Pakistan and Afghanistan announce pause in conflict for Eid al-Fitr

In separate statements, authorities in Islamabad and Kabul said they would respect a halt in increasingly deadly fighting ...

The EU's politically sensitive debate over eurobonds

While the issue of the European Union's joint borrowing still faces strong opposition from Germany and the most fiscally ...

War in Iran: 'Spain's resolve stands in stark contrast to France's stance, which seems more accepting of US-Israeli strikes'

OP-ED. Historian Laurence Badel analyzes the reasons behind the Spanish government's 'no to war' position and the impact of ...

France rules out Hormuz ship escorts under 'bombings'

Speaking at a defense council meeting, Macron said France could help escort vessels in the strategic waterway, through which ...

French police officers convicted of violence against Yellow Vest protesters

The Paris criminal court found nine riot police officers guilty of unjustifiably striking protesters who had taken shelter in a Burger King restaurant near the Arc de Triomphe in 2018.

Assassination of security chief Larijani strips Iran of key power broker

Ali Larijani, the head of the Supreme National Security Council and the most important political figure since the death of Ali Khamenei, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the house in Tehran where ...

Chilean man accused of murdering ex-girlfriend proclaims innocence yet again to French court

Nicolas Zepeda, accused of killing Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki in eastern Besançon in December 2016, appeared on Tuesday before a criminal court in Lyon for his third trial.

Sarkozy claims innocence at Libyan campaign funding appeal trial

On the third day of his appeal trial over allegations that he sought funding from Muammar Gaddafi's Libya for his 2007 election campaign, ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy said he 'did not commit any of ...

Strasbourg mayoral frontrunner's surprise alliance with center-right tears apart Socialists

The Socialist candidate who led in the first round has announced an alliance with a center-right candidate, in a bid to counter incumbent Green Mayor Jeanne Barseghian's alliance with the radical left ...

Macron denounces far right and hard left, saying they 'remain dangerous'

In his first public comments since the first round of municipal elections, held on March 15, President Emmanuel Macron warned against parties making 'deals' with the 'extremes,' calling them ...

'For sale, 5-year-old child, docile and calm': Yazidi genocide trial dives into horrors of IS

The Paris criminal court heard the harrowing reality of the enslavement of a people in the name of religion. Rarely has a terrorism trial gone so far in exposing the atrocities perpetrated by ...
Opinion

'The war scripted by Trump is being tested by an Iranian regime determined to survive at any cost'

COLUMN. The resilience shown by Tehran and the spread of conflict across the Middle East have prevented the US president from declaring victory as quickly and triumphantly as he had hoped, writes Le ...