Dutch authorities have, for the first time ever, invoked Cold War-era legislation to take control of a Chinese-owned microchip factory – prompting backlash from China. https://t.co/kZ1t1TqEOT via @RFI_En

France has committed "serious and systematic" violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has found. https://t.co/bKESs2hvnq via @RFI_En

As the EU agrees on a €1.5 billion programme to boost its defence industry, the question now is whether this initiative can deliver the strategic autonomy Brussels is seeking – and quickly enough to meet the bloc's mounting security challenges.

French forces' 1944 massacre of African World War II troops demanding pay in Senegal was "premeditated" and covered up, with previous death tolls vastly underestimated, according to a paper submitted to the Senegalese president. https://t.co/vgJPTsV0TN via @RFI_En

Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique warned his players that they face a test of their mettle against Strasbourg as Ligue 1 resumes in France after the pause for international games. https://t.co/4U91zgpdmO via @RFI_En

French households are saving at near-record levels, putting aside nearly 19 percent of their income since the start of the year. The increase reveals growing uncertainty around France's social safety net. https://t.co/hInIDZIdEg via @RFI_En

Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as president of Madagascar on Friday, three days after the army seized power following mass protests that forced former leader Andry Rajoelina to flee the country. https://t.co/zWWU7xKZ3m via @RFI_En

A long-awaited report commissioned by Senegal into the 1944 killing of dozens of African soldiers by French forces was to be handed to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday. https://t.co/GqmyyzQBnz via @RFI_En

Five years after teacher Samuel Paty was murdered near Paris, “the shock is still raw”. French teachers say fear and anger remain as violence in schools rises. https://t.co/oegvAovVTn via @RFI_En

A French couple held by Iran for over three years who were this week handed lengthy jail sentences on charges of espionage are increasingly exhausted and their lives are at risk, their families warned on Thursday. https://t.co/ATmX66SuZf via @RFI_En

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two no confidence votes in the National Assembly on Thursday after winning last-minute backing from Socialist MPs over his decision to suspend a contested pension reform. https://t.co/WKw5xSXjdn via @RFI_En

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024, reaching the highest concentration ever measured and locking the planet into more long-term warming, the UN weather agency warned on Wednesday. https://t.co/I5gOSVR89l via @RFI_En

🇨🇩🤝🇷🇼 The DRC and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed to set up a joint team to monitor a future permanent ceasefire. This is a key move towards ending years of violence in eastern Congo.

In this edition of International Report, RFI speaks with David Ondracka, former President of Transparency International Czech Republic, about the country’s recent parliamentary elections.

Israel said it will reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt and allow humanitarian aid into the enclave after Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages, public broadcaster Kan reported on Wednesday.

Seventeen humanitarian and activist groups filed an appeal on Tuesday in France to block a British-French migration deal that lets the UK return migrants arriving by boat in exchange for taking an equal number of visa-approved migrants from France.

Madagascar’s army has taken control of the country after parliament voted to remove Andry Rajoelina, who led the island nation twice since 2009. He fled the country following weeks of protests over corruption and shortages of water and electricity.

A budget crisis and shrinking public funding are squeezing France’s 1.4 million NGOs, and a new survey shows 30 percent of them lack sufficient cash flow, putting their work at risk.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence on 21 October for criminal conspiracy over alleged illegal funding of his 2007 election campaign by Libya, French media reported on Monday. https://t.co/jMayfj4aiR via @RFI_En

French economist Philippe Aghion has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics along with Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt for their research on how innovation fuels long-term growth through “creative destruction” – when new technologies replace outdated ones.