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France, UK to join 10 other countries in banning goods from Israeli West Bank settlements

France is preparing to introduce a ban on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Tuesday, following a wave of settler violence in recent days that has further undermined prospects for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. France has joined the UK…

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‘Still have land to spare’: US was only country to reject UN vote to replace 16th-century world map we know, calling the resolution ‘superfluous’

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Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps

France is redrawing its world map: deeming the Mercator projection misleading, the foreign ministry will drop it in favour of a map that better reflects actual continental sizes, especially Africa.

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UN backs effort to drop Mercator map and show size of Africa more accurately

The United Nations voted on Saturday for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting the true size of countries.

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France drops Mercator maps as Africa pushes for truer world view

France will stop using maps based on the traditional Mercator projection, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on Friday – backing an African push for a more accurate representation of the continent.

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Iran calls France's decision to expel two Iranian diplomats 'illegal'

Iran's foreign ministry on Monday said France's decision to expel two of its diplomats was “illegal”. France's move came in retaliation for Tehran's decision not to allow two French diplomats to return to its territory.

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France to expel two Iranian diplomats amid growing 'interference' row

France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days in response to Iran's decision to bar two French embassy staff from returning to Tehran, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said.

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France to expel two Iranian diplomats as arrests row heightens

Paris is to expel two Iranian diplomats serving in France following the banning by Iran of two French diplomats posted to the embassy in Tehran, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Tuesday. He said Iran's treatment of the French diplomats briefly arrested in Tehran last month over accusations of "interference"…

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Iran bars two French diplomats over alleged 'interference'

Iran has said that two French embassy employees who were briefly detained last month following a diplomatic dispute will not be allowed to return to Iran.

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French ambassador to CAR disciplined over misconduct allegations

France’s foreign ministry has launched disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to the Central African Republic, following allegations that he repeatedly brought young women to the official residence in Bangui and had sexual relations with some of them.

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Iran summons French ambassador over 'interference' in internal affairs

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday said France's ambassador to Tehran had been summoned to Tehran in protest over "interference in Iran's internal affairs" by two French diplomats who were briefly detained earlier this month.

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Two French diplomats subjected to ‘extremely serious act of intimidation’ in Iran, FM Barrot says

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday said two French embassy officials had been subject to an “extremely serious act of intimidation” by Iranian security services in Iran the day before, having been held and interrogated for hours. One of them was also subjected to physical abuse, he said.

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Leaders give press conference after ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting in Paris – as it happened

French president Emmanuel Macron has been hosting leaders amid hopes that Ukraine’s recent advances could force Putin towards negotiations

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No lifting of UN sanctions on Iran without France's approval, FM says

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says France will not agree to lift United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran unless it is satisfied by the terms of a final accord on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

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G7 Leaders Confront Middle East Crisis with Joint Israeli-Palestinian Proposals in Hand

ÉVIAN, France, June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As heads of government and top diplomats arrived at this week's G7 Leaders' Summit in Évian-les-Bains, they are entering intense policy discussions around the Middle East crisis with a groundbreaking blueprint in hand: fresh multilateral funding commitments and a set of comprehensive recommendations…

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France bars Israel's Smotrich as others push back against Israeli settlement expansion

The move by Paris comes as the UK, Canada and Norway intensify sanctions on settlement-linked organisations and financial networks accused of supporting violence in the occupied West Bank.

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Israel orders airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs

Israel's government has ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a day after its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years.

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France launches an inquiry into the treatment of activists on the Gaza flotilla

The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced on Friday that he had referred the matter to the courts following reports of humiliation, rape and acts of torture against activists on board the Gaza flotilla.

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