ABU DHABI: France's foreign minister on Saturday ruled out Iran taking part in a proposed Syria peace conference, saying Tehran was involved in the conflict...
PARIS: France said on Thursday it hoped an initiative could be agreed by the end of June to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the EU's list of terrorist...
PARIS: France will keep its defense budget at the same level for the next six years after the government decided that proposed cuts would hamper its ability...
PARIS: Mali's Tuareg separatist rebels dismissed French calls to disarm ahead of July elections on Wednesday saying they would fight to the death if...
PARIS: Mauritania will send 1,800 troops to Mali as part of a planned U.N. force to keep the peace in the West African nation after a French-led offensive...
PARIS: The U.N. Security Council has begun informal talks on whether to impose sanctions on Syria's rebel al-Nusra Front after it pledged allegiance to al...
PARIS/BANGUI: Rebels in the Central African Republic called off a truce on Wednesday, accusing the government of reneging on a January peace deal, but said...
KANO, Nigeria/PARIS: Five explosions at a bus park in northern Nigeria's main city of Kano killed at least 25 people on Monday, a Reuters witness said, in...
PARIS/UNITED NATIONS: France and its African allies want a heavily-armed force able to counter any resurgent Islamist threat in Mali as part of a United...
ALGIERS/DAKAR: French forces have killed Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, one of the most feared commanders of al Qaeda's north Africa wing (AQIM), during an...
PARIS/DAKAR: A French soldier and more than 20 Islamist rebels were killed during what appeared to be the first clashes in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountain...
PARIS: Libya's foreign minister called on Tuesday for Western and Arab allies to help seal his country's borders to stop defeated Islamist rebels...
DOUENTZA, Mali/PARIS: French troops seized the airport in Mali's northern town of Kidal, the last urban stronghold held by Islamist insurgents, as they...
PARIS: The rise of Islamist militants in Mali has been "a rallying cry" for potential jihadists in France, but an attack on French soil is unlikely...
PARIS: Just as its leaders were defining a new "hands-off" strategy for Africa, France has been thrust onto the front line of one of the...
PARIS: Just as its leaders were defining a new “hands-off” strategy for Africa, France has been thrust onto the front line of one of the...
PARIS: Film star Gerard Depardieu denied that he was leaving his homeland for tax reasons on Monday, saying that, although he now had a Russian passport, he...
PARIS: The insurgency that has seized the north of Mali is paving the way for attacks on France as more French Muslims of African origin are finding a cause...
PARIS/ALGIERS: President Francois Hollande travels to Algeria Wednesday to try to heal wounds left by a bloody war of independence half a century ago and to...
MARRAKECH: France says it is not ready to supply weapons to Syrian insurgents fighting to oust President Bashar Assad and would be studying the role of an...
PARIS: United Nations forces based inside Syria to monitor a longtime ceasefire between Syria and Israel will bring in armour to reinforce their security...
PARIS: President Francois Hollande’s decision to recognize Syria’s new opposition bloc aims to secure long-term French interests in the region and...
PARIS: The Kurdish National Congress, a coalition of Kurdish groups across Europe, said on Friday it considered the arrest of one of its members in France as...
PARIS: UNESCO is in its "worst ever financial situation" after its biggest contributor the United States froze funding last year, the director general of the...
PARIS: U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will visit Syria soon to try to persuade Bashar al-Assad's government to call an immediate ceasefire in an...