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French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union (EU) sanctions against Syria to not be renewed in June. Macron made the comments as he hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Paris

Emmanuel Macron calls on President al-Shareh to protect "all Syrians" and justifies his visit to France

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, responding to a question by a reporter from Qatari Al-Araby TV, confirms there are indirect talks with Israel via mediators “aimed at calming the situation and preventing matters from getting out of control.”

A high-ranking French intelligence official told CNN that one Rafale fighter jet operated by the Indian Air Force was downed by Pakistan, in what would mark the first time that one of the sophisticated French-made warplanes has been lost in combat.

Macron: We will establish a Franco-German Defense and Security Council

French President: We will continue to invest in defense

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

The British Prime Minister spoke by phone with the French President, and they discussed the situation in Gaza and agreed on the need to resume the peace process.

French Foreign Ministry to Al-Hadath: Israel must respect Lebanon's sovereignty and enable its army to deploy in the south.

French Foreign Minister @jnbarrot arrives at the State Department for a meeting with Rubio. Ukraine is on top of the agenda

Syrian government signed an agreement today with the French company @cmacgm - the world's third-largest container shipping company - for the Port of Latakia. It is a renegotiation of the deal, as the company began managing the container terminal in Latakia in 2009

French military convoys are departing their bases in Dakar, handing them over to Senegalese forces. This follows a decision by the newly established government to expel all foreign troops from the country. The complete withdrawal is scheduled for completion by September 2025

India orders 26 new Rafale for its aircraft carriers. “… a key India-specific enhancement will be that the aircraft will be able to take off and land from a short deck with a ski jump, which is a feature of Indian aircraft carriers”

LAUNCH. Vega C launches the Biomass satellite from ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

.@ZelenskyyUa and @EmmanuelMacron having a tête-à-tête about further peace efforts

Macron: US anger should be directed at one person: President Putin

At least 4 students stabbed at high school in Nantes, France; suspect restrained - BFM

Europe requires Ukraine’s 'territorial integrity' in any peace deal, French presidency says. “Ukraine’s territorial integrity and European aspirations are very strong requirements for Europeans,” AFP quotes Macron’s office as saying after Vance’s statement

France says, U.S. knows Europe's 'red lines' on Ukraine after Paris meeting "The only objective that concerns us is to defend European security. It's the reason that as the US decide to place itself in a mediator position that we make them hear what our 'red lines' are,"

Shooting in Rennes: Four people were arrested by the RAID and taken into custody. The sorters' vehicle was found burned out on the outskirts of Rennes. A handgun was seized (TF1)

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine: ​​Meetings of delegations of Ukraine and the United States, as well as representatives of the countries participating in the coalition of the willing, were held in Paris. Together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiga, Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, a number of meetings were held. In particular, bilateral negotiations were held between the Ukrainian delegation and the US delegation consisting of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Representatives of the President of the United States Stephen Witkoff and Keith Kellogg

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff are meeting now with French President Emmanuel Macron and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris at the Elysee presidential palace. Macron is slated to make the case for more Euro-American alignment on the approach to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.

Macron calls for reopening the door to a political solution based on the two-state solution.

Macron: I stressed to Netanyahu the need for a ceasefire in Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas.

French Foreign Minister: Autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the framework for resolving the Sahara issue.

Macron: I asked President Abbas to remove Hamas and reform the Palestinian Authority.

French Foreign Minister: I call on the Algerian authorities to abandon the expulsion of our embassy staff.

The Algerian Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador to protest the arrest of one of its diplomats in Paris.

Russia: France's detention of a Russian government employee at a French airport will worsen bilateral relations

Ahead of his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump held a joint phone call with French president Macron, Egyptian president Sisi and Abdullah king of Jordan