MOSCOW, March 7 — Russia warned French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday not to threaten it with nuclear rhetoric and, mocking his height by calling him 'Micron', ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from Nato members to Ukraine.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Malaysia and France have agreed to boost cooperation in the fields of defence, economy, energy, trade, investment, tourism and artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

PARIS, Feb 21 — French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

PARIS, Feb 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that any solution to rebuild Gaza "must not come at the expense of disrespecting the rights of the Palestinians and regional sovereignty." The Palestinian News Agency reported him as saying that "the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip do not...

PARIS, Jan 7 — France on Tuesday commemorated the victims of the deadly assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine 10 years ago that began a spate of Islamist militant attacks on the country and stoked a debate on press freedoms that still rages today.

MAMOUDZOU, Dec 22 — Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in "deeper shit" without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago.

PARIS, Dec 13 — French President Emmanuel Macron named François Bayrou on Friday as his fourth Prime Minister of 2024, tasking the veteran centrist with steering the country out of its second major political crisis in the last six months.

PARIS, Dec 6 — French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said yesterday after the government was toppled by lawmakers.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim met with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he regrets Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, expressing disappointment that the call for a 21-day pause in hostilities, made jointly with US President Joe Biden, has not yet been considered, Anadolu Agency reported.

PAPHOS, Cyprus, Oct 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reiterated his call for an end to arms exports to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, adding it was the sole means at hand to end the two conflicts pitting Israel against Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 2 — Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the United States (US) promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified.

PARIS, July 27 — After a century-long wait, Paris welcomed back the Olympic Games with a rainy yet historic ceremony held on the River Seine.

PARIS, July 8 — France faced a hung parliament and the prospect of taxing negotiations starting today to form a government after a surprise left-wing surge blocked Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the far right to power.

PARIS, July 7 — France holds a parliamentary run-off election today that will reconfigure the political landscape, with opinion polls forecasting the far-right National Rally (RN) will win the most votes but likely fall short of a majority.

PARIS, June 8 — Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed US President Joe Biden in Paris on Saturday for a state visit marked by pomp as well as talks on trade, Israel and Ukraine.

PRAGUE/LONDON, Dec 22 —- At least 15 people were killed and 24 others injured in a shooting incident at a university in the Czech Republic’s capital Prague on Thursday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

NEW DELHI, Sept 10 — Global leaders announced a multinational rail and ports deal linking the Middle East and South Asia on Saturday (September 9) on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi.

ANKARA, April 15 — France's controversial pension reform plan was signed and officially promulgated in the Official Journal on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.

PARIS, April 15 — French President Emmanuel Macron's flagship pension reform will enter into force swiftly, officials said on Friday (April 14) after it received the Constitutional Council's approval despite months of street protests and strikes.