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Iran pushes bill to jail citizens who have contact with 'hostile' foreign media

France, Sept. 21 -- Entitled the "Countering the Influence of Foreign Intelligence Services, Governments, and Entities'" bill, it has already entered the process of becoming law after it was approved ... Read More


Algeria shifts towards English as French loses ground in schools

France, Sept. 18 -- Algeria's 2026-27 school year kicks off next week with a change: a shift away from its usual focus on French as a second language. Introduced in primary schools alongside French i... Read More


Capture of Mocha marks turning point in Yemen war, with ripples across Red Sea

France, Sept. 17 -- Houthi forces captured the strategic city of Mocha, as well as the nearby Hanish Islands and the island of Perim in the Red Sea, on 10 September, marking a turning point in the reb... Read More


Gambia's power crisis boils over as anger reaches breaking point

France, Sept. 10 -- Gambians fed up with blackouts and with an increasingly unstable electricity supply, poured onto the streets of the capital, Banjul, on Monday evening. The same scenes played out ... Read More


From labels to Netflix, how Quebec's fight to protect French collides with US trade

France, Sept. 1 -- Prime Minister Mark Carney instructed Canadian negotiators to walk away from trade talks in Washington on 21 August after the two sides failed to reach a deal. The breakdown centred... Read More


US-backed Gaza peace plan 'fails to overcome central obstacles', warns expert

France, Aug. 20 -- Despite Monday's impasse in the latest round of disarmament talks between Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - mediated by US Envoy for Peace, Jared Kushner - the G... Read More


Syria taken off US terror blacklist after 47 years, paving way for investment

France, July 18 -- Trump made the announcement on 8 July after a meeting with Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey. The US created the list in 1979 under the Export Administration Act... Read More


Zimbabwe's ruling party accused of hollowing out parliamentary oversight

France, July 9 -- Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana confirmed the change on Tuesday 7 July through a post on social media, announcing that the bill was now law. The main changes contained in the ... Read More


Rebels seize key town of Anefis as they tighten grip on northern Mali

France, July 6 -- Coordinated attacks in northern Mali over the weekend saw some of the heaviest fighting in months following an offensive by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA - a Tuareg separatist gro... Read More


Rebels seize key-town of Anefis as they tighten grip on northern Mali

France, July 6 -- Coordinated attacks in northern Mali over the weekend saw some of the heaviest fighting in months following an offensive by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA - a Tuareg separatist gro... Read More