Durov offers to buy stolen Louvre jewels, donate to Louvre Abu Dhabi
Durov offers to buy stolen Louvre jewels, donate to Louvre Abu Dhabi

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has offered to purchase the French crown jewels stolen in a recent heist at the Louvre Museum and donate them to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The theft took place on Sunday, when four individuals broke into the Paris landmark in broad daylight, stealing eight royal...

UN special rapporteur condemns Israeli killings in Gaza
UN special rapporteur condemns Israeli killings in Gaza

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has condemned Israels continued killing of Palestinians following the ceasefire agreement, reports Al Jazeera. Again: Ceasefire according to Israel = you cease, I fire. Calling it peace is both an insult and a...

Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Sébastien Lecornu to return as French prime minister only four days after he stood down from the post, sparking a week of high drama and political turmoil, reports BBC. Macron made the announcement late on Friday, hours after meeting all the main...

France due to host Arab, European foreign ministers to discuss Gaza’s ‘day after’
France due to host Arab, European foreign ministers to discuss Gaza’s ‘day after’

The Paris meeting due to start at 15:00 GMT (9PM Bangladesh Time) on Thursday will bring together top diplomats of five key Arab states Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with European counterparts from France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK. Turkiye and the...

France's new PM resigns, hours after cabinet unveiled
France's new PM resigns, hours after cabinet unveiled

Frances President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornus resignation just hours after unveiling his cabinet, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock. Macron named Lecornu, a former defence minister, to the post last month....

Macron, Meloni argue for caution in responding to Russian ‘provocations’
Macron, Meloni argue for caution in responding to Russian ‘provocations’

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called on Europe to arm itself to respond to Russias hybrid warfare, but other major continental leaders have argued for caution against getting trapped in a tit-for-tat cycle of escalation with Moscow, reports Al Jazeera. I hope that everybody...

Iran recalls ambassadors from UK, France, and Germany
Iran recalls ambassadors from UK, France, and Germany

Irans Foreign Ministry has summoned the countrys ambassador to three European countries for consultations, after the E3 triggered the so-called snapback mechanism against the Islamic Republic, Press TV reports. Following the irresponsible action of three European countries in abusing the JCPOA...

France announces formal recognition of state of Palestine — Macron
France announces formal recognition of state of Palestine — Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron officially recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday, spurring a wave of Western moves to defy Israel in making the landmark -- if symbolic -- move. Macron, speaking at a summit that Israel and its chief backer the United States did not...

No French embassy in Palestine until Gaza hostages are freed: Macron
No French embassy in Palestine until Gaza hostages are freed: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron said France will not open an embassy in a future Palestinian state until all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are freed, reports AFP/ BSS. It will be, for us, a requirement very clearly before opening, for instance, an embassy in Palestine, Macron told CBS News...

Hundreds arrested as ‘Block Everything’ protests grip France
Hundreds arrested as ‘Block Everything’ protests grip France

French police have arrested hundreds of people as protests led by left-wing forces under the label Block Everything were launched across the country, reports Al Jazeera. More than 200 people were reported to have been arrested in the morning hours as demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and...

France's Macron, seeking 5th PM in less than 2 years
France's Macron, seeking 5th PM in less than 2 years

French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a fifth prime minister in less than two years to tackle the countrys debt problems and there are no obvious candidates with a decent chance of success, reports NDTV. Francois Bayrou, a centrist with a long history of doing business with rival parties...

Macron faces Fresh crisis as lawmakers oust Bayrou govt in no-confidence vote
Macron faces Fresh crisis as lawmakers oust Bayrou govt in no-confidence vote

French President Emmanuel Macron is once again hunting for a new prime minister after lawmakers ousted Prime Minister François Bayrou in a decisive no-confidence vote on Monday, toppling Frances third government in less than a year, reads a France24 post. The National Assembly voted 364 to 194...

France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister
France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly. The defeat by 364 votes to 194 means that Bayrou will on Tuesday present his governments resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who must now...

You made a big mistake: Iran to UK, France, Germany
You made a big mistake: Iran to UK, France, Germany

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said that Europe is wrong to follow Donald Trumps strategy adding that Islamic Republic of Iran is open to diplomacy and a new deal over nuclear program, but sanctions must go. For more than two decades, Europe has been at the heart of the ongoing,...

Macron’s decision to recognize Palestine angers Israel and the US
Macron’s decision to recognize Palestine angers Israel and the US

French President Emmanuel Macrons decision to recognize a Palestinian state, prompting similar moves from other Western nations, angered Israel and its U.S. ally by putting a two-state solution back at the heart of diplomatic efforts to end the devastating war in Gaza, reports AP. In a letter to...

France returns human skulls to Madagascar, 128 years after French massacre
France returns human skulls to Madagascar, 128 years after French massacre

France has returned to Madagascar three human skulls kept at a Paris museum for 128 years, after they were looted during the colonial period, including one believed to be that of a Madagascan king decapitated by French troops, reports Al Jazeera. The skull, presumed to be that of King Toera, and...

Durov calls his arrest a “mistake” by French police
Durov calls his arrest a “mistake” by French police

Pavel Durov, co-founder of the Telegram messaging app, has described his arrest in France a year ago as a mistake by the French authorities, stating that the ongoing investigation has failed to establish any wrongdoing by him or his platform, reports TAAS. Ironically, I was arrested due to the...

France says 'time running out' for Iran nuclear deal talks
France says 'time running out' for Iran nuclear deal talks

Time is running out to negotiate a solution on Irans nuclear programme, Frances foreign minister said on Friday, following telephone talks alongside European counterparts with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, reports BSS. We have just made an important call to our Iranian counterpart...

Macron denounces Netanyahu’s ‘abject’ remarks
Macron denounces Netanyahu’s ‘abject’ remarks

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced Netanyahus remarks as abject and erroneous in response to Israel Prime Ministers accusations that his intention to recognize a Palestinian state is fueling anti-Semitism, reports AP. Tensions between Israel and traditional allies escalated in recent...

Mali arrests alleged French spy over failed coup plot
Mali arrests alleged French spy over failed coup plot

Mali has arrested a French national accused of working with Frances intelligence services to orchestrate a failed coup against the West African nations transitional government. Yann Vezilier was apprehended on August 1 along with a small group of marginal elements in the Malian army suspected of...

Firefighters face ‘challenging day’ as wildfire rages in southern France
Firefighters face ‘challenging day’ as wildfire rages in southern France

Firefighters in southern France are facing extreme conditions as they battle a massive wildfire that has ravaged 16,000 hectares in the Aude department during peak tourist season. Though the spread has been contained, authorities warn that soaring temperatures and dry winds could reignite the...

France's last newspaper hawker to receive national honour from President Macron
France's last newspaper hawker to receive national honour from President Macron

Ali Akbar has been selling papers for more than 50 years. And now he is to be officially recognised for his contribution to French culture. President Emmanuel Macron who once as a student himself bought newspapers from Mr Akbar is to decorate him next month with the Order of Merit, one of...

Migrants saved from refrigerated lorry in France
Migrants saved from refrigerated lorry in France

French medics had to treat Eritrean migrants hidden in a UK-bound refrigerated lorry for hypothermia Saturday, after the driver heard their cries for help, officials told AFP. The driver heard the group of 15 stowed away in his lorry while at a motorway rest stop, said a senior official with the...