The French president's accusation that Israel harbours "territorial ambitions" in Lebanon is not only factually questionable, it reveals Paris's diminishing diplomatic relevance in a conflict being shaped in Washington.

I am not a diplomat or a security analyst. My passion in life has always been to build bridges, to use whatever reach I had to move things in a positive direction. 

The talks in Islamabad are over. The verdict is in. And it could not be clearer.

Six artists explore sound, migration and identity in a pavilion that opens to the public on 9 May.

Art Paris runs through Sunday at the Grand Palais (Paris), gathering dozens of international galleries and hundreds of artists under one roof,  from established names to emerging voices, from every corner of the world.

Nearly 200 participants in the Venice Biennale have signed an open letter calling for the exclusion of the Israeli pavilion, according to The Art Newspaper.