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The European Union has pledged to defend scientific research at the Cop31 climate summit in Turkey, accusing some countries of attempting to undermine the world's leading authority on global warming amid a growing dispute over the publication of crucial climate reports.
Amnesty International has accused South Sudanese authorities and UN peacekeepers of failing to prevent a massacre earlier this year, despite advance warnings of an imminent attack.
France is marking the 11th anniversary of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks on Friday, with commemorations honouring the 130 people killed. This year the Stade de France, one of the sites targeted by the attackers, hosts a sporting event on 13 November for the first time since the tragedy.
Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud and his wife have each been sentenced to five years in prison by an Algerian court over allegations that his award-winning novel Houris drew on confidential medical information about a woman who survived an Islamist attack during the country's civil war in the…
Microsoft’s Outlook email service has been down since late on Thursday, disrupting businesses and government agencies in 74 countries and territories. On Friday the company said the outage was caused by a heavy load on its infrastructure, rather than by malicious activity.
European Union leaders are gathering in Dublin on Friday for a summit dominated by efforts to secure Europe's place in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, while also confronting the growing challenge of artificial intelligence and the bloc's ability to compete with the United States and China…
The European Union will approve more sanctions against Russia on Monday, the bulk of which were proposed by France, the country's Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said on Thursday. He also warned that Paris would not be intimidated by Moscow’s decision to ban two French journalists…
Germany’s chemical industry has sharply criticised Chancellor Friedrich Merz after he reportedly urged the European Commission to press ahead with the European Union’s expanded carbon-pricing scheme, calling the plan in its current form the “gravedigger” of European industry.
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested United States Senate race, after a prolonged ballot counting process – giving the state its first black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has enacted a law that paves the way for constitutional change, condemned by the opposition as an attempt to cling onto power.
Legal migration to developed countries dropped for a second year in a row in 2025, down 1.6 percent compared to the previous year, as governments tightened rules for workers, students and refugees, according to an OECD report published Thursday. But the figures show sharply diverging trends – with…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte will make a state visit to Cambodia from 14 to 16 November at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni. During the visit, Macron will attend the 20th Francophonie Summit, which Cambodia is hosting in Phnom Penh on 15 and 16 November. It will be…
Six months into the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, the virus is continuing to spread and international aid is not reaching the front line, French medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.
African countries’ proposal to triple finance for adaptation to the effects of climate change has been left off the agenda at the United Nations climate summit Cop31, currently under way in Antalya, Turkey. Wealthy nations pushed back against efforts to make it a formal, binding agenda item.
France's captain Kylian Mbappe will miss his country's Nations League match against Italy due to a hamstring injury, coach Zinedine Zidane said on Wednesday.
France has requested international arrest warrants for three Iranian men over October’s cyberattack on supermarket fridges, while Tehran rejects the allegations as “baseless and malicious”.
Far-right politician Eric Zemmour has formally entered next year’s French presidential race. He is promising a sharp cut in immigration, and the expulsion of foreigners who are out of work, even if they live in France legally.
World leaders take the stage at Cop31 in Turkey on Wednesday but despite global warming intensifying some prominent names, including the French president, are missing from this year's annual UN climate summit.
A new government initiative requires primary schools across France to hold ceremonies honouring those who died for the country. But teachers are divided over its purpose and the role of the military in education.
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fossil fuels "must go the way of the dinosaurs" at a climate summit that is missing several prominent figures.