A French source told AFP on Tuesday that France is holding talks with Niger's post-coup government on the withdrawal of "certain military elements" from the West African country. France has about 1,500 troops in Niger and has strongly backed threats from the Economic...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that his country would support a military intervention in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a July 26 coup. "We support the diplomatic action, and when it decides to do so militarily, of...
Algeria's national radio reported on Monday that France is planning a military intervention in Niger if Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum is not released by the junta that ousted him in a July 26 coup. The radio report cited a government source who said Algeria is...
French President Emmanuel Macron objects to NATO's plans to open a liaison office in Japan and thinks the alliance should stay in the North Atlantic, Financial Times reported on Monday. NATO's push to open its first office in the Asia Pacific is part of the US's plans...
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that NATO should offer "concrete and tangible security guarantees" to Ukraine as the alliance is debating what to offer Kyiv at a NATO summit that will be held in Vilnius this July. Macron acknowledged it's unlikely that...
The Middle East-based naval commanders from the US, British, and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on a US warship on Friday in an unusual show of force aimed at Iran. The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said its commander, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, made the transit...
The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has called on European countries to send warships through the Taiwan Strait, patrols that Beijing would view as provocations. "Europe must in fact be very present on this issue [of Taiwan], which concerns us economically,...
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking China's help to figure out a way to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The report cited unnamed people familiar with the plan who said Macron tasked his diplomatic advisor,...
French President Emmanuel Macron is standing by his comments about how Europe shouldn't follow the US into a confrontation with China over Taiwan despite the backlash the remarks have drawn. "This is something the president stands by entirely," a French diplomat told...
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Europe should not follow the US and risk a confrontation with China over Taiwan as he was returning to France from a visit to Beijing, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a conversation with POLITICO,...
