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Michael Levy brother of Or Levy, Hamas hostage.
Tales of resilience

‘I will do anything to bring him back’: Brother of Hamas hostage holds on to hope

How Hamas’s military strategy against Israel is evolving in southern Gaza

Who’s who: Top Hamas leaders on Israel’s radar

People gather near a body lying on the ground at the scene of explosions during a ceremony held to mark the death of late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, in Kerman, Iran, January 3, 2024.

Islamic State group claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings

Mourners gather during the funeral of deputy head of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed by what Lebanese and Palestinian security sources say was a drone strike by Israel in Beirut, Lebanon Januar
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

🔴Live: Thousands attend Beirut funeral of slain Hamas deputy amid heightened tensions in Lebanon

A board warns about a strike at the Eiffel Tower, Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in Paris.

Strikes shut doors at world-renowned French monuments

A pile of garbage in the middle of a square in Jabalia, Gaza Strip, on January 03, 2024

Gaza: ‘Disease spreading’ in Jabalia as garbage piles up

Members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi stand guard at the entrance of their headquarters in Baghdad on January 4, 2024, following a reported strike earlier in the day.

Iraq blames US-led coalition for ‘aggression’ after strike kills pro-Iran military commander

A file photo showing a man looking at the China Coast Guard vessel during a Philippine Coast Guard mission to deliver provisions at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on November 10, 2023.

China and US hold rival military drills in disputed South China Sea

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Israel-Hamas war
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on January 3, 2024.
AS IT HAPPENED

Hezbollah will ‘fight without restraint’ if Israel wages war on Lebanon, Nasrallah warns

File photo: Hamas's top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and his successor Yahya Sinwar shown in Gaza in October 2011.
IN THE CROSSHAIRS

Who’s who: Top Hamas leaders on Israel’s radar

Residents gather at the site of an explosion that killed a top Hamas official in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon on January 2, 2024.
AS IT HAPPENED

Hamas says deputy leader killed in blast in southern Beirut

The USS Carter Hall and the USS Bataan transit the Bab al-Mandeb strait on August 9, 2023.
AS IT HAPPENED

US sinks Houthi boats used to attack merchant vessel in the Red Sea

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File photo of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in his jail cell on August 10, 2019.

US judge begins to unseal list of people linked to Jeffrey Epstein

Members of an honour guard march during a ceremony marking Myanmar's 76th anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Thursday, January 4, 2024.

Myanmar junta to release more than 9,000 prisoners in Independence Day amnesty

Le chef du parti chiite Hassan Nasrallah assis dans un fauteuil, à gauche, près du numéro 2 du Hamas Saleh al-Arouri, dans un salon, dans un lieu non renseigné au Liban.
ANALYSIS

Retaliate or not? Hezbollah faces conundrum after Israel kills Hamas deputy in Lebanon

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FRENCH CONNECTIONS

French resolutions: How France kicks off the New Year

The quake tore whole facades off three-storey structures

More than 70 still missing, hundreds cut off from aid after deadly Japan quake

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A man walks past the barbed wire fence of the IK-3 penal colony.
POLITICAL PRISONER

Navalny's penal colony in the Arctic is direct heir to the Russian Gulag

It was a year of riots, protests, droughts and crunching tackles.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Riots, protests and climate uprisings: 2023 was a tumultuous year in France

File photo: People queue up early in front of the prefecture of Lyon, central-eastern France, as they wait to obtain a renewal of their residence permit on February 16, 2015.
French politics

France's undocumented migrants face uncertain future under new immigration law

A woman sits by the grave of a Ukrainian soldier at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine
First-hand account

‘Too high a price’: Ukraine’s war widows forge a path towards an uncertain future

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A file photo showing a child participating in a giant Tetris tournament projected on the façade of a building in Tel Aviv on August 30, 2016.

US teenager becomes first human to beat Tetris with game-ending glitch

People gather near a body on the ground at the scene of two explosions during a ceremony held to mark the death of late Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran on January 3, 2024.

Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts near grave of Guards general Soleimani

Argentina's new president Javier Milei gestures at the crowd from a balcony of Casa Rosada Presidential Palace on his inauguration day in Buenos Aires on December 10, 2023.

Argentina court suspends Milei's 'mega-decree' labor law reforms

Russian prisoners of war hold their hands behind their backs as they queue for lunch at a camp for Russian POWs in western Ukraine on September 19, 2023.

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of POWs in UAE-brokered deal

Robert F Kennedy Jr. announces his entry to the 2024 presidential race as an independent candidate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US October 9, 2023.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files to run as 2024 presidential candidate in Utah

File photo: Former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma addresses a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria, on February 27, 2023.

Sierra Leone charges former president Koroma with treason over 'coup attempt'

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French resolutions: How France kicks off the New Year

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In the press

'Dartbreak' for teen prodigy Luke Littler who loses world darts championship

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Battle for the West Bank: Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinians

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Indigenous people and climate change: With the Guna when the oceans rise (4/4)

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Bouncing back: Silicon Valley bets on AI to regain past glory

Turning point for humanity? Artificial intelligence goes mainstream
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Turning point for humanity? Artificial intelligence goes mainstream

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The Observers
The FRANCE 24 Observers team takes a look back at the investigations that marked 2023.

The Observers’ top investigations of 2023

A look back at the most significant misinformation since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Debunked in 2023

A look back at three months of Israeli and Palestinian information warfare

A look back at some of the pro-Russian disinformation that dominated social networks this year.
Debunked in 2023

War in Ukraine: In 2023, Russian disinformation continued to dominate

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Des personnes se dispersent près du site où deux explosions successives ont frappé une foule célébrant l'anniversaire de l'assassinat en 2020 du général de la Garde Qasem Soleimani, près de la mosquée

Dozens killed in blasts at ceremony for slain Iranian general Soleimani

In this photo taken on November 15, 2022, then-Knesset members Itamar Ben-Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich look on during the swearing-in ceremony for Israeli lawmakers in Jerusalem.

US condemns far-right Israeli ministers’ call for Palestinians to ‘emigrate’ from Gaza

Collapsed torii gate caused by an earthquake is seen at Onohiyoshi Shrine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan January 1, 2024.

Japan earthquake death toll passes 70 as rescuers contend with poor weather

Junior doctors in England have staged successive strikes over pay and conditions

Doctors in England launch longest strike in NHS history

رئيس وفد حماس صالح العاروري يتحدث خلال حفل توقيع اتفاق المصالحة الفلسطينية في القاهرة، مصر في 12 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2017.
ANALYSIS

Saleh al-Arouri’s Beirut killing takes out key Hamas link with Iran, Hezbollah

The burned-out wreckage of a Japan Airlines passenger plane sits on the tarmac at Tokyo's Haneda Airport

Japan probes plane collision after 'miracle' inferno escape

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A pile of garbage in the middle of a square in Jabalia, Gaza Strip, on January 03, 2024

Gaza: ‘Disease spreading’ in Jabalia as garbage piles up

Families of Russia's mobilised fight back despite fear (2023)

Families of Russia's mobilised fight back despite fear

High-impact 'drop bombs' retaking the sky from Myanmar junta (2023)

High-impact 'drop bombs' retaking the sky from Myanmar junta

Female members of the Mandalay People's Defense Forces (MDY-PDF) head to the frontline amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State.

‘I can’t stand the injustice’: The Myanmar women taking up arms against the junta

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A board warns about a strike at the Eiffel Tower, Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in Paris.

Strikes shut doors at world-renowned French monuments

FRENCH CONNECTIONS

French resolutions: How France kicks off the New Year

File photo: People walk in front of the Hotel du Palais of Biarritz, southwestern France on August 22, 2019.

Top French chef quits luxury hotel job after 'troubling' hazing incident

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Africa
EYE ON AFRICA

Sierra Leone charges ex-president Koroma with treason over coup bid

File photo: Former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma addresses a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria, on February 27, 2023.

Sierra Leone charges former president Koroma with treason over 'coup attempt'

Sudan's RSF open to talks on immediate ceasefire with army

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Japan earthquake death toll passes 70 as rescuers contend with poor weather

The earth sweltered under record heat and nature continued its precipitous decline in 2023. But amid it all, there is reason for hope.

Heat records and climate accords: How did the environment fare in 2023?

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