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Burundi nominates former Senegalese president Sall for UN chief

France, March 3 -- The selection process was launched last November, with each candidate to be formally nominated by a state or group of states, not necessarily by their country of origin. The Securit... Read More


Belgian police detain three linked to Cameroonian separatist group

France, March 3 -- Federal prosecutors said the arrests followed simultaneous searches in Antwerp and Londerzeel on Sunday. The inquiry, launched last summer, focuses on people living in Belgium suspe... Read More


French basketball giant Wembanyama buys stake in boyhood club

France, March 3 -- The 22-year-old played for the club between the ages of 10 and 17 before leaving in June 2021 to join French top-flight side ASVEL in Lyon in south-eastern France. He left a year l... Read More


UN warns of resurgence of violence in South Sudan following massacre

France, March 3 -- At least 169 people were killed in Abiemnhom, in the Ruweng administrative zone bordering Sudan, according to local authorities, who emphasised that this toll is still provisional. ... Read More


France prepares Middle East evacuations and deploys jets to UAE

France, March 3 -- "We are preparing to charter flights so that the most vulnerable people, those who deserve to be accompanied, can benefit from them if necessary," Barrot told Frenchbroadcaster BFMT... Read More


French court cuts jail terms for three men in Samuel Paty murder case

France, March 3 -- Paty's killer, Abdoullakh Anzorov, was shot dead by police after the attack outside the Bois-d'Aulne secondary school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris, where Paty taught h... Read More


The French village where Ayatollah Khomeini fomented Iran's revolution

France, March 3 -- Khomeini, the original spiritual guide of Iran's modern theocracy, spent barely 120 days ensconced in a villa in the village 40 kilometres west of the French capital, before returni... Read More


Germany's Merz on high-stakes Washington trip amid Iran fallout

France, March 3 -- The previously scheduled meeting Tuesday had been expected to focus on the Ukraine war, US-EU trade tensions and a wider effort to salvage frayed transatlantic ties. Now the key to... Read More


Why Iran's power structure may prove stronger than Khamenei's killing

France, March 2 -- Khamenei, 86, had held power since 1989 and left no officially designated heir. The government announced 40 days of national mourning following his death on Saturday. Parliament sp... Read More


Why Iran's 'beheaded' power structure may outlive Ali Khamenei

France, March 2 -- Khamenei, 86, had held power since 1989 and left no officially designated heir. The government announced 40 days of national mourning following his death on Saturday. Parliament sp... Read More