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The French and German foreign ministers are the most senior Western officials to visit Syria since longtime dictator Bashar ...

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European stocks dipped at the end of a holiday-shortened week on Friday, with traders focussed on economic data for clues on the path of interest rates and potential changes in U.S. policies under a ...

Thick smog blanketed Hanoi on Friday, obscuring buildings and leaving nine million residents choking on toxic air as the ...

The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its ...

PARIS, France (AFP) — The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought ...

The city of Strasbourg in France is home to one of the world's oldest and best Christmas markets, as well as a wealth of ...

Indonesia has in recent weeks released half a dozen high-profile detainees, including a Filipina mom on death row and the ...

Sanaa (AFP) – Huge crowds demonstrated in Yemen's capital on Friday, a day after Israeli jets pounded Huthi rebel targets in response to missile and drone attacks by the Iran-backed group.

France has handed over its first military base as part of the withdrawal of its military forces from Chad, the French and ...