Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman suggested Tuesday that his nation’s military could join an international coalition against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad if the U.S.-led coalition against the regime requests Saudi aid.
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump faced a decision on whether to strike Syria and risk a clash with Damascus ally Russia, after UN members failed Tuesday to agree on action to probe chemical attacks in the war-wracked country.
French President Emmanuel Macron told a meeting of French bishops Monday that he wished to heal Church-State relations in the country, whose particular strain of secularism (“laïcité”) was profoundly colored by the anti-clericalism of the French Revolution and its aftermath.
PARIS — The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is making his first official visit to France, which is hoping to profit from his shake-up of the conservative kingdom.
A significant majority of French now support banning the radical Salafist sect of Islam, and the government reinstating the national state of emergency, as the nation reels from another deadly radical Islamic terror attack in March.
Tensions between Turkey and France over French support for Syrian Kurds turned profoundly ugly on Friday, as Turkish officials including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened France with terrorist warfare as a consequence of its actions.
PARIS — French leaders and activists called for people to take to the streets to protest after prosecutors filed preliminary charges of murder with anti-Semitic motives Tuesday in the death of an elderly Jewish woman.
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Wednesday to fight firmly against anti-Semitism wherever it surfaces, whether in the street or online, and to protect the nation’s Jews amid growing concerns about intolerance.
A month after its controversial “recognition” of “the state of Palestine,” the Parisian suburb of Gennevilliers has rescinded its gesture under pressure from local government.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted in favor of a ceasefire resolution for Syria on Saturday, but the bombing of the Eastern Ghouta suburb near Damascus continued, with at least 24 more deaths after the resolution was passed.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania will welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife to the United States on April 24 for the first state visit of Trump’s administration, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Monday.
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Wednesday presented a bill to enforce tougher immigration rules, which human rights organizations criticize as repressive toward asylum-seekers.
DAMASCUS: The Syrian government on Wednesday denied it possessed chemical weapons and branded the use of such arms “immoral and unacceptable,” following a French warning of punitive strikes.
“France will strike” if chemical weapons are found to have been used against civilians in the Syrian conflict in violation of international treaties, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned.
French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed he will “lay the groundwork for the entire organisation of Islam in France” in the first half of this year.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have warned Iran via European leaders in recent weeks that he would respond militarily to any provocation, an Israeli TV report said Sunday.
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is ramping up military spending, arming drones and hiring more “cyberfighters” for Europe’s biggest army — notably amid demands by NATO and U.S. President Donald Trump for European countries to pitch in more for their own defense.
“He has asked the Department of Defense to explore a celebration at which all Americans can show their appreciation,” Sarah Sanders said in a statement to reporters.
MPs from French president Emmanuel Macron’s movement have helped set up a party in the United Kingdom aiming to stop Brexit.
Contents: Migrants in Calais France hospitalized after violent clashes; Calais becomes difficult choke point in Brexit negotiations
French President Emmanuel Macron reacted angrily to reports an eight-year-old boy wearing the Jewish skullcap has become the latest victim of spiralling anti-Semitic attacks in France.
DAVOS, Switzerland — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that he would not recognize Palestine as an independent state as a reaction to US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says the European Union needs to reform itself this year to be able to compete with big powers like China and the United States.
PARIS, France — Two dozen countries agreed Tuesday to push for sanctions against perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria, with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson saying Russia “ultimately bears responsibility” for such strikes.
President Trump is planing to invite French President Emmanuel Macron for an official state visit to Washington, D.C., later this year, CNN reported Monday.
French president Emmanuel Macron has made a shock admission that the French public would “probably” vote to leave the European Union if given the chance in a referendum.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders released a scheduling update on Friday afternoon, informing reporters that President Donald Trump has now scheduled a bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May while the two are at the Davos World Economic
LONDON (Reuters) — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday Britain would be able to have a bespoke deal with the European Union after Brexit, one of Prime Minister Theresa May’s objectives.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the UK must pay into the European Union’s (EU) budget if it wants to access the Single Market after Brexit, and there will be no “tailor-made” deal for the City.
Contents: Britain and France renew 1904 Entente Cordiale with new military agreement; Britain will pay £44.5 million to renew the Le Touquet migration agreement
The French president has continued his charm offensive in the UK ahead of migrant and Brexit talks with the prime minister, saying he would welcome Britain abandoning Brexit and staying in the European Union (EU).
Theresa May is set to give in to demands to pay France to secure its borders, and to take more ‘chid’ migrants from Calais.
PARIS (AP) — French officials plan to loan the historic Bayeux Tapestry to Britain, allowing the 11th-century artwork depicting the conquest of England to leave France for the first time in centuries.
Contents: France’s Emmanuel Macron vows no more Jungle refugee camps in Calais; Macron demands more money from Britain and to renegotiate the Le Touquet Agreement
Emmanuel Macron has blasted “deceitful” open borders NGOs that have claimed police at Calais are ‘gassing’ sleeping refugee children and tell migrants lies about asylum in Britain.
French President Emmanuel Macron believes his plans for European integration cannot work without British involvement.
Experts and advocates for a free press have branded French plans to outlaw so-called fake news hypocritical and an affront to human rights. Campaigners say that President Emmanuel Macron’s proposals — which include measures which would allow the French government
Emmanuel Macron will demand the UK gives more money toward policing migrants and takes more in from Calais by threatening to withdraw France’s support for a post-Brexit trade deal.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday warned that the only way to keep the Iran deal in place was to heed President Donald Trump’s advice and fix it.
A video has surfaced on social media showing a former member of Iran’s Basij militia burning his ID card in solidarity with the people of Iran and against the Islamic Regime.
