French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France’s history with its former colony and its impact on the country’s development since its independence – notably the demand that Haiti…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a White House envoy were in Paris on Thursday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron over a ceasefire in Ukraine, as Washington and Europe seek common ground on ending the war. At the same time, Ukrainian…

France has urged Russia to immediately release four journalists sentenced to long prison terms for their association with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. 

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut a more favourable deal on EU tariffs.

Four people – including two Belgian teenagers – have been charged in Kenya with trafficking thousands of live ants in what the country’s wildlife authority says underscores the growing trade in lesser-known species. 

The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc. 

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu in a phonecall that the suffering of Gazan civilians “must end” and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli hostages. He also called for the prospec…

The international coalition coordinating security assistance efforts for Ukraine, now led by the U.K. and Germany, has pledged a “record boost” of $23.7 billion in new weapons aid for Kyiv. […]