RIYADH: French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday for a two-day official visit, a statement from Elysee Palace said. The visit follows the Macron’s visit to Saudi Arabia in December 2024. “It reflects the vitality of the dialog»»»

Share: The US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits the Strait of Malacca on August 13, 2026. © US Navy via Reuters The USS George Washington aircraft carrier strike group has arrived in the Middle East, the US military announced Thursday. The aircraft carrier will repla»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon said Wednesday it had received an invitation from France for a meeting to prepare for an international conference on support for the Lebanese army, an event postponed by the Middle East war. The conference in Paris was supposed to take place in March but was delayed after militant g»»»

President Joseph Aoun has received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to participate in a preparatory meeting for an international conference to support the Lebanese Army. The meeting will be held in Paris on September 17 with the participation of military delegations and experts f»»»

French judges have struck down president Emmanuel Macron’s pioneering social-media ban for minors, posing hard questions for a planned EU roll-out of similar measures. The Constitutional Council in Paris failed to pass his age-restriction bill on social media for under-15s in a ruling last Friday (»»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a prominent Daesh group commander in the country’s north in the latest operation against the jihadists. In a statement, the interior ministry said security forces and unnamed international partners “arrested Hamza Abdullah Mohammad, nickna»»»

France’s Constitutional Court has struck down a law that would have banned children under 15 from social media, ruling that it disproportionately infringed on freedom of expression and raised privacy concerns over age verification. The government plans to draft a revised bill, with Emmanuel Macron »»»

France's constitutional council struck down a proposed ban on social media for children under 15 on Friday, citing freedom of expression. President Emmanuel Macron tasked Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu with re-working ​the draft legislation to take the Constitutional Council's concerns into accou»»»

France’s Constitutional Council has blocked a bill that would have banned social media access for under-15s, ruling that it infringed on freedom of expression. It’s a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who has championed the legislation and has now asked his prime minister to rewrite the bill. »»»

Rumen Radev's government will hit its hundredth day this weekend and the numbers behind it are still remarkable. Progressive Bulgaria won 131 of 240 seats in April, forming only the second single-party government since 1990. Radev became the first Bulgarian to hold both the presidency and the premi»»»

Paris: France’s top constitutional authority on Friday struck down a ban on social media access for children under 15, dealing a blow to the legislation championed by President Emmanuel Macron. The Constitutional Council found that Article 1 of the legislation “constitutes an infringement that is n»»»

Running a country is not exactly a nine-to-five operation. There are late-night negotiations, early-morning briefings, emergencies that refuse to observe time zones and an endless line-up of meetings, speeches and travel. But just how little sleep can a world leader get away with? That question gai»»»

A court in Damascus on Tuesday sentenced the exiled former dictator Bashar al-Assad and eight ex-officials in his regime to death after finding them guilty of premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity. Photo by Sana news agency/EPA Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A court in Dam»»»

Moscow has praised what it describes as a shift in Bulgaria’s rhetoric toward Russia and the war in Ukraine since the government led by Prime Minister Rumen Radev took office, saying Sofia’s position has become more restrained and includes what it called “rational elements.” The assessment came fro»»»

French police have detained 420 people for allegedly starting fires deliberately or through serious negligence during a devastating wildfire season that has burned nearly 120,000 hectares across the country, according to the Interior Ministry. France has experienced successive heatwaves this summer»»»

Syria and Russia have agreed to end Moscow’s use of two strategic Mediterranean bases as military outposts, Syria's foreign ministry said Sunday. Under the deal, Damascus will take control of the Hmeimem air base and part of Tartous port, while the remaining military facilities will be converted in»»»

Russia is racing to build its own version of Starlink after losing access to the real thing, but for now the fight over satellite communications above the battlefield is still being settled by one man: Elon Musk. Bureau 1440, a Russian aerospace company, is developing a low-Earth-orbit broadband ne»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - French farmers will need billions of euros in aid to offset losses from extreme heat and the wildfires and drought it has caused, Arnaud Rousseau, chairman of the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA), said on Saturday. "We are talking about billions of euros… Obviously,»»»

Pope Leo XIV will meet with victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church during his planned trip to France from September 25 to 28, the Vatican said Friday. The Holy See did not immediately provide details about the meeting, which comes after the pontiff vowed to further efforts within t»»»

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV will meet victims of clerical sexual abuse during an official visit to France in September, the Vatican said Friday as it released the itinerary for the trip. The Holy See did not immediately provide further details about the private meeting, which comes as the pontiff pr»»»

At least two people were killed and 13 wounded when a bomb planted on a minibus exploded on Thursday in the Syrian town of Jaramana, near Damascus, state media reported, citing the health ministry. The blast tore off the vehicle's roof, wrecked its interior and scattered debris across the road. At »»»

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in the Middle East in a call, the Saudi Press Agency reported early on Friday. Macron called the crown prince, SPA reported, and they reviewed the latest developments of regional events, and the ef»»»

CONAKRY: Guinea is asking France to return several skulls and the personal items of various historical figures who fought against colonization in the 19th century, the Ministry of Culture told AFP Thursday. The restitution requests were submitted in mid-July and include the skull of Boubacar Biro B»»»

Damascus: At least two people were killed and 13 wounded after a bomb planted on a minibus exploded on Thursday in a Syrian town home to Druze and Christian communities near capital Damascus, state media reported, citing the health ministry. At the blast site in the town of Jaramana, a suburb of Da»»»

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law to protect consumers and shield vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. Individuals who make illegal calls can be fined up to €75,000 per call once the new law comes into effect on August 11. France next week will ban»»»