French Prime Minister François Bayrou forced his 2025 budget plan through parliament without a vote from the MPs on Monday, using a special constitutional tool known as Article 49.3 to pass the long-overdue bill.
The move opens his recently (...)
Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, her spokesperson has said.
Born in Hampstead in December 1946, she was known for hits like As Tears Go By, which reached the UK top 10 in 1964, and for starring roles in films (...)
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visited three European capitals on Tuesday, days after US President Donald Trump reiterated his interest in acquiring Greenland.
Over the space of a day, Frederiksen met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (...)
The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new exhibition space at the Louvre in Paris as part of a plan to renovate the world's most frequented museum.
Emmanuel Macron stood in front of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci as he made the announcement to an (...)
RIYADH — Al Hilal and Brazilian football star Neymar Jr. have officially terminated their contractual relationship by mutual consent, the Saudi Pro League club announced on Tuesday.
In a statement, Al Hilal expressed their gratitude for Neymar's (...)
أعلن برنامج التحول الوطني -أحد برامج تحقيق رؤية السعودية 2030- تعيين المهندس فواز الرابح رئيسًا تنفيذيًّا لمركز برنامج التحول الوطني وفقًا لقرار لجنة برنامج التحول الوطني التي يرأسها معالي محمد بن مزيد التويجري، عضو مجلس الشؤون الاقتصادية والتنمية. (...)
RIYADH — Dr. Abdulelah Al-Tokhais presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay at the (...)
A man has been jailed for 30 years for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020.
Zaheer Mahmood, 29, from Pakistan, attacked and badly wounded two employees of the Premieres Lignes (...)
Customs officials in France have warned people not to consume so-called "aphrodisiac honey" — illegally imported honey mixed with medicines used to treat erectile dysfunction.
The warning was issued in a statement published Monday after customs (...)
RIYADH — Al Hilal has announced the signing of 20-year-old Brazilian winger Kaio César from Portuguese club Vitória Guimarães.
The deal fills the club's remaining slot for foreign-born players, further strengthening their attacking lineup.
The (...)
President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, the world's most important effort to tackle rising temperatures.
The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but that step was promptly (...)
World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and (...)
Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) are now (...)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation after the nation's flag carrier drew widespread criticism for putting out an advertisement that showed a plane flying toward the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The ad was meant to promote (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman met on Tuesday in Riyadh with Italian Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin to discuss enhanced collaboration in various energy sectors.
The meeting (...)
Six Algerian citizens living in France are being investigated for allegedly promoting hatred and violence against opponents of Algeria's government, inflaming tensions between Algiers and Paris.
Three Algerians were arrested by the French (...)
Germany's far right is in a buoyant mood.
On Saturday, while its conference was under way in the eastern city of Riesa, in Saxony, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) laid out ambitions to close Germany's borders, resume buying Russian gas and, in (...)
At least 10 people are believed to be dead as wildfires continue to scorch many cities in the Los Angeles County area.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says the fires are some of the worst he's ever seen. "It looks as though an atomic bomb (...)
Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area.
More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed as six separate blazes burn in and around the city, which is dotted (...)
The EU will not allow other countries to attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military action to seize Greenland.
Trump on Tuesday reiterated his (...)
A fire official says a blaze that broke out in Hollywood Hills is "rapidly expanding" after a mandatory evacuation order was issued in the area following the spread of the wildfires in Los Angeles.
California fire chief David Acuna told the BBC (...)
The announcement of this year's Oscar nominations has been delayed by two days because of the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area.
It had been scheduled for Friday 17 January, but the stars and films up for Academy Awards will now be (...)
Some 1,200 tourists were evacuated on Tuesday from the iconic Paris landmark, the Eiffel Tower, after reports of a fire in one of its elevator shafts between the first and second floor.
The fire, which was caused by one of the elevator cables (...)
France is to hold a day of national mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte earlier this month.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the nationwide remembrance during his visit to the island last week — (...)
French military personnel brought food and water to the inhabitants of Mayotte as the French overseas territory continue to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Chido. Chido is the worst storm to hit the island in 90 years and brought with it wind (...)
