From: France 24 on Mon, Jul 18 2011 5:17 AM

General David Petraeus (pictured), the top US commander in Afghanistan, steps down Monday to take up his new post as Director of the CIA. His successor John Allen, a general who made his name in the Iraq conflict, will be inducted Monday.

From: France 24 on Mon, Jul 18 2011 2:46 AM

Egypt will swear in a new cabinet Monday following a major reshuffle replacing over half its members. Protesters who camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square since July 8 continue to push for a quicker trial of former President Hosni Mubarak.

From: France 24 on Sun, Jul 17 2011 1:30 PM

The United Nations said Sunday it had delivered its first supplies of food and medicine to Somalia after hardline Islamist rebels lifted an aid ban. The entire Horn of Africa is suffering from the effects of one of the worst droughts in decades.

From: France 24 on Sun, Jul 17 2011 7:28 AM

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed not to go into exile despite a new offensive by rebels on the key refinery town of Brega. In a defiant loudspeaker address to supporters, Gaddafi said he would never leave the land of his ancestors.

From: France 24 on Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:41 AM

Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen the leader of one of Egypt’s older political parties and an economist to be his deputies ahead of a planned cabinet reshuffle due to be announced Monday, state news agency MENA reported Saturday.

From: France 24 on Sun, Jul 17 2011 2:28 AM

Opponents of the Syrian regime created a board-based council at a meeting in Turkey that they hope will become the government-in-waiting and fill the political void if ongoing protests succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad.

From: France 24 on Sun, Jul 17 2011 2:25 AM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba Sunday for cancer treatment after the Government gave him permission to leave the country despite arguments that it was unconstitutional for him to exercise power outside the country.

From: France 24 on Sat, Jul 16 2011 5:27 PM

From: France 24 on Sat, Jul 16 2011 5:27 PM

From: France 24 on Sat, Jul 16 2011 4:27 PM

Britain has pledged 73 million dollars in emergency aid to help East Africa cope with its most severe food crisis in decades as the UN warned that the drought across the region was likely to worsen over the next few months.

From: France 24 on Sat, Jul 16 2011 2:23 PM

News Corp. has run full-page ads in seven British newspapers on Saturday to apologise for the phone hacking by News of the World as close ties between embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch and British PM David Cameron came under increased scrutiny.

From: France 24 on Sat, Jul 16 2011 5:23 AM

From: France 24 on Sat, Jul 16 2011 3:25 AM

The United States joined 30 other nations in formally recognising Libya’s rebel opposition as the legitimate government Friday, a move which could grant them access to billions of dollars in frozen funds.

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:38 PM

Huit banques de la zone euro ont échoué aux tests imposés à 91 banques européennes pour éprouver leur résistance aux chocs économiques. Cinq établissements espagnols, deux grecs et un autrichien ont été recalés.

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:36 PM

Après le Sénat italien jeudi, la Chambre des députés a avalisé un plan d’austérité renforcé de 48 milliards d'euros, ce vendredi. Les différentes mesures ainsi adoptées doivent permettre d'assainir les finances du pays d'ici à 2014.

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:25 PM

Eight European banks failed stress tests Friday, showing that they would be unable to withstand a prolonged recession, the European Banking Authority said on Friday. 16 further banks barely passed, according to Europe’s banking regulator.

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:25 PM

Barack Obama said Friday that Congress should raise the debt ceiling and cut deficits imminently or risk facing a tax increase for all Americans because of an unavoidable rise in interest rates.

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 2:24 PM

Barack Obama has a crisis on his hands. In less than three weeks, the US will run out of money and be forced to default on its loans. Neither will the Treasury be able to make social security payments, such as pensions or Welfare. Such a financial armageddon will likely see the world’s biggest e...

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:24 PM

A primary school in Berlin has come under fire after announcing that it’ll teach sexual diversity from September. A new kit is available to help teach children as young as 8 about homosexuality, but parents are up in arms. They believe their children are too young to be talking about the birds a...

From: France 24 on Fri, Jul 15 2011 12:36 PM

Alors que les discussions entre Barack Obama et les républicains sur le relèvement du plafond de la dette américaine butent toujours, celui-ci a appelé le Congrès à trouver un accord dans les 24 à 36 heures.