RABAT/PARIS: Morocco has halted judicial cooperation with France, blocking procedures from prisoner transfers to joint investigations, officials said on...
PARIS: Tunisia said on Wednesday that it needs more help from its European partners in its transition to democracy because if it fails no other country in the...
TOULOUSE/PARIS: Two French 15-year-olds have left France to join Islamist militants in the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, one of their...
N'DJAMENA/PARIS: Central African Republic's interim President Michel Djotodia will face pressure to step down at a summit of regional leaders on...
PARIS/BANGUI: Some European countries will send troops to support a French-African mission to restore order in Central African Republic, French Foreign...
PARIS: The hero of France’s top movie comedy of the moment is a French foreign minister who complains about American isolationism and says the Germans must be...
GENEVA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva on Saturday to join talks on Iran's contested nuclear programme, as Tehran and six world...
GENEVA: France and Iran traded tough words on Thursday before major powers began to negotiate the details of a preliminary accord to curb Tehran's nuclear...
PARIS: Iran's Foreign Minister ended a two-day visit to France on Wednesday, a country he said was the most intransigent among the six world powers -...
PARIS/BAMAKO: France will stick to its timetable for withdrawing troops from Mali despite a resurgence in violence and the killing of two French journalists,...
NIAMEY/PARIS: Four French hostages kidnapped by al Qaeda's north African arm three years ago in Niger have been released, President Francois Hollande said...
PARIS: France is treating Iranian overtures to the international community over its nuclear programme with caution and is waiting to see concrete proposals,...
PARIS: France's foreign minister heads to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Sunday aiming to drum up international interest for a largely forgotten crisis...
NEW YORK: France said on Monday it expected the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce a chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to...
PARIS/WASHINGTON: In early spring, France’s ambassador to the U.N. dined with a Russian colleague and discussed the crisis in Syria. Ambassador Gerard...
PARIS: France, Britain and the United States called on Monday for a swift U.N. resolution committing Syria to remove its chemical weapons, but Russia...
PARIS: France said on Friday that a binding U.N. Security Council resolution was needed to police Syria's promise to give up its chemical weapons,...
PARIS: France said on Thursday it would be clear next week whether a Russian proposal to control Syria's chemical weapons was credible, but warned of a risk...
PARIS: Senior members of France's ruling party rebuffed opposition calls for a parliamentary debate on whether to take military action against Syria,...
PARIS: France's government should not bow to calls from opposition figures to have lawmakers vote on whether to take military action in Syria, the senior...
PARIS: Syria’s opposition coalition wants to create a 10-person executive council to reorganize disparate rebel factions into a structured army with adequate...
PARIS: France said on Thursday it needed more talks with Syrian rebels before it could supply them with heavy weapons and said recent gains by Syrian...
PARIS: It’s a warm day on the Turkish-Syrian border. France’s recalled ambassador to Syria is incognito with his deputy and a security agent....
PARIS: France said on Wednesday its intelligence services believed 3-4,000 guerillas from Lebanon's Hezbollah militia fighting alongside President Bashar...
PARIS: France is testing samples of suspected chemical weapon elements used against Syrian rebel fighters and smuggled out by reporters from Le Monde...