Tunisian Defence Minister Farhat Horchani yesterday agreed with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on future cooperation estimated to be worth €20 million regarding the fight on terror, Anadolu...

French President Francois Hollande said yesterday that his country will discuss in the coming days with its partners a proposal put forward by Turkey and members of the Syrian...

Last week, two young men died trying to reach Britain from Calais, France, through the Channel Tunnel. They were refugees who were trapped in the “Jungle”, as the makeshift...

At the entrance to the “Jungle” refugee camp in Calais on Monday morning, around 400 people had “over-spilled” the borders of their designated plot of “no man’s land” and...

A teenager has been killed by a freight train near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel linking France and Britain, French police said Thursday. The boy, thought to be...

French police have said a refugee electrocuted late Thursday near the Channel Tunnel linking France to Great Britain died trying to climb on to the roof of a train heading...

French authorities cleared more than 500 refugees from two makeshift camps in Paris on Thursday, moving them to temporary homes, local media said. Social workers and charity staff escorted...

The outgoing Israeli ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, is utilising the final days of his posting to regurgitate an abbreviated appeal of his earlier speeches. From selective statistics...

Thousands of protesters across Europe took to the streets on Saturday in support of refugees heading for the continent after fleeing their war-torn countries. Local police said at least...

Republican Senators failed to derail the nuclear deal with Iran, while US President Barack Obama describes it as “a victory of diplomacy”. Some 42 Democrats and independents voted against...

The European Commission has put an urgent and comprehensive action plan in place aimed at redistributing refugees who are already in Italy, Greece and Hungary, fairly among EU Member...

France is to accept 24,000 refugees over the next two years as requested by the European Commission, French President Francois Hollande has announced during his biannual press conference. “The European Commission...

France will begin reconnaissance flights over Syria tomorrow in preparation for possible airstrikes against Daesh. “It is from Syria – we have proof of this – that attacks have been...

The Anti-Terrorism Bureau of the Prime Minister’s Office warned Israeli tourists against visiting more than 40 countries, including Turkey, in fear that they could be subjected to attacks by...

On April 26, 2011, a meeting that can only be described as sinister took place between the then Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. The...

Syrian writer Samar Yazbek describes Daesh as “the biggest Satan ever”, and “an occupation” created by the brutality of Assad’s regime and the international community’s failure to take action....

A decision to dedicate a beach festival event in Paris to Israel’s Tel Aviv city has sparked outrage among leftist politicians and pro-Palestinian groups, who have termed the gesture...

Most people have heard of Cecil the Lion. Shot by Walter Palmer, an American recreational big-game hunter, the lion’s death sparked an international outcry. But have they heard the...

I was handed an aerial photograph of Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan the other day, which is home to 100,000 Syrians; it’s a sprawling testimony to the human misery...

When a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was agreed this month, some predicted that it would lead to a wider thaw in relations with western countries....

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said that his country shares the war on “terrorism” and “extremism” with Iran, in the Middle East and around the world. Fabius made...

More than 200 French Jewish immigrants arrived in Israel yesterday aboard a special flight arranged by the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, according to the Jewish Agency for...

Set in the French port of Sète, Couscous takes us through the dramas in the family life of central character Slimane Beiji, a 61-year old immigrant from Tunisia. The...

French public prosecution said on Tuesday that France requires no further investigation into murder allegations of late PLO leader Yasser Arafat. A prosecutor in Nanterre court, near Paris, concluded...

A French court has nullified a Paris suburb’s decision to offer honorary citizenship to the Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti, who is currently serving multiple prison sentences in Israel. The...

In the 24 hours since the news broke about the historic deal between Iran and the six world powers known as P5+1 (the five permanent members of the Un...

Calligraffiti artist eL Seed combines calligraphy, graffiti and philosophy in his latest mural to open the Shubbak festival in Shoreditch, East London. In downtown Shoreditch, French-Tunisian street artist eL...

The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) yesterday added the Old City of Sanaa and the Old Walled City of Shibam...

French telecommunications group Orange has reached a deal with its Israeli partner that could pave the way for their eventual split amid controversy and growing calls for companies to...

Following Israel’s hijacking of the Gaza-bound ship Marianne in international waters on Monday, Arab-Israeli Basel Ghattas MK has been released from custody and former Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki has...

France wants to set up a new Middle East “Quartet” that includes Arab states to revive the Middle East peace process, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. “It...

The deadline to reach a final deal in the nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers group P5+1 maybe extended to July 9, Iranian deputy foreign minister has...