France and UK chair meeting on post-conflict Strait of Hormuz mission

France, April 17 -- Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz - through which some 20 percent of the world's oil passes - since United States-Israeli air strikes began on 28 February, lea... Read More

France, UK chair meeting on Strait of Hormuz mission for when conflict ends

France, April 17 -- Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz since US-Israeli air strikes began on 28 February, leading to a surge in global energy prices. Even with a shaky ceasefire in pla... Read More

Pope visits Cameroon city hit by post-vote protest deaths

France, April 17 -- More than a million people are expected to attend the mass in Douala, one of central Africa's largest ports, where the Cameroonian authorities bloodily repressed protests against t... Read More

Gisele Pelicot and Ukraine's Zelensky honoured with Four Freedoms awards

France, April 17 -- Bestowed by the Roosevelt Foundation, established in 1982, the awards honour the "Four Freedoms" outlined by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union addre... Read More

The Paris movement that planted the seeds of Algerian independence, a century on

France, April 17 -- At the time the group came together, Algeria was part of France, while Morocco and Tunisia were French protectorates. Political and trade union activity was banned in the colonies,... Read More

Iran's ambassador to France backs Lebanon truce, tells RFI 'we prefer dialogue'

France, April 17 -- A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on Friday, pausing weeks of cross-border fighting that has displaced more than a million people in Lebanon. But the truc... Read More

EU backs Morocco autonomy plan for Western Sahara and eyes new partnership

France, April 17 -- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is on a two-day visit to Rabat for talks both sides described as a moment of consolidation in EU-Morocco relations. After meeting Moroccan Fore... Read More

France to remove Windows from government computers in sovereignty push

France, April 17 -- The plan was announced on 8 April by the Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs, the body that manages IT systems across ministries and public administrations. It involve... Read More

French children spend 10 times longer on screens than reading, study finds

France, April 17 -- Young people in France now spend far more time on screens than on books, with the gap widening sharply in recent years, the CNL's survey of 7 to 19-year-olds shows. The study foun... Read More

France's Macron says fragile Lebanon ceasefire 'may already be undermined'

France, April 17 -- The ceasefire agreed between Israel and militant group Hezbollah took effect at midnight local time, after almost seven weeks of war. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya... Read More

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