France’s bold decision to recognize the state of Palestine could help to shift conversations about the future of the Middle East, even if it’s unlikely to have an immediate impact for people in Gaza o...

“Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the state of Palestine,” Mr Macron posted on X.

The letter piles fresh pressure on the PM after France made a commitment to recognise Palestinian statehood within months.

It’s the treacherous terrain that makes this race one of the most challenging in the world and I would say among any sport in any athletic feat.

Ben O’Connor won Thursday’s monster Alpine stage to the ski resort of Courchevel as three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar responded to attacks from archrival Jonas Vingegaard and dropped h...

After Jonathan Milan had scooped up the intermediate sprint points, the lower slopes of the Col du Glandon were enlivened by an attack from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Primoz Roglic.

France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human rights lawyers and Syrian activists.