France’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Francois Delattre, on Saturday said the international presence prevents Aleppo from turning into another Srebrenica, where thousands of Bosnian men and boys were...

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Sunday on a French-drafted resolution aimed at ensuring that UN officials can monitor evacuations from besieged parts of the Syrian...

France said today it is pushing for the United Nations Security Council to ensure the evacuation of Aleppo is coordinated by international observers, that humanitarian aid is allowed in...

A conflict is raging between France and Egypt after Cairo announced that traces of explosives were found on the remains of those who died on an EgyptAir flight earlier...

UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura warned on Thursday that without a ceasefire or political agreement the opposition-stronghold of Idlib risked becoming a new Aleppo after the evacuation...

Bodies pulled from the wreck of an EgyptAir plane crash that crashed into the Mediterranean earlier this year were found to have traces of explosives according to Egypt’s Civil Aviation...

France is said to have postponed until early next year a planned Palestinian-Israeli peace conference originally slated to be held on 21 December, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. The...

The Eiffel Tower is seen before turned off its lights, in solidarity with civilians in Aleppo

Protesters gather around the world demand an end to the Syrian regime's attack on Aleppo

Civilians around the world protest in solidarity with the city and residents of Aleppo

If confirmed, Rex Tillerson – the ex-oil executive, who is Donald Trump’s tip for Secretary of State – would face a messy, complex world as the chief US diplomat....

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said he received reports of “cold-blooded assassinations of entire families executions, particularly of women and children; People burned alive in their homes; continued targeting...

2016 will be remembered for a new phrase that came to characterise popular uprisings against “the establishment” in the West. From the UK to the USA, “taking back control”...

80 mayors of European cities concluded a two-day meeting at the Vatican on the refugee crisis, by issuing a statement on Saturday evening calling for the creation of a...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the French invitation to participate in the proposed peace conference to be held in Paris, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. It was...

Six Western powers have issued a joint statements calling for “an immediate ceasefire” in Aleppo and describing the current situation in the country as a “humanitarian disaster”. The United...

The immigration official for the city of Berlin, Engelhardt Mazinke has said that the German capital rejects 50 per cent of all immigration requests submitted by Egyptians. Mazinke told...

Egyptian air and naval forces departed to Greece to participate in the joint Greek-Egyptian military aeronautical exercise Medusa 2016, Egypt’s Ministry of Defence announced yesterday. The exercise came in...

Moroccan authorities have arrested a suspected militant accused of acting as an intermediary between Daesh commanders and a cell dismantled by French authorities last month, the Interior Ministry said...

France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today launched a $100 million fund to protect heritage sites threatened by extremism and conflict after the destruction last month of an...

Tunisia and the UK have yesterday signed an agreement to fund the building of two multidisciplinary hospitals in the Tunisian cities of Gabes and Beja. The agreement was signed...

France will not remain “complacent” as “a tragedy is taking place” in Syria under the rule of President Bashar Al-Assad, the country’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said yesterday. “I...

Some 30 French businessmen met yesterday with members of the Tunisian government to discuss ways to boost French investment in Tunisia, the Tunisian state-run TAP agency reported. In a...

FranzCrude futures rallied in choppy trading on Monday ahead of an OPEC meeting later in the week that could reap production cuts, while the US dollar recovered from earlier...

The French government has published new regulations obliging importers and retailers to label products originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. According to the report in Haaretz,...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has accused Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his allies of exploiting the “uncertainty” in Washington following the US presidential election to launch a “total war”...

In the five days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center recorded more than 400 incidents of “hateful harassment and intimidation” of minorities....

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to answer questions over the allegation that he received millions in campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. The question...

The US-backed offensive to crush Daesh in its last major city stronghold in Iraq entered a second month on Thursday as forces arrayed against the hardline Sunni group sought...

France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Francois Delattre, today accused the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad and their allies of failing to adhere to international and humanitarian...

A French-Lebanese businessman has said that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave over $53 million to fund Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 political campaign for the French presidency. Ziad Takieddin, a...

French President Francois Hollande today urged US President-elect Donald Trump to respect a global agreement to limit climate change, saying the deal was irreversible and inaction on global warming...