NEWS ANALYSIS. In this debt-strangled country, whose political aspirations have just been smothered by the army at the ballot box on February 8, democracy is but a distant memory.

The anti-corruption organization Anticor alleges the former French president was involved in influence peddling, corruption of a foreign public official and illegal campaign financing.

Official results show that the abstention rate was at 28%, the highest in any presidential election run-off since 1969.

OP-ED. Women's social role forces them to look after their families more and to imagine their futures, writes the sociologist and Brazilian first lady. In this respect, women have a major role to...

The case for 'unlawful information gathering,' brought against British tabloid publishers by the former royal and others, was ruled 'a worthwhile claim', and could go to trial.

The self-taught Palestinian photographer risked his life to document the effects of Israel's bombardment on his town in retaliation for the October 7 attacks. Now in exile, he has just been awarded...

The head of the Estonian government is strongly committed to supporting Ukraine and believes that the war has given 'equal' status to all countries of the European Union.

'Le Monde' has launched a new English language digital edition. It will consist of translated versions of a diverse selection of articles produced by the editorial team.

The country fell 38 places and is now at the bottom of the European Union in the international ranking established by Reporters Without Borders.

A Defense Council meeting at the Elysée Palace reconsidered the possibility of Kyiv joining NATO, an option previously ruled out by Paris, Berlin and Washington. This would increase pressure on...

EDITORIAL. Baku's closure of the only corridor linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia is a tremendous political error and a challenge to the most elementary rules of international law. Its reopening is...

Specialists estimate that Jair Bolsonaro's country has regressed thirty years regarding the issue. In 1998, just like today, nearly 32 million Brazilians were suffering from hunger.

Despite making progress in May, the peace process has now stalled over rights and security guarantees for the Armenians of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Greece's summer tourism boom, which can multiply the country's population by 10, has exposed critical healthcare shortages resulting in several accidents and tragedies.

His re-election is a triumph of firsts, but Macron has a lot of work ahead of him in uniting a country riven by political divisions.

Centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron won France’s presidential runoff, beating his far-right rival in a tight race.

The humanitarian crisis affecting Armenians has worsened sharply over the summer since Baku completely blocked access to the disputed enclave.

The incumbent president was re-elected Sunday, despite the second-lowest turnout in more than 50 years. The far right broke the threshold of 40% of the vote for the first time.

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the audience of the main state-controlled channels has collapsed by 25%. The number of users of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, on the other...

COLUMN. The sitting president has won France's presidential election for the second time. 'Le Monde' columnist Gilles Paris explains what his victory means for France and for Europe.

According to final results, the Nouveau Front Populaire left-wing alliance won 182 seats in France's Assemblée Nationale, ahead of Macron's coalition (168) and the far-right Rassemblement National...

Video - Tools, cigarettes and clothes sold by French retailer Auchan supply Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian front, sometimes with the complicity of its Russian subsidiary.

The Belarusian opposition leader is calling for tougher sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko's regime, following the exile of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin to the country.

OP-ED. Members of the Armenian Society of Fellows warn that the Azerbaijani government's goal is the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and are calling for humanitarian intervention by...

Aid organizations have estimated that 15% of women contracted HIV during the civil war against the region's rebels and its occupation.

EDITORIAL. A victory for Marine Le Pen would cause an irreversible shift of France toward a model marked by factionalism, isolation and violence, while lacking solutions for social, geopolitical and...

The 100,000 inhabitants of the former separatist enclave are still in shock as they try to rebuild their lives after losing their territory to Azerbaijan in September.

OP-ED. The war on Ukraine has taught Europe that failure to counter the threats of authoritarian regimes comes at a high price, warns the academic Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy, urging the EU to strengthen...

OP-ED. In an op-ed for 'Le Monde,' former NATO Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, calls on Brussels to move beyond its policy of equidistance between Armenia, which has chosen to turn towards...

These organizations still come up against 'well-established local networks,' but are increasingly active in drug trafficking.

A series of smart bets and the candidacy of Eric Zemmour explain her strong showing. The other far-right candidate made her appear almost moderate despite her political program going against fundam...

From the 1960s, Jean-Luc Godard was among those who pushed cinema's aesthetic and narrative limits while embodying the New Wave. The French-Swiss filmmaker died on September 13.

The UN agency on Wednesday inscribed the 'artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread' on its 'intangible cultural heritage' list.

The incumbent president has promised to pass a law to boost purchasing power this summer and plans to completely reform France's civil service.

Booksellers established along the banks of the Seine river refuse to see their bookstalls removed during next year's Games.

The vote, her 31st, advanced on Wednesday the nomination of Kalpana Kotagal to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The only other vice president to cast so many was John C. Calhoun, who...

An international investigation into Uber's lobbying between 2013 and 2017.

Arvind Kejriwal, whose camp says the corruption probe against him is a 'political conspiracy,' has been released to campaign in the national election.

'Citizens have chosen a France committed to a free, strong and fair EU,' said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez about French President's reelection, on Sunday.

Four months after the peace agreement was signed in Pretoria, Tigrayans bear witness to the large-scale violence they suffered at the hands of Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces.

Social media posts claim to show demonstrations against Ukraine and NATO in Paris, Brussels, The Hague and beyond. Internal documents from Russian intelligence services, obtained by Le Monde and its...

On October 10, official Israeli accounts relayed a sordid but unfounded allegation. Six months later, it continues to circulate, fueling accusations of Israeli disinformation.

Journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev, imprisoned by the Russians in a camp near Donetsk from 2017 to 2019, is back on the Donbas front in Pokrovsk after suffering a near-fatal wound.

Irish mobilization in support of Palestine has taken on unprecedented proportions since October 7. This solidarity is rooted in a shared past of British occupation and armed struggle.

The two brothers, who became billionaires after their childhood friend Vladimir Putin came to power, have been sanctioned by the EU and the US since the invasion of Crimea in 2014. But they have...

Five years after his departure from Olympique Lyonnais, Alexandre Lacazette returned this summer and will be sporting the captain's armband to guide the Gones against PSG.

OP-ED. Pierre Schill writes that at a time when crises are proliferating, France, as a NATO framework nation, has major assets. In addition to its nuclear deterrent, it has forces that are trained...

OP-ED. Faced with the seriousness of the crises threatening our planet, researchers Kévin Jean, Jérôme Santolini and Julia Steinberger explain, in an op-ed published in 'Le Monde,' why scientists can...

Demonstrators filled streets in cities across France on the first national day of protest since the French president forced his pension reform through the Assemblée Nationale without a vote. Unions...

The Yanomami people, who live in the largest indigenous area in Brazil, are suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria as a consequence of illegal mining.

Video - French and global stars including Aya Nakamura, Lady Gaga, Philippe Katerine and Céline Dion put on a show as the parade of 206 Olympic delegations sailed down the Seine.

After nine years at the head of the Israeli organization B'Tselem, the activist is handing over the reins, aware of the limits of what he can do in defense of Palestine.

Speaking on television on Monday, the French head of state announced that his country was ready to train Ukrainian fighter pilots, but ruled out sending warplanes to Kyiv.

NEWS ANALYSIS. Fearing that his bill would be rejected, the French president decided to bypass a high-risk vote in the Assemblée Nationale on Thursday by using a special provision in the Constitution.

On October 10, official Israeli accounts relayed a sordid but unfounded allegation. Six months later, it continues to circulate, fueling accusations of Israeli disinformation.

EDITORIAL. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed refuses to acknowledge the serious food crisis affecting Tigray, in the north of the country.

US President Joe Biden announced his decision in a letter released on Sunday, a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House.

'Silent Spring,' Carson's investigation into the ravages of pesticides, is being republished in France more than 50 years after its release.

Since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Moscow's propaganda relays been particularly well welcomed on Italian talk shows.

A set of myths exist about rape, rapists and victims which prevents us from considering the diversity of situations of sexual violence, writer Noémie Renard told Le Monde.

The singer died on June 11, at the age of 80. The star of the yéyé years leaves a legacy of masterpieces for French chanson.

After revelations that the leader of the Greek socialist party (and two journalists) had been wiretapped, the director of the intelligence services and the secretary general of the prime minister's...

Eighty years ago, on July 16 and 17, 1942, the French police organized its largest roundup of Jewish women, men and children. Their final destination was Auschwitz. We revisit this shameful page of...

According to corroborating sources, the Ukrainian authorities are collaborating with the pro-independence fighters operating in the north of the country, providing them with strategic information and...

Soaring property prices, proactive urban renewal policies and 'Airbnbization': Across Europe, urban areas are undergoing profound changes, risking uniformity and the exclusion of certain parts of the...

NEWS ANALYSIS. The investigation by 'Le Monde' and its partners illustrates how a multinational company can use colossal means, high-level influence games and dubious methods to change the law to its...

The US Treasury, State and Commerce Department sanctions target hundreds of 'willing third-country individuals and entities' that Russia uses 'to resupply its military'.

Incumbent president leads with 27.60% of the votes, according to Interior Ministry's provisional results, with 97% of the votes counted. The far-right candidate is at 23.41% and leftist candidate...

In an interview with 'Le Monde,' the American actress, activist and feminist criticizes the 'inconceivable' decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

In an interview with Le Monde, the Colombian leader calls on the countries of the Global North to put an end to drug 'prohibition,' which he believes is having 'devastating effects in South America.'

The Republican People's Party was the big winner in Sunday's vote. It gained ground in the major cities it already held, including Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, and took strongholds from Erdogan's AKP...

Internal company documents analyzed by 'Le Monde' show how, in 2014-2015, Mr. Macron worked behind the scenes for the ride-hailing company, which was trying to impose deregulation of the market and...

The four-hour-long Paris Olympic opening show, Friday, sought to proudly showcase French culture with a modern twist despite downpouring rain.

The French left, including the Greens and radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise, agreed to form a coalition on Monday evening. But the question remains as to who will lead the...

The French president also called on the government and citizens to restrict energy use whenever possible.

Uber paid experts including French economists Nicolas Bouzou and Augustin Landier to conduct custom studies and come to its defense in the media.

For almost a decade, Israel's intelligence services have deployed a whole range of clandestine actions aimed at dissuading the International Criminal Court from prosecuting its leaders.

NEWS ANALYSIS. Elon Musk's view that the arrest of the Telegram boss is 'censorship' is, at best, a mistake and, at worst, a demonstration of bad faith.