RFI    UN agencies and development groups have reported that food insecurity worsened around the world in , with some million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan.

Jan van der Made    Overshadowed by the Armenian genocide that cost the lives of some, million people, and which is commemorated on April, the experience of other minorities that were targeted by the Ottoman Empire is often forgotten. Yet a smaller group, which was almost wiped out is now trying to gain...

RFI    The European Union on Wednesday announced a probe into China’s public procurement of medical devices, prompting an immediate accusation from Beijing that the bloc was engaging in protectionism .

RFI    French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has praised Morocco’s cooperation in the fight against terrorism, amid security concerns over the Paris Olympic Games taking place this summer.

RFI    An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna found neutrality related issues but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for allegations that a significant number of its staff were members of terrorist organisations.

RFI    Controversial UK government plans for deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda cleared their final hurdle on Monday, after a marathon tussle between the upper and lower chambers of parliament lasting late into the night. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says deportation flights would begin in July.

Dorian Jones    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Iraq on Monday for the first time in years. He’ll be seeking support for Ankara’s war against Kurdish rebels in Iraq as well as deeper economic ties.

RFI    Data published by two leading climate monitors this Monday says that Europe endured a record number of ’extreme heat stress’ days in , underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent.

RFI    Gaza’s civil defence said Sunday health workers had uncovered at least bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

RFI    With tens of thousands of African artworks in French museums, curators face a huge task in trying to identify which of these were plundered during colonial rule in the th and th centuries and should be returned.

RFI    India, staging the world’s biggest election, will rerun voting at polling stations in the northeastern state of Manipur on Monday after reports of violence and damage to voting machines in the state torn by months of ethnic clashes.

RFI    Israeli forces killed Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.

RFI    Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, an official security force, said its command post at Kalso military base about km south of Baghdad was hit by a huge explosion late on Friday, and two security sources said it resulted from an air strike.

RFI    Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran was investigating an overnight attack on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had not been proven as he downplayed the strike.

RFI    The Swedish Eurovision host city Malmo has promised heightened security for this year’s song contest, which faces protests over Israel’s participation while the war in Gaza continues.

RFI    French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati and army chief Joseph Aoun in Paris on Friday to discuss ways to stabilise the region as Israel reportedly carries out retaliatory strikes on Iran.

Pratap Chakravarty    India on Friday launched the largest elections in human history, with ruling Hindu nationalists expected to win a third term in power with an even larger majority than in .

RFI    Azerbaijan has accused France of threatening the country after Paris recalled its ambassador and accused Baku of damaging relations. Meanwhile Russian peacekeepers have begun withdrawing from the Nagorno Karabakh enclave, which Azerbaijan recaptured from Armenian separatists last year.

RFI    European Union leaders have agreed to increase sanctions on Iran after its missile and drone attack on Israel. The move is an attempt to limit any Israeli retaliation and prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East as the war in Gaza continues.

RFI    Swiss lawmakers have voted in favour of banning the display of extremist and racist symbols, starting with those of a Nazi nature.

RFI    EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that Brussels was starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after Tehran’s attack on Israel, ahead of two day European leaders’ summit that gets underway in the Belgian capital this Wednesday.

RFI    Russia but not President Vladimir Putin will be invited to the French ceremony marking years since the World War II D Day landings in Normandy, organisers said Tuesday.

RFI    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday that Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security. The move was an apparent call for China to apply greater pressure on its neighbor and close partner to resolve the conflict.

RFI    Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday said a visiting Frenchman who heroically fended off a knife wielding Sydney mall attacker using a bollard would be welcomed as an Australian citizen.

Melissa Chemam with RFI    French President Macron said Monday’s Paris conference raised more than billion in aid to help Sudan and its neighbouring countries. The international pledges come exactly a year after the start of the conflict between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces RSF which has...

RFI    France took part in repelling Iran’s attack on Israel Saturday night, shooting down drones over Jordan, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Monday. He said France would work to avoid any escalation in the Middle East, urging Israel not to retaliate.

Melissa Chemam with RFI    Top diplomats from France, Germany and the European Union are set to push for more funding for Sudan on Monday at a meeting in Paris to mark the first anniversary of the war. NGOs and Sudanese civil society also hope that the meetings will hold Sudanese military leaders to account.

Pratap Chakravarty    The United States has urged India and Pakistan to ease tensions following a newspaper report that accused Delhi of ordering killings in Pakistan, which the Indian government rejected as propaganda .

Dorian Jones    The Turkish government has announced restrictions on Israeli trade, along with the suspension of scheduled flights to Israel. The moves come in the aftermath of a shock defeat for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party in nationwide local elections, in which the opposition targeted trade...

Jan van der Made with RFI    Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to China this weekend in the wake of other EU leaders, in an attempt to develop new economic ties. He is also likely to ask Beijing to put pressure on Moscow over Ukraine.