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World leaders gather at UN as wars, AI and climate change dominate agenda

France, Sept. 22 -- Some 130 heads of state and government are expected to address the assembly, as leaders confront conflicts in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanm... Read More


How a secret US deal funnelled deportees into El Salvador's prison system

France, Sept. 22 -- Glenda and Karen have spent more than a year trying to find their brothers, Elmer Concepcion Romero Janes and Kevin Rolando Barrera Torres. RFI met the two women in El Salvador, wh... Read More


Paris congress that helped shape pan-African thought marks 70th anniversary

France, Sept. 22 -- The congress took place from 19 to 22 September 1956 - a pivotal time following the Second World War, when the Cold War, colonial rule and segregation were shaping world affairs. ... Read More


French government to unveil support package as petrol prices fuel public anger

France, Sept. 22 -- Ahead of the announcement, the government also said it would propose a "golden rule" in the 2027 budget to ensure the state does not profit from higher fuel prices through addition... Read More


Macron presses Trump on Hormuz and Ukraine as oil prices surge

France, Sept. 22 -- Emmanuel Macron held talks with Trump shortly after arriving in New York on Monday for the United Nations General Assembly, describing their discussion as "very constructive". The... Read More


Forbidden Stories' Deportation Project: exiled to Africa by the US

France, Sept. 21 -- Since coming to power, more than 20,000 migrants have been sent back to some thirty countries in Latin America and Africa, through agreements that are often opaque, while their det... Read More


Inside the US system deporting migrants through African countries

France, Sept. 21 -- Stepping onto the tarmac at Bangui airport in the Central African Republic for the first time, Nika*, a 32-year-old Iranian woman, was in shock. It was the evening of 12 June 2026... Read More


EU and five other countries condemn Russia's 'sham' elections

France, Sept. 21 -- President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia won a large majority against token opposition, with no party contesting Moscow's war against Ukraine allowed to run. "The so-called... Read More


Macron to meet Trump in New York ahead of UN General Assembly

France, Sept. 21 -- Macron and Trump are expected to discuss the wars in Iran and Ukraine and as well as the conflict in the Middle East. "France is convening a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine... Read More


Germany's Merz vows to press on with reforms despite state election defeat

France, Sept. 20 -- Exit polls by public broadcaster ARD on Sunday night indicated that Metz's centre-right CDU came in with just 5.5 percent percent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It's the lowest... Read More