Brazilian oil giant Petrobras announced Wednesday the drilling of new wells at an oil and gas field in the Amazon rainforest for the first time in a decade, at an event attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...
Iran: US base targeted in missile strike • FRANCE 24 English
Iranian state television on Thursday released images it said showed missiles being launched at an American air base from where earlier in the day a strike had been launched on Iran’s port city of Bandar Abbas. It is...
Ukraine asks Trump for more US air defence help against Russian missile attacks • FRANCE 24
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has written to US President Donald Trump and Congress asking for more American-made air defence ammunition to counter intensifying Russian ballistic missile attacks, Kyiv said...
I. Coast faces sheep shortage ahead of Tabaski amid Sahel trade disruptions • FRANCE 24 English
Just days before the Islamic festival of Tabaski, livestock markets in Abidjan are slowing down. Burkina Faso and Mali have suspended exports, while insecurity and the closure of Sahel trade corridors are disrupting...
Disabled people ‘stuck’ in hospital despite being fit to leave, BBC finds | BBC News
Disabled people have told the BBC they are being left in hospital for months after being declared medically fit to go home. Ravi Mehta, 36, was admitted for a routine appointment in September 2025. He says he has been...