U.S. President Donald Trump described Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his loyal friend, despite tensions over trade and oil sanctions.

French President Emmanuel Macron is opening the gilded gates of Louis XIV’s palace to U.S. President Donald Trump for a private reception, show and dinner marking America’s 250th birthday.

For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will leave the G7 summit without a formal meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as the free trade agreement between the countries faces an uncertain future.

French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the U.S. not to keep cutting-edge AI to itself, calling for global cooperation on AI regulation.

Leaders at the Group of Seven summit have backed U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and extend a ceasefire.

Group of Seven leaders are meeting for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative deal with Iran.

Donald Trump and G7 leaders are focusing on the Ukraine war, with the United States President considering reimposing sanctions on Russian oil shipments.

World leaders are gathering in a French spa town for a Group of Seven summit.

President Donald Trump has started his visit to the G7 summit by hailing an agreement aimed at ending the U.S. conflict with Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump is in France this week for a G7 summit.

President Donald Trump has confirmed a deal to end the war with Iran and allow oil traffic to begin again through the Strait of Hormuz.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says countries must learn the lesson of diversification after AI giant Anthropic said it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

China's absence from G7 summits seems increasingly odd given its global economic influence.

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the Palace of Versailles after the upcoming G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in France.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is vowing to fight for his position after the sudden resignation of the defense secretary.

Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be more muted in his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe.

The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron began with a handshake nearly a decade ago.

President Donald Trump is anticipating a significant weekend for his presidency.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has insisted that Europe play a key role in any negotiations to end the war with Russia as he arrived for talks in London with key European allies.

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France, has died.

A firestorm of recrimination rages in France over the death of an 11-year-old girl named Lyhanna.

Montenegro is on track to join the European Union by 2028, according to EU leaders and the country's president.

Acclaimed Iranian French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at 56.

President Donald Trump has found multiple ways to harness the presidency to benefit himself.

The French Navy, with UK support, has intercepted another Russia-linked oil tanker under international sanctions.

Paris Saint-Germain fans have gathered near the Eiffel Tower to celebrate their Champions League win.

More than four years ago, Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory to invade Ukraine.

French lawmakers have voted to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people in France's colonies.

Belarus' exiled opposition leader visits Kyiv as the city recovers from Russia’s largest missile attack of the year.

French President Emmanuel Macron has concluded his Africa visit with talks in Ethiopia.

Calls for mutual respect dominated the Africa Forward Summit as French President Emmanuel Macron announced new investments.

France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent.

French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a visit to Kenya ahead of a two-day Africa Forward Summit.

France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal into the Red Sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron has stolen some of the spotlight from other world leaders in Armenia’s capital this week when he crooned classic ballads including “La Bohème” at a glitzy state dinner.

European leaders say President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany is just the latest signal that Europe must take more responsibility for its security.

The long-awaited trade deal between the South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union is finally on, at least provisionally.

Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says the trade deal between South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union offers some solace at a time when unilateral moves have dominated the geopolitical landscape.

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions.

Nathalie Baye, a French actor known for her versatility and charm, has died at 77.

French President Emmanuel Macron says a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open.

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact.

President Donald Trump claims that the United States has, in his words, “completely decimated” Iran.

Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Japan.

Disneyland Paris has opened a huge new “Frozen” land as the centerpiece of a major park makeover.

Socialist candidate Emmanuel Grégoire has won the Paris mayoral race, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo as the French capital’s mayor.

Israel hit the Iranian capital Tehran with airstrikes Friday, with activists reporting sounds of strikes around the city.

European leaders have demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a moratorium on strikes on water and energy infrastructure in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising energy prices caused by the war.

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President Donald Trump says NATO and other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ready for the next trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Russia, but the meeting depends on Washington and Moscow.

Municipal elections are giving political parties an early stress test before the 2027 presidential race in France.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network.

U.S. Marines are being deployed to the Middle East as American and Israeli strikes pound Iran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year.

A series of explosions attributed to drones has killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo.

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Cyprus to show support, days after a drone strike hit a British base on the island.

Israel launches strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs after ordering residents to evacuate, as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies.

Governments around the world are rushing to organize the return of their citizens from the Middle East on Wednesday and air traffic seems to be picking up slightly as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening Iran war.

France is moving to tie its nuclear deterrent strategy more closely with European allies while keeping full control over any strike decision.

World leaders are reacting in very different ways after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation across the region.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries as part of its new nuclear strategy.

Three close allies of the United States say they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran’s retaliatory strikes following the killing of its supreme leader.

Organizers of the 2030 French Alps Olympics have confirmed their CEO Cyril Linette has left after weeks of internal turmoil.

China and Germany have pledged to deepen ties despite differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum’s president.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China as Germany worries about rising Chinese competition and Beijing’s stance on Ukraine.

The European Union’s top diplomats met with the director of the Board of Peace in Brussels following a shaky and controversial embrace of U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure and rebuild the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

France is summoning U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest American comments about the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque.

Business chiefs and government leaders are poring over the fallout of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that invalidated some tariffs by President Donald Trump's administration and his response to it.

About 3,000 people have joined a far-right march in the French city of Lyon after a 23-year-old nationalist activist died from a beating last week.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pitched India as a major hub for artificial intelligence, built at home and used worldwide.

Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice as critics accuse the country’s leader of crackdown on dissent.

A private Indian university has been booted from a top artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi after one of its staffers displayed a a commercially available robotic dog made in China, claiming it was the university’s own innovation.

India is hosting a major AI summit in New Delhi this week, as it pushes to shape global rules and show its own AI ambitions.

India’s defense ministry says a government panel has cleared a major step toward buying more Rafale fighter jets and P-8I maritime patrol aircraft.

European Union leaders reached a broad agreement Thursday in a Belgian castle to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy as they face antagonism from Trump, strong-China and Russia.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week.

Canada and France were opening diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland.

French prosecutors have requested a five-year ban on holding an elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen at a key appeals trial in Paris, an outcome that may prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election.

European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

Leaders from Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland and other countries have recently visited China, while more are planning to go.

The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an air force base in Niger's capital.

Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration.

President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired.

French lawmakers have approved a bill banning social media for children under 15.

Egypt is exploring ways to regulate children's use of social media.

The captain of an oil tanker intercepted by the French navy in the Mediterranean Sea is in custody for questioning.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to fast-track a ban on social media for teenagers under 15.

The U.S.-led push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine gained momentum late last year and is moving ahead in 2026, with leaders, diplomats and envoys working on trying to reach a deal.

Officials say that France’s navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet.

European Union leaders have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop his tariff threats over Greenland, but they are wary about his Board of Peace project.

Joe Biden promised Europe that "America is back" early in his presidency, aiming to mend ties after Donald Trump's tenure.

Olympic leader Kirsty Coventry is yet to have formal contact with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration but says she looks forward to meeting Vice President JD Vance in Milan next month.

Europeans are rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland, and are preparing countermeasures against the United States.