France 24
| Jul 17, 2012
Egypt's prosecutor general on Monday ordered former president Hosni Mubarak to be transferred to a prison hospital following almost a month spent at a military clinic. The decision comes after doctors reported an improvement in his condition.
France 24
| Jul 16, 2012
It may look like an idyllic seaside resort, but tensions are bubbling under the surface of Egypt's second-largest city. Alexandria is politically and culturally divided, between hardline religious conservatives and liberals. it is considered an Is...
France 24
| Jul 13, 2012
Syrian opposition spokesperson Bassma Kodmani says any power transition deal involving the formation of a unity government with the Assad regime is now "out of the question" following news of the latest massacre in the country. More than 150 peopl...
France 24
| Jun 27, 2012
Buying votes is a criminal offense in Mexico. But, according to interviews with local Mexicans, payments in the form of cash, food, and other gifts are still surfacing at political rallies.
France 24
| Jun 21, 2012
French journalist Roméo Langlois was accompanying Colombian soldiers on a routine antinarcotics operation, when the patrol ran into a group of armed FARC rebels. Several soldiers were killed in the ensuing firefight, and Langlois was shot a...
France 24
| Jun 14, 2012
A Tunisian military court sentenced ex-president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to life in prison Wednesday over his role in the killing of protesters in the towns where the Arab Spring began. Earlier he was given a 20-year sentence for inciting violence...
France 24
| May 30, 2012
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been sentenced by a special United Nations court to 50 years in prison following his landmark conviction for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone during the country's 1991-2001 civil war.
France 24
| May 25, 2012
The head of the Syrian National Council, Burhan Ghalioun, stepped down on Thursday, saying the opposition group was splintered between Islamist and secular activists and had failed to live up to the sacrifices of the Syrian people.
France 24
| May 22, 2012
Mali's caretaker President Dioncounda Traore was hospitalized with head injuries on Monday after being attacked by hundreds of protesters who stormed the presidential palace in the capital Bamako to demand his resignation.
France 24
| May 21, 2012
Intense street battles in Beirut that pitted pro- and anti- Syrian Sunni forces against each other early Monday, wounding six people, has prompted fears that the conflict in neighbouring Syria is spilling over into Lebanon.
— Dec 4, 2012 at 04:31 pm
...pellets removed. He was transferred to a hospital outside Paris on Sunday. Tunisian authorities have not apologised for the incident. “I’m not n...
— Oct 21, 2012 at 05:40 pm
...the president Mohamed Morsi, and the Islamist hegemony of Egypt's future constitution. The Friday before that had seen clashes between members o...
— Oct 22, 2012 at 07:51 am
— Nov 9, 2012 at 06:39 am
France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel based in Paris. Its stated mission is to "cover international current events from a French perspective and to convey French values throughout the world." It started broadcasting on 6 December 2006 under the presidency of Jacques Chirac and prime ministerial term of Dominique de Villepin.
The service is aimed at the overseas market, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the France 24 channel started broadcasting through its own iPhone app.
Based in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the suburbs of Paris, the channel broadcasts world news. Currently it offers variants in English and Arabic in addition to French. The channel has since 2008 been wholly owned by the French government, having acquired the remaining shares held by its former partners Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions. Its budget is approximately €100 million per year.
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