The West African bloc has conveyed its readiness to intervene militarily if diplomatic efforts fail to reverse the coup that toppled the government of pro-West President Bazoum on July 26 in Niger.

Italy's foreign minister has warned about any military intervention by the West in Niger against the newly-formed junta in the African country.

The United States has evacuated its embassy staff and their families from Sudan as fierce clashes continue between the country's army and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Angry protesters heckle French President Emmanuel as he appears before a crowd of protesters in northeast of Paris.

The French president has said his country still backed the "status quo" on the self-ruled island of Taiwan.

Days after hosting CIA-bankrolled anti-Iran rabble-rousers in Paris last November, French President Emmanuel Macron quite animatedly labeled violent riots in Iran as a whimsical “revolution”. 

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 10:00 GMT on March 9, 2023.