Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Macron hosts Oman sultan for talks on toll-free reopening of Strait of Hormuz

France, June 29 -- The two leaders are to reaffirm the need to ease tensions in the region and discuss maritime security, calling for "free and unconditional" passage through the strategic waterway, a... Read More


Anti-independence parties make gains in New Caledonia provincial poll

France, June 29 -- The poll - the first provincial election since 2019 - took place peacefully under tight security, more than two years after deadly unrest shook the archipelago. Turnout stood at 63.... Read More


Israel formally recognises Armenian genocide in rebuke to Turkey

France, June 29 -- "A historic decision: the Israeli government has unanimously approved Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's proposal to recognise the Armenian genocide," the foreign ministry said in a sta... Read More


French journalist Gleizes marks one year in Algerian prison as RSF renews appeal

France, June 29 -- 37-year-old Gleizes, who contributes to the magazines So Foot and Society, was sentenced on 29 June 2025 to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism". He had been arrested i... Read More


France opens investigation after 11 killed in skydiving plane crash near Nancy

France, June 29 -- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez visited the crash site on Sunday after the German-registered Pilatus light airplane came down shortly after take-off from Nancy-Essey aerodrome, in e... Read More


French government under fire as hospitals face excess heatwave deaths

France, June 28 -- "We must fully shed light on the looming, devastating human toll in order to determine political accountability," Marine Tondelier, leader of the French Greens, stated on social med... Read More


France's deadly heatwave triggers accusations of government inaction

France, June 28 -- "We must fully shed light on the looming, devastating human toll in order to determine political accountability," Marine Tondelier, leader of the French Greens, stated on social med... Read More


Remains of people exhibited in 'human zoos' to be returned to French Guiana

France, June 28 -- The remains were initially buried and then later exhumed for scientific study, and have been held at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris ever since. On 15 June, the Nat... Read More


Why Germany is turning to Algeria for Europe's hydrogen future

France, June 28 -- Two agreements signed in Algiers last week mark the latest step in a relationship that has grown steadily in recent years. One will help modernise Algeria's electricity grid so it ... Read More


'An honour to be chosen': Italian astronaut on piloting Nasa lunar mission

France, June 27 -- Nasa's Artemis III mission follows the successful Artemis II flight completed in April - the farthest humans have travelled from the Earth. The crew will undertake a series of chal... Read More