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  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and France’s President Emmanuel Macron following a meeting to give a joint press conference in the grounds of The Elysee Palace in Paris on 13 June 2017. Picture: AFP.

    With eye on Brexit talks, May to deepen security ties with France

    May wants to use a summit with President Emmanuel Macron to show Britain still has plenty to offer EU member states as she negotiates Brexit.

    1620 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and France’s President Emmanuel Macron following a meeting to give a joint press conference in the grounds of The Elysee Palace in Paris on 13 June 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Britain, France to sign new immigration treaty during Macron visit

    The treaty will 'complement' but not replace the 2003 Le Touquet border agreement, which has drawn criticism in France after the town of Calais became a hub for migrants and refugees.

    1620 days ago
  • Emmanuel Macron, President of France. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    French opposition, Twitter users slam Macron's anti-fake-news plans

    Macron's plan would allow judges to block a website or a user account, in particular during an election, and oblige internet platforms.

    1632 days ago
  • FILE: People carry placards during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on November 18, 2017 in Harare. Picture: AFP

    [WATCH] 2017 in review: Stories that made international headlines

    CNN takes a look at the major international news stories from 2017.

    1640 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP.

    Macron opens door to changes in mainland-Corsica relationship

    An alliance of Corsica’s two main nationalist parties swept a local election on 10 December and has been pressing for talks with Paris

    1641 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP.

    Forces fighting jihadists get festive treat from Macron

    Emmanuel Macron is taking a chef to cook a special meal for the soldiers from France, the United States, Canada and Germany.

    1646 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of late French General Charles de Gaulle's appeal of 18 June, 1940, at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, outside of Paris, on 18 June, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Iran tells France's Macron not to 'blindly follow' Trump

    Tensions between Iran and France have risen in recent months after Emmanuel Macron said Tehran should be less aggressive in the Middle East.

    1651 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP.

    'World losing the battle against climate change'

    Emmanuel Macron, who has worked to establish his role as a global leader, says modern-day science was revealing with each day the danger that global warming posed to the planet.

    1655 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP

    Macron seeks climate financing after US withdrawal from Paris accord

    Emmanuel Macron will want to show that progress towards those hard-fought goals is being made, even after President Donald Trump said in June that he was withdrawing from the pact.

    1657 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron (C) salutes residents, walking with Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore (L), as he leaves the Ouagadougou University after giving a speech on 28 November 2017 in Ouagadougou, as part of his first African tour since taking office. Picture: AFP.

    Macron's promise of new France-Africa ties raises heckles

    Emmanuel Macron was also subjected to rowdy student questions at the university after his speech in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou.

    1670 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN conference on climate change (COP23) on 15 November 2017 in Bonn. Picture: AFP

    France, Germany urge more action on climate after Trump quits

    Donald Trump, who doubts climate change is primarily caused by man-made emissions, said in June that he would pull out of the Paris Agreement and promote the coal and fossil fuel industries.

    1683 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for pictures as he meets residents of the Cite du Chene Pointu during his visit focused on the theme of urban planing in Clichy-sous-Bois, northern Paris, on 13 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    France pays tribute to Paris dead two years on

    Flowers were laid and victims’ names read out at otherwise silent homage ceremonies in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron at the six sites struck on 13 November 2015 in attacks

    1685 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP

    As France emergency rule ends, Macron defends new anti-terrorism law

    The law gives the police greater powers to search properties, conduct electronic eavesdropping and shut down mosques suspected of preaching hatred than they had prior to the state of emergency.

    1697 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron listens during his formal inauguration ceremony as French President in the Salle des Fetes of the Elysee presidential Palace on 14 May 2017 in Paris. Picture: AFP.

    Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron – poll

    Forty percent expressed satisfaction with the centrist leader - down 14 points from July.

    1763 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP

    Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign – sources

    Facebook said in April it had taken action against fake accounts that were spreading misinformation about the French election.

    1794 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP

    French President Macron's popularity rating drops

    The poll, published in the 'Journal du Dimanche' newspaper, said 54% of people in France were satisfied with Macron in July, compared with 64% in June.

    1798 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on 16 July, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    France’s Macron shares Israel’s concerns about Lebanon’s Hezbollah

    Tensions have risen between Hezbollah and its longtime foe Israel since Donald Trump became US president with his tough talk against Iran.

    1805 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Australian foreign minister criticizes Trump's remark to French first lady

    The criticism follows an acrimonious January telephone call between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull when Trump hung earlier than the scheduled hour.

    1805 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and US President Donald Trump (L) smile during their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 13 July 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Smiles replace grimaces as Macron welcomes Trump to Paris

    Trump comes to France beset by allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

    1808 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron listens during his formal inauguration ceremony as French President in the Salle des Fetes of the Elysee presidential Palace on 14 May 2017 in Paris. Picture: AFP.

    France to push ahead with tax cuts in 2018 after Macron overrules PM

    The president's intervention comes just days after PM Edouard Philippe had suggested the cuts would be postponed into 2019 as France struggles to contain its public deficit.

    1811 days ago
  • FILE: French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: AFP.

    France and Africans must eradicate 'terrorists, thugs, murderers' - Macron

    Islamist militant groups, some with links to al-Qaeda, seized control of Mali’s desert north in 2012.

    1819 days ago
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