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United Kingdom's Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward, accompanied by other E3 members German Ambassador Ricklef Beutin and Deputy French Ambassador Jay Dharmadhikari, speaks to members of the press about Iran and nuclear weapons outside the UN Security Council chamber at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, August 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
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UK, France and Germany urge Iran to agree deal to delay UN sanctions

UN envoys for the three countries - known as the E3 - issued a joint statement before a closed-door Security Council meeting, a day after they launched a 30-day process to reimpose UN sanctions on...

Nuclear symbol and Iran flag are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Middle East

Iran nuclear talks with European powers to be held in Geneva today

Charles Kushner at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, in New York City, US, July 20, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Europe

France summons US ambassador over antisemitism allegations

The Gravelines nuclear power plant is seen across the beach in Petit Fort Philippe, northern France, March 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/File Photo
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Swarm of jellyfish shuts French nuclear plant

Ali Akbar, 73, known as the last newspaper hawker in the French capital sells 'Le Monde' newspaper to a man on the street in the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, August 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS
Europe

France's last newspaper hawker to receive national honour from President Macron


An aerial view of a wildfire near the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, August 6. French firefighters are battling to control the country's biggest wildfire in almost 80 years, with the blaze in the southern Aude region having already swept through an area bigger than Paris. Photo: Reuters via Securite Civile
Europe

France battles largest wildfire in decades, one person killed

People hold flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, orgsanised by Palestinarekin Elkartasuna (Solidarity With Palestine), in Bilbao, Spain, October 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent West
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How Gaza exasperation pushed three Israel allies towards recognising Palestinian state

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, and French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, speak during a press conference at a UN conference, in New York City on Monday. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia and France to lead UN push for recognising Palestinian statehood

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

French official tells paper Arab countries will condemn Hamas, trying to get Palestinian statehood recognized

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for bilateral talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, at Villa Borsig in Berlin, Germany July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Infuriating Netanyahu, France's Macron says to recognise Palestinian state in September

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Middle East

France says UN conference to work on post-war Gaza, Palestinian state recognition

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to army leaders, on the eve of the annual Bastille Day Parade in the French capital, at l'Hotel de Brienne in Paris, France July 13, 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending

An investigation has been opened, Corbas prison. Photo: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
Europe

French prisoner escapes in fellow inmate's luggage