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South Sudan risks return to war after opposition leader's arrest, UN warns

France, March 27 -- The political party of South Sudan's First Vice PresidentRiekMachar has warned that his arrest on Wednesday invalidates the country's 2018 peace deal. First Vice PresidentRiekMach... Read More


Macron hosts summit on Ukraine, pledges €2bn in military aid to Kyiv

France, March 27 -- French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a high-profile summit in Paris, bringing together European leaders- including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky- to strengthen Ukra... Read More


French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison

France, March 27 -- French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison for undermining Algeria's territorial integrity. Thursday's verdict comes after prosecutors at an ... Read More


EU vows retaliation after Trump slaps 25 percent duty on foreign cars

France, March 27 -- The European Union has vowed to take "proportionate and necessary" action after US President Donald Trump announced steep new tariffs on all foreign-made cars, a move set to fuel t... Read More


Reunion Island on health alert after spike in chikungunya disease

France, March 27 -- The authorities on the French overseas territory of Reunion Island have issued a health alert after more than 4,000 new cases of the chikungunya virus were reported in the space of... Read More


Top French actor Fanny Ardant offers support to Depardieu in sex assault case

France, March 26 -- Veteran actor Fanny Ardant told a Paris court on Wednesday that she could vouch for the behaviour of fellow French film legend Gerard Depardieu "I have never witnessed anything th... Read More


Niger junta sets out five-year transition to constitutional rule

France, March 26 -- Niger's ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an announcement during a signing ceremony for a new transition ch... Read More


Sudanese army retakes Khartoum airport from rebels

France, March 26 -- TheSudanese army recaptured Khartoum airport and surrounding areas, military sources said on Wednesday, marking another gain in itstwo-year-old warwith a rival armed group, the Rap... Read More


How weird fossils created by human garbage may baffle future civilisations

France, March 26 -- Plastic bottles, smartphones, chicken bones - and the wider debris of everyday life - are tipped to outlast human civilisation and become the defining fossils of our age. Fossils ... Read More


Paris receives 'coalition of the willing' to talk about support for Ukraine

France, March 26 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to meet on Wednesday night in Paris for a working dinner at the Elysee Palace, ahead of Thursday... Read More