France's President Emmanuel Macron faced deepening pressure on Tuesday to hold a snap parliamentary election or even resign to end political chaos in the euro zone's second biggest economy that has forced the resignation of five prime ministers in less than two years.
Pope Leo will travel to Turkey and Lebanon in late November, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, in the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the 1.4-billion-member global Catholic Church.
Imagine if one prize could restart stalled peace talks, end a war, or at least open the door to meaningful dialogue. In a world consumed by the tragedies of Gaza and Ukraine, traditional diplomacy is paralyzed.
Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, the State of Israel woke up to a nightmare of unspeakable horror.
The Syrian army and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached a ceasefire deal in two districts of Aleppo city, Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday, following a spike in tensions between the two sides.
A Tunisian court released a man on Tuesday who had been sentenced to death just last week for Facebook posts criticising the president, following a wave of public criticism and human rights concerns over the case.
Iran said on Monday it hopes for the imminent release of a French couple held in Tehran since 2022, in connection with the potential freeing of an Iranian woman detained in France.
Syria on Monday published preliminary results of its indirect vote for the first parliament since Bashar al-Assad's historic toppling last year, with election officials acknowledging a low success rate for women and religious minorities.
The United Nations' cultural agency selected former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany as its new chief on Monday, handing him the keys to revive UNESCO's fortunes after the U.S. withdrew from it for a second time.
Delegations from Israel and Hamas began indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday that the U.S. hopes will bring a halt to the war in Gaza, facing contentious issues such as demands that Israel pull out of the enclave and Hamas to disarm.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to halt the war in Gaza must be achieved by the start of next week at the latest but added that all the other issues would need time.
The European Union intends to play an active role in the peace initiative proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump for Gaza and hopes to be part of the international transitional body envisioned in the plan, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday during a visit to Kuwait.
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