At least 734 people have died and more than 2,400 people are missing in Nepal, local officials say, after flash floods on Wednesday, triggered by a glacier collapse. In Tibet, the official death toll is 16, with 546...
Gunman kills one at Swiss rave party • FRANCE 24 English
A large-scale police operation is underway in Switzerland after a shooting at a rave in the town of Aarau, 46 kilometres west of Zurich, left one person dead and five others injured. Swiss daily Blick reported that some...
French Presidential campaign heats up • FRANCE 24 English
There are just eight months to go before France’s presidential election, with the first round scheduled for April 18. The campaign is slowly heating up, with several political gatherings taking place this weekend. The...
Protesters in New York rally against visit by Indian Hindu nationalist group leader
Protesters rallied in New York on August 29 against the visit of a leader from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organisation. The RSS, the ideological parent organisation of Prime Minister...
How a tiny Serbian village took on the EU and won | Focus on Europe
The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), a strict border control system for travelers entering and leaving the European Union, has sparked controversy as the EU is enforcing it more consistently. The impact is also being...
‘The Odyssey’ success sparks tourism hopes for Türkiye
‘The Odyssey’ has become a billion-dollar box-office success, and the highest-grossing film of director Christopher Nolan’s career. Now, tourism operators hope its global appeal will shine a spotlight on...