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Macron and Merz pledge stronger Franco-German defence ties on first diplomatic visit

France, May 7 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Wednesday to ramp up defence cooperation as the new German leader visited Paris on his first trip ab... Read More


France and Germany to launch new security council amid Ukraine war

France, May 7 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday said they would strengthen defence cooperation, during Merz's first trip abroad since taking ... Read More


Macron and Merz pledge stronger Franco-German defense ties on first diplomatic visit

France, May 7 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Wednesday to ramp up defence cooperation as the new German leader visited Paris on his first trip ab... Read More


RSF drone strikes pound Port Sudan, putting aid deliveries at risk

France, May 7 -- Drone attacks have battered Port Sudan since Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict. Until now, the city - which became the temporary capital following the destruction of ... Read More


Protests grow in Mali as opposition leader faces trial over junta criticism

France, May 7 -- A prominent opposition leader in Mali will stand trial next month for criticising the country's military rulers, as tensions escalate over a plan to dissolve political parties and del... Read More


Peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda in progress, US says

France, May 7 -- Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a process aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Congo and attracting billions of dollars in Western investment, acc... Read More


Sister says jailed French couple in Iran are at breaking point

France, May 7 -- Locked in a windowless cell with the lights on day and night, French teacher Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris on Wednesday markedthree years in Iran's notorious Evin Prison... Read More


Three out of four French women affected by sexism at work, survey shows

France, May 7 -- For three out of four women in France, sexist attitudes and decisions at work are still a reality, according to a survey released by the French organisation of diversity managers (AFD... Read More


Three-day Ukraine ceasefire begins as Putin hosts Victory Day guests

France, May 7 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's order for a three-day truce with Ukraine took effect Thursday, a move the Kremlin said would test Kyiv's readiness for peace but that Ukraine has sl... Read More


French health experts oppose bill that could reintroduce banned pesticides

France, May 6 -- More than a thousand doctors, scientists, and healthcare professionals have signed an open letter denouncing a proposed French law that could weaken the authority of the country's ind... Read More