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March 2, 2026
France 'ready' to defend Gulf countries against Iran, if necessary: Foreign Minister
Jean-Noël Barrot said the country 'stands ready' to take part in the defense of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain...
Le Monde
March 2, 2026
Europeans ready for defensive military actions in region after Iranian strikes in the Gulf
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said they were 'appalled by the i...
Le Monde
March 2, 2026
FBI probing Texas shooting that killed two as potential act of terrorism
Authorities haven't provided a clear motive for the attacks but found 'indicators' on the gunman and in his vehicle leading them to look int...
Le Monde
March 2, 2026
Trump is feeling his way along the war on Iran
The president has made numerous, often confusing media appearances since the start of the offensive on February 28, while only a third of Am...
Le Monde
March 2, 2026
Melania Trump to chair UN Security Council as Iran war rages
Monday's event will mark the first time that either a first lady – or a first gentleman – has presided over a Security Council meeting. Mela...
Le Monde
March 2, 2026
Photographer Robert Frank's love letter to Paris
During a stay in Paris in the autumn of 1949, Swiss photographer Robert Frank created an album of the French capital for his fiancée, Mary,...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
French domestic security forces placed on high alert following airstrikes on Iran
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez instructed prefects to 'report to intelligence services any influence or destabilization efforts link...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
The 'great replacement' theory: 'A hateful, conspiratorial phrase' now in 'everyday language'
COLUMN. The expression, coined by far-right ideologue Renaud Camus in 2010, is based on a myth Hitler developed. Its drift into everyday lan...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
EU urges 'credible transition' in Iran, warns against long war
Foreign ministers from the bloc's 27 nations held special talks via video link on day 2 of an assault that has resulted in widespread region...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
US-Israeli strikes on Iran: Gulf monarchies face a dilemma after Iran's retaliation attacks target them
The Arabian Peninsula's monarchs now face a painful dilemma: Whether to continue trying to appease Tehran, or more closely align themselves...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
'Trump is taking a gamble by claiming he can topple a bloodthirsty regime without boots on the ground'
OP-ED. Justin Vaïsse, a historian and founder of the Paris Peace Forum, describes the offensive the American president launched on Iran as u...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Sahar Delijani, writer: 'The Iranian people's struggle against tyranny has become a test of our politics'
OP-ED. The author, born in 1983 in Evin Prison in Tehran, where her parents were incarcerated, and now exiled in New York, laments in this o...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Four years after Russia's invasion, Ukrainian soldiers are 'tired, but we're holding strong'
Despite ongoing intense diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the conflict, many Ukrainian soldiers do not believe peace will come soon and are...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Pentagon announces first US soldiers killed in operation against Iran
On Sunday, the Iranian regime retaliated against the joint US-Israeli bombing campaign, launching strikes on countries across the region. Th...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
After Khamenei's killing, who is running Iran now?
The plans include the formation of an interim leadership council including the president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist from the Gu...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Iran: A day of strikes in the Middle East, explained in maps
Launched on Saturday, Epic Fury, a joint operation by Israel and the US, targeted Tehran and several other Iranian cities. In retaliation, t...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Trump's war of choice in Iran
EDITORIAL. With a massive attack that wasn't in response to any immediate threat, the US president and the Israeli prime minister aim to bri...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Bombings in Iran raise fears of oil crisis
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and US-Israeli strikes in Iran are reigniting the specter of a surge in crude oil prices. But the global...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Airstrikes on Iran: How the US and Israel hope to bring down the regime
The goal of the US-Israeli strikes is ambitious. The top target on their list was Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whose death was confir...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Belgium, with France's assistance, seizes suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker
Russia has used a flotilla of ageing tankers of opaque ownership to get around restrictions on its lucrative crude exports imposed over its...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Attacks on Iran: US and Israel are committing 'a crime of aggression,' says Bernie Sanders' former adviser
An influential voice in the progressive camp and former advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, Matthew Duss harshly criticizes Donald Trump's ac...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
An intense debate over the fate of looted artworks displayed in Paris
A compelling new essay by historian Bénédicte Savoy explores the controversy surrounding European art's departure from the Louvre after 1815...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Israeli first responders confirm first fatality since Iran began launching missiles
On Saturday, Israel confirmed its first fatality since Iran began launching missiles earlier in the day in response to a wave of US-Israeli...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader and representative of the regime's hard-line faction, has died
The successor to Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, Ali Khamenei embodied the Islamic Republic, setting its political course both domestically and...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Iran attacks luxury hotels and airports in Dubai
Explosions rocked many of the city's major landmarks and revenue-earners, including the Palm Jumeirah man-made island, the Burj Al Arab ultr...
Le Monde
March 1, 2026
Iran's state media say 100 killed in strike on girls' school, but losses among the regime's leaders still lack transparency
Footage broadcast by state media shows the rubble of a girls' school in Minab where 108 people were reportedly killed, according to Iranian...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
'US Supreme Court slows, but does not lessen, the dangers of Donald Trump's trade war'
OP-ED. The US Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs imposed under emergency powers does not remove the trade weapon from the president's arsenal...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
France-Germany-UK's balancing act in response to US-Israeli offensive against Iran
In a joint statement indicating a form of tacit support without offensive participation, France, Germany and the United Kingdom stressed tha...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Trump says Iran's supreme leader Khamenei is dead, without confirmation from Iran
'Khameini, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,' Trump said on his Truth Social network.
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
UN urges all sides to 'see reason' in Iran-US conflict
'As always, in any armed conflict, it is civilians who end up paying the ultimate price,' UN rights chief Volker Turk cautioned. 'Bombs and...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Trump gives in to the temptation of regime change in Iran with Operation Epic Fury
The American president, in coordination with Israel, has embarked on a war with an unpredictable duration. This runs counter to his promises...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Israel rallies in national unity to support attack on Iran
Ahead of October parliamentary elections, on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents voiced their support for the US-Israel...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Video. Watch Trump's speech as he announces US strikes on Iran
Video - The US and Israel carried out multiple airstrikes on Iran on Saturday after weeks of threats of military intervention.
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
US strikes on Iran reignite fears of rising oil prices
The prospect of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which one-fifth of the world's total oil supply, notably from Saudi Arabia and the Unite...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Video. Watch: Iran targets US military bases across the Middle East as part of retaliation strikes
Video - Iran launched retaliation strikes across the Middle East on Saturday after a joint attack by Israel and the US.
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Mélenchon's deadly race to the bottom
EDITORIAL. Radical left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has chosen to divide and use insults to present himself as the anti-establishment can...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Mélenchon's attempt to embody an 'antifascist arc' backs the rest of the left into a corner
NEWS ANALYSIS. Radical leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has polarized the public debate but still hopes to champion a front to block the fa...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
World leaders fear broader escalation after major US and Israeli attack on Iran
French President Emmanuel Macron called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting in response to the U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran. Ge...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Israel and the US attack Iran: What happened in the first hours of bombing
Several sites in Tehran, Isfahan and Tabriz were struck on Saturday morning. Israel has declared a 'special state of emergency.' The Israeli...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Prosecution requests questionably harsh sentences at murdered teacher Samuel Paty's appeals trial
Prosecutors requested 20-year prison sentences for two men behind a hate campaign against the history teacher, who was beheaded outside his...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Behind Trump and Anthropic standoff lies multifaceted debates over military's use of AI
The US president ordered his administration to 'immediately cease' using the start-up's artificial intelligence model after the company refu...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
US and Israel launch an attack on Iran
The US and Israel announced on Saturday that they launched several strikes on Iran, following weeks of threats of military intervention. Ira...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Dominique Méda: 'Another food system is possible'
COLUMN. Public authorities support a highly expensive food system that causes numerous negative impacts and primarily benefits processing in...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Bolivian military plane carrying cash crashes near La Paz, killing at least 15
The Bolivian Air Force C-130 Hercules, which was transporting money to the country's capital, crashed onto a busy avenue.
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
How the death of a far-right activist has shaken up the French left's mayoral campaigns
Since the tragedy in Lyon on February 14, activists from radical left La France Insoumise have faced rising hostility on the ground. Other l...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
David W. Bates, cybernetics specialist: 'The brain is not a computer'
With the advent of artificial intelligence, the American academic aims to avoid the pitfalls of both technophobia and transhumanism. In his...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Rwanda: Claude Muhayimana sentenced on appeal to 14 years in prison for 'complicity in genocide'
The Paris criminal court sentenced the former street sweeper from Rouen to 14 years in prison for transporting militiamen to various massacr...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Epstein case: Bill Clinton scrutinized over past relationship with sexual predator
Democrats hope that former President Bill Clinton's testimony on Friday sets a precedent that could pave the way for Donald Trump to appear...
Le Monde
February 28, 2026
Bruno Mars stays as 'feel good' as ever with his new album, 'The Romantic'
The American multi-instrumentalist and singer is releasing his fourth solo album, ten years after the success of '24K Magic.'
Le Monde
February 28, 2026