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August 20, 2020

France offers to help Alexei Navalny after alleged poisoning as world leaders react

French President Emmanuel Macron has offered his country's help to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny following his alleged poisoning, while other world leaders reacted to the sudden illness of the vocal foe of President Vladimir Putin.

August 13, 2020

Macron warns Iran not to ‘interfere’ in Lebanese government shakeup

Lebanon's Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, and his entire cabinet resigned earlier this week as reports surfaced that officials had been aware for years of the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut's port, which caught fire and triggered the deadly explosion. 

August 9, 2020

Beirut cop killed in anti-government clashes as Macron calls on world to help

A police officer was killed Saturday as thousands of protesters in Beirut stormed government buildings and called for an uprising days after a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital’s port left at least 158 dead and some 6,000 wounded.

August 6, 2020

Beirut explosion: France's Macron promises foreign aid won't fall into 'corrupt hands' as outrage mounts over negligent Lebanon 'regime'

As outraged protesters gathered in central Beirut on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron assured that foreign aid dollars would not fall into corrupt hands on the second day since a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital, leaving so far at least 157 dead and 5,000 injured.

July 19, 2020

Deroy Murdock: An American in Paris: NSC Chief O’Brien presses U.S. interests in French capital

The president was represented in the French capital by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C. O’Brien.  

July 18, 2020

Fire rips through 15th-century French cathedral, police calling it a criminal act

A fire ripped through the famed Gothic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of the western French city of Nantes Saturday morning and authorities are investigating the incident as a criminal act. 

July 14, 2020

France's Macron defends national security chief accused of rape, cites 'presumption of innocence'

French President Emmanuel Macron is defending his decision to put a man accused of rape in charge of all the nation’s police forces, citing the presumption of innocence.

July 9, 2020

Greenpeace activists hang banner on Notre Dame Cathedral crane

Greenpeace activists hung banners from a huge construction crane atop Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Thursday, accusing France and President Emmanuel Macron of not doing enough to fight climate change.

June 14, 2020

French President Macron refuses to 'erase' history by removing colonial-era statues

Macron has tried to support efforts to combat racism even as he refuses to cave to key demands.

April 27, 2020

Notre Dame Cathedral restoration paused by coronavirus to restart as protective measures for staff taken

France’s coronavirus lockdown may not be over yet, but workers at the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral are gearing up Monday for cleanup efforts to resume next week.