French PM Borne survives censure vote after pushing through budget plan
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne avoided parliamentary censure in an early morning vote on Saturday after she forced the government's…
French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris amid diplomatic tensions
NNA – The French ambassador to Niger returned to Paris on Wednesday, following his expulsion by the military junta roughly…
French Ambassador pays Makary protocol visit
NNA – Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, on Friday welcomed the newly appointed French Ambassador to Lebanon, Herve Magro,…
Amin Maalouf elected permanent secretary of the French Academy
NNA – Lebanese-born French author Amin Maalouf was elected permanent secretary of the French Academy on Thursday, succeeding Heacute;legrave;ne Carregrave;re…
France’s Macron backs ‘autonomy’ for Corsica ‘within the French Republic’
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday threw his weight behind a status of autonomy for Corsica “within the French Republic”,…
UK, French defence ministers in Ukraine for aid talks
NNA – The British and French defence ministers were in Kyiv on Thursday to discuss supplying further military aid to…
Breaking boundaries: Lebanon’s Professor Sami Richa’s ‘historic’ election to the French National Academy of Medicine
NNA – Professor Sami Richa, the head of the Psychiatric department of Hotel-Dieu de France in Beirut, has become the…
French far-right accuse Karim Benzema of ‘being an Islamist’ for wearing Saudi national dress
NNA -nbsp;French far-rightnbsp;politicians slated footballernbsp;Karim Benzemanbsp;on Sunday for donning Saudi national dress following his high-profile move to the kingdom. Jordan…
French withdrawal from Niger a further risk to stability in the Sahel
Niger has hailed France’s withdrawal as a ‘step towards sovereignty.’ But experts argue that celebrations are premature, as the move…
French envoy urges ‘third way’ to break Lebanon presidency deadlock
NNA – France#39;s special envoy for Lebanon said that Lebanese factions had to find a quot;third wayquot; to break the…