Russian President Vladimir Putin has decried the “unprecedented external pressure” exerted on neighboring Belarus, as French President Emmanuel Macron met Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Lithuania.

Saudi Arabia’s navy receives the second and third batches of French fast interceptor boats.

Turkish defense minister slams French president over siding with Greece in Ankara's row with Athens, accusing him of further fueling tensions.

The European Union (EU)’s top diplomat says the bloc’s relations with Turkey are at a “watershed moment in history,” urging Ankara to defuse tensions with neighboring Greece.

The caricatures reprinted this week were originally published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005.

A political analyst says countries like France, US and Saudi Arabia are behind the current dire conditions in Lebanon due to sanctions they have imposed on the country.

Canada's foreign minister says the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian airliner in Tehran has arrived in France.

Libyan government forces are preparing to retake the strategic city of Sirte, and the rebels occupying the city are also reinforcing their ranks by deploying thousands of foreign mercenaries ahead of the battle.

Germany and France have criticized Israel for its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, calling on the regime to renounce the controversial scheme.

UN experts warn that some three billion people lack even the most basic means such as soap and running water to protect themselves against the coronavirus.