Migrant returns from Britain to France are expect to start within days, after the ratification of a new deal aimed at curbing small boat crossings, UK officials said.
Canada plans to recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday, joining France and the UK in ramping up pressure on Israel.
A coalition of over 60 rights organisations has signed a letter addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding reparations for Haiti, whose economy was burdened for decades by a 19th-century compensation debt to France.
France is pushing the European Commission to take a tougher stance against Washington in transatlantic trade talks, warning that the EU must be ready to act if U.S. President Donald Trump refuses to ease tariffs ahead of the August 1 deadline.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will officially recognise Palestinian state, making it the first G7 nation and permanent United Nations Security Council member to take such a step.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and stressed the need for global intervention, during a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday.
Two spectators were killed and another seriously injured on Saturday when a rally car veered off the road during a race near Ambert in France’s Puy-de-Dome region, local authorities said.
Liberal MPs are openly urging the Canadian government to follow France in recognising Palestine as a state.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will formally recognise the State of Palestine at the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly in September 2025. The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer also expressed his support to a two-state solution as a path for lasting peace.
Algeria has condemned a decision by French authorities to bar its diplomats from restricted zones at Paris airports, calling it a breach of diplomatic norms and a violation of international law.
Germany and France are aiming to end a long-standing rift over their joint fighter jet project by August, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Emmanuel Macron push for unity in European defence.
Germany, and the UK hailed a major treaty to deepen ties in many areas ranging from defence to immigration. It's the latest push from Britain to reset relations with the European Union after Brexit in 2020. It comes after a recent treaty between France and the UK was signed last week.
France has ended its permanent military presence in Senegal, handing over its last base in Dakar and closing a significant chapter of colonial legacy.
A French court on Thursday ordered the release of Lebanese activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has served 40 years in prison for attacks on American and Israeli diplomats in France.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran is fully prepared to retaliate against any new military attack, saying it could strike harder than during the recent Iran-Israel conflict.
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has unveiled a sweeping budget plan that includes scrapping two public holidays—Easter Monday and 8 May, which marks Victory in Europe Day—to tackle the country’s growing debt crisis.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK have agreed to set the end of August as the unofficial deadline for reaching a new nuclear deal with Iran, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing three sources familiar with the talks.
Southern Europe is facing an intense wildfire season as heatwaves and dry conditions threaten to spark more blazes across the Mediterranean in the weeks ahead.
France will increase its military spending by an additional €6.5 billion over the next two years amid rising global threats. French President Emmanuel Macron made the announcement on Sunday.
After ten days of tense talks in Paris, New Caledonia’s pro-independence and loyalist leaders have signed a political blueprint that could reshape their relationship with France.
French army chief General Thierry Burkhard warned that Moscow views France as its principal adversary in Europe, citing growing hybrid threats from Russia ahead of President Macron’s key defence speech.
France has unveiled a new agreement offering greater autonomy to New Caledonia, a move Paris described as “historic” but which falls short of the full independence long demanded by many Indigenous Kanaks.
In a show of diplomatic unity, Italian and French foreign ministers met in Rome to address global crises, calling for urgent ceasefires and coordinated support on Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran.
France recorded over 100 drowning deaths in just one month — a 58% rise from last year — as unusually high temperatures drove more people to water, public health officials say.
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