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          French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, left, with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Beirut. AFP

          France warns Lebanon against being pulled into US–Iran tensions

          MENAFebruary 06, 2026
          Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani met French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Damascus

          France tells Syria fighting ISIS is ‘priority'

          MENAFebruary 05, 2026
          Israeli police detain an activist from blocking lorries carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip near Karam Abu Salem crossing in southern Israel. AFP

          Two French-Israeli women face 'complicity in genocide' investigation for role in Gaza blockade

          EuropeFebruary 03, 2026
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          Iranian diaspora targeted by IRGC hail its listing as terror organisation

          EuropeJanuary 29, 2026
          Protesters against the Iranian government at a 2025 demonstration in Paris. Getty Images

          Change of heart in Paris puts EU on brink of banning IRGC

          EuropeJanuary 29, 2026
          Jared Kushner presented the US vision for a 'New Gaza' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22, 2026.

          'No new New York': Macron ally cautions against talk of skyscraper-studded Gaza

          NewsJanuary 29, 2026
          About 26 Gazan musicians and researchers and their families - some seen here in Angers in January 2025 - have been evacuated to France since late 2023 under the Pause programme. AFP

          France accused of discrimination against Gazan artists waiting for evacuation

          EuropeJanuary 27, 2026
          Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is scheduled to be hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss reforms in Lebanon. Bloomberg

          Lebanon's Nawaf Salam set for talks in Paris over security forces support

          EuropeJanuary 23, 2026
          The French Navy prepares to intercept the cargo tanker Grinch. Reuters

          French Navy seizes sanctioned Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean

          EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
          French President Emmanuel Macron wears blue-tinted sunglasses to a plenary session at the economic forum in Switzerland. EPA

          Why is Emmanuel Macron wearing mirrored sunglasses at World Economic Forum?

          LifestyleJanuary 20, 2026
          Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets envoys including Yazid bin Farhan of Saudi Arabia, fourth from left, and French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Wednesday. AFP

          France to host fundraising conference for Lebanon's military in March

          MENAJanuary 14, 2026
          Jordan Bardella, leader of France's far-right National Rally, delivers his 'new year's greetings' in Paris on January 12, the day before his mentor Marie Le Pen began a court appeal. EPA

          French far-right's rising star Bardella eyes presidency as mentor faces court

          EuropeJanuary 13, 2026
          An officer at the Falmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, in Cornwall, south-west England, monitors Storm Goretti. Getty Images

          Flights cancelled as 'multi-hazard' Storm Goretti wreaks havoc across Europe

          EuropeJanuary 10, 2026
          French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace in Paris. EPA

          Emmanuel Macron takes Donald Trump to task with warning 'world is coming off the rails'

          EuropeJanuary 08, 2026
          British and French air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening against a suspected underground arms cache used by ISIS. Photo: EPA

          Joint UK-French strike targets ISIS arms cache in Syria

          MENAJanuary 04, 2026
          Migrants run to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel, at Gravelines, northern France, in August. AFP

          Second highest number of English Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

          EuropeJanuary 02, 2026
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