France is leading a multinational planning effort involving around 20 countries to ensure the safe passage of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, with naval escorts considered if necessary, Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin said.

Israel is losing on all fronts. And it’s not just multiple Merkava tanks incinerated by Hezbollah or Tel Aviv high-rises pulverized by Iranian missiles.

France has welcomed back two of its citizens after years of detention in Iran, marking the end of a prolonged diplomatic and humanitarian case that drew international attention.

Armenian Ambassador to France Arman Khachatryan met with Éléonore Caroit, France’s Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for Francophonie, International Partnerships, and French Nationals Abroad, to discuss the Armenia–France agenda and ongoing cooperation between the two countries within international organisations, particularly the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).

France has called for the current Iran–United States ceasefire framework to be expanded to include military activity in Lebanon, amid renewed regional tensions.

Four people have died after a small migrant boat sank in the English Channel near the northern coast of France, local authorities in Calais said on April 9.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said a ceasefire in Lebanon remains one of the central conditions of Iran’s 10-point proposal aimed at halting what Tehran describes as “unprovoked aggression” against the country.

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the return of two French citizens who were released after more than three years of detention in Iran, calling their homecoming “the end of a terrible ordeal.”

France plans to increase its defense budget by 36 billion euros ($39 billion) by 2030, according to a proposal unveiled Wednesday by the Defense Ministry.

A French high-speed train collided with a truck carrying a military vehicle in northern France on Tuesday, April 7, resulting in the death of the TGV driver and serious injuries to two others, according to officials.