democracy, honors its commitments'
• 下午3:44
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The arrest and detention of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, last month has forced the cancellation of an international conference of Olympics officials and sports leaders due to take place in the city. Protests in the aftermath of the arrest have broug
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'Not just a strategic partner: Europe needs a Turkey that upholds democracy, honors its commitments'
• 下午2:53
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The arrest and detention of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, last month has forced the cancellation of an international conference of Olympics officials and sports leaders due to take place in the city. Protests in the aftermath of the arrest have broug
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Five things to know about the US-Iran talks in Oman
• 下午2:03
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As tension mounts between the US and Iran, an “indirect” meeting between envoys from Washington and Tehran is taking place in Oman on Saturday. It’s a rare diplomatic exchange between two countries that have been locked in a kind of cold war for almost h
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UN finds 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women and children
• 上午10:32
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The UN said on Friday that 36 strikes in Gaza have killed only women and children and hundreds have hit residential buildings and tents since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Palestinian enclave on March 18.
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