Donald Trump had to be talked down from ordering the assassination of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to a former adviser. KT Macfarland, former deputy national security adviser, said that weeks after he took office in 2017, the former president insisted that he would “take...

Iran's foreign ministry on Monday criticized US President Joe Biden for retaining sanctions against Iran that were imposed by former president Donald Trump, calling it a matter of "shame". Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the Iranian nuclear accord in 2018, a deal that had...

French lawmakers hold a key vote Tuesday on the draft law, which is expected to win approval in both houses of parliament. The legislative debate comes amid lingering fears of extremist violence after an Islamic radical beheaded a history teacher and other recent attacks. President Emmanuel...

Leaders of the so-called G5 Sahel – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – are attending the two-day summit in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, with French President Emmanuel Macron joining via videolink. The meeting comes a year after France boosted its Sahel deployment,...