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Louvre faces leadership change as security failures and costly renovation plan test museum’s future

“The Louvre has reached a worrying level of obsolescence.” France’s Louvre Museum, the world’s largest and most visited museum, is

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Macron Calls for Joint US-Iran Move to Reopen Hormuz Strait

Yerevan — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged the United States and Iran to pursue a “coordinated” reopening of

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Two Women Die in English Channel Crossing as Migrant Route Claims More Lives

Coquelles— Two women migrants died on Sunday after an overcrowded small boat ran aground off northern France while attempting to

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Pedaling Through Paradise: Discovering France’s Loire Valley One Vineyard at a Time

“The Loire is so relentlessly beautiful that even the journey feels like stepping inside a painting.” There are places where

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Macron Declares EU Defense Clause Clear as Bloc Rethinks Security Guarantees

Athens— French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that the European Union’s mutual assistance clause leaves “no room for interpretation,”

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NewsDesk MC April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 armed groups, beirut, casualties, conflict zones, defense, demining operations, Diplomacy, Florian Montorio, france, global security, hezbollah, international forces, investigation, lebanon, middle east, military attack, peacekeeping mission, security risks, southern Lebanon, the United Kingdom and eight other countries on Tuesday condemned the killing of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon and called for an immediate end to hostilities, Unifil, united nations

UNIFIL honours slain French peacekeeper, urges probe into Lebanon attack

Beirut— The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon led a tribute on Monday to a French soldier

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NewsDesk MC April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 Bashar al Assad, Bruno Lafont, corporate accountability, corporate ethics, counterterrorism law, financial crime, france, global business, Holcim, islamic state, jabhat al nusra, Lafarge, legal proceedings, Middle East conflict, multinational corporations, Paris court, sanctions violations, Syria conflict, terrorism financing, War Economy

French Court to Rule on Lafarge Terror Financing Case

Paris— A Paris court is set to deliver its verdict on Monday in the case against Lafarge and eight former

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French Lawyers Seek Repatriation of Former Child Recruits Held in Iraq

Paris— Lawyers representing three French nationals held in Iraq said on Friday the men, recruited by the Islamic State as

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Macron Courts Trump with Versailles Invite Ahead of G7 Summit

Paris — Emmanuel Macron has invited Donald Trump to a post-summit dinner at the Palace of Versailles following the Group

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Israel Presses Lebanon Strikes as Netanyahu Excludes Beirut from Iran Truce

Beirut— Israel renewed strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday and continued ground operations against Hezbollah, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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