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Fallen idol: French singer Patrick Bruel accused of rape, sexual assault

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France

'Allies, not vassals': How Meloni's break with Trump became a political moment for Italy

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Europe

From rekindled love story to ICE 'nightmare': France calls on US to release 85-year-old

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Americas

Sudan's forgotten war: three years on, humanitarian catastrophe has no end in sight

Analysis
Africa

Spain launches programme to offer amnesty to 500,000 undocumented migrants

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Europe

Orban ousted: What Magyar’s victory means for Hungary and the EU

Analysis
Europe

Leo XIV to make history with first-ever papal visit to Algeria

Analysis
Africa

An Orban loss in Hungary’s election could be the turning point Putin fears

Analysis
Europe

‘We thought Beirut was going to collapse’: recounting the deadliest day of the war with Israel

On the ground
Middle East

Sidelined by Trump’s truce with Iran, Israel pummels Lebanon – then agrees to talks

Analysis
Middle East

Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment after Trump's Iran threats 'useless'

Analysis
Americas

US-Iran ceasefire: Why Tehran wants to charge ships for crossing the Strait of Hormuz

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Middle East

Unsanctioned France cricket team plays international tournament amid 'high' legal risks

Investigation
Sport

How Orban benefits from Hungary's tailor-made election system

Analysis
Europe

From Evin Prison to a dash through wartime Iran: How French couple’s four-year ordeal ended

Analysis
Europe

French arms exports to Israel ‘a continuous pipeline of military hardware’

Analysis
Middle East

Why Viktor Orban wants energy prices at the heart of Hungary’s elections

Analysis
Europe

Nepal, Bangladesh, Morocco, Madagascar: What have the Gen Z protests achieved?

Analysis
Asia / Pacific

Why is France’s bill against ‘new forms of anti-Semitism’ sparking controversy?

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France

Baltic Sea strikes: How Ukraine aims to undermine Russia's oil profits from Iran war

Analysis
Europe

Iran Guards recruit children to ‘defend the homeland’, placing them in line of fire

Analysis
Middle East

'An eye for an eye': Israel’s death penalty law is retaliatory and electorally motivated

Analysis
Middle East

India’s new digital rules tighten the noose on freedom of speech

Analysis
Asia / Pacific

How Trump’s dream of seizing enriched uranium from Iran could end in catastrophe

Analysis
Middle East

What Taiwan's imprisonment of opposition figure Ko Wen-je means for its political landscape

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Asia / Pacific

Financial analysts move to counter Trump’s Middle East war uncertainty with ‘TACO’ index

Analysis
Economy

Moscow and St Petersburg internet blackouts raise fears of Kremlin surveillance

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Europe

Russian oil tanker nears Cuba in test of US resolve on blockade

Analysis
Americas

Lukashenko 'not an independent actor’: Opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya on why Belarus needs Russia

Interview
Europe

Iran targets US public opinion with online information war

Analysis
Middle East

‘Raulito’ Castro, the Trump administration’s wild card in Cuba

Analysis
Americas

Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor, succeeding fellow left-winger Anne Hidalgo

France

French far right wins towns, loses in cities as mayoral vote kicks off race to succeed Macron

Analysis
France

Streamlining the kill chain: how AI is changing modern warfare

Analysis
Middle East

'Harm at a population level': World Happiness Report flags social media's negative impact

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Technology

French Socialists split over alliance with hard-left party in mayoral runoffs

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France

Why Hungary's Viktor Orban is vilifying Ukraine before crucial elections

Analysis
Europe

'Not a one-person regime': Why Iran's Islamic Republic is so hard to topple

Interview
Middle East

Justice for Syria’s disappeared: When survivors take charge

On the ground
Middle East

Socialist leads Paris mayoral race but leftist rival threatens to split vote

France

French far right eyes Marseille upset after strong showing in mayoral elections

France

Shark nets planned for €100 million Club Med resort threaten endangered species in South Africa

Investigation
Africa

The race for Paris: Why France’s capital has likely gone green for good

France

Mideast war puts Lebanon's patients and hospitals at risk

On the ground
Middle East

The race for Paris: Will more armed police and more cameras make the city safer?

Analysis
France

From Sudan to Lebanon: ‘Wherever we go, war follows us’

On the ground
Middle East

‘I left everything for my grandchildren’: In Beirut, displaced families exhausted by endless war

On the ground
Middle East

The race for Paris: How the capital’s housing crisis could determine the city’s next mayor

Analysis
France

Kharg Island: Iran’s ‘untouchable’ oil artery?

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Middle East

Khamenei replaces Khamenei: Iran defies Trump, signals continuity

Analysis
Middle East

Iran's Azeris fear ethnic strife, sucking Turkey and Azerbaijan into the war

Analysis
Middle East

‘Self-destructive, suicidal’: In Lebanon, anger rises against Hezbollah amid Israeli strikes

Analysis
Middle East

‘Panic and fear’: Iran’s political prisoners face increasing danger amid US-Israel war

Analysis
Middle East

US reaches out to Iran’s Kurds, but will they also be ‘hung out to dry’?

Analysis
Middle East

From Ukraine to Iran, kamikaze drones are becoming indispensable to modern warfare

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Middle East

Former hostage Louis Arnaud discusses life in Evin prison – and his fears for Iran’s future

Interview
France

US-Israeli strikes on Iran put China’s energy security at risk

Interview
Middle East

US hails progress on Haiti's anti-gang force, but elections face steep hurdles

Analysis
Americas

Pakistan-Afghanistan 'open war': How and why we got here

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Asia / Pacific

Brothers-in-arms: How Modi and Netanyahu are bringing India and Israel closer together

Analysis
Middle East

After El Mencho's death, what lies ahead for Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel?

Analysis
Americas

New Louvre director tasked with leading a beleaguered landmark out of decades of crisis

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Culture

Trump’s marathon State of Union: Big claims and the questions he left unanswered

Analysis
Americas

From prison to Paris: Ambassador Charles Kushner at the centre of a Franco-American rift

Profile
Americas

How Russia’s 'thousand cuts' tactic is straining Ukraine’s frontline forces

Europe

'Love doesn't die with death': How four years of war have reshaped relationships in Ukraine

Interview
Europe

A Russian passport, a mother's vigil for Ukraine's children

Interview
Europe

How the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque became France’s ‘Charlie Kirk moment’

Analysis
France

Never-before-seen photos of Nazi executions in Greece surface on eBay

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Europe

'A very MAGA agenda': Is Trump’s Board of Peace meant to replace the United Nations?

Interview
Americas

What day again? French Muslims confused and frustrated over rival Ramadan dates

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France

Who is Vladimir Medinsky, the nationalist historian leading Russia’s peace talks delegation?

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Europe