Friday, 6 February, 2026 , 17:29 AFP — As calls mounted for former minister Jack Lang to resign as head of a leading French cultural institute over his ties to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, France's foreign minister said Friday he had summoned Lang to a weekend meeting.

Friday, 6 February, 2026 , 16:22 AFP — Amid mounting calls for former minister Jack Lang to resign as head of a leading French cultural institute over his ties to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the foreign minister said Friday he had summoned Lang to a weekend meeting.

Thursday, 5 February, 2026 , 20:33 AFP — France's foreign minister said Thursday that sustaining the fight against the Islamic State group is an "absolute priority" for Paris, after meeting his Syrian counterpart in Damascus before heading on to Iraqi Kurdistan.

Thursday, 5 February, 2026 , 11:58 AFP — A UK inquiry into the deadliest recorded small boat Channel crossing on Thursday ruled some of the deaths in the 2021 sinking were "avoidable".

Thursday, 5 February, 2026 , 11:53 AFP — France's foreign minister said Thursday that sustaining the fight against the Islamic State group is an "absolute priority" for Paris, after meeting his Syrian counterpart in Damascus.

Thursday, 5 February, 2026 , 11:39 AFP — France's foreign minister said Thursday that sustaining the fight against Islamic State is an "absolute priority" for Paris, after meeting his Syrian counterpart in Damascus.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 21:08 AFP — The threat posed by Islamic State group around the world has grown steadily since mid-2025 and become more complex as the jihadist organization adapts to stay alive, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 20:10 AFP — Iranian 2023 Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi, jailed since her latest arrest in December, has gone on hunger strike to demand her right to phone calls, her family's Paris-based lawyer said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 15:47 AFP — Syria signed a preliminary deal with US energy giant Chevron and Qatari firm Power International on Wednesday to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the country, which is still recovering from years of civil war.

Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 , 13:11 AFP — Authorities in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday closed a TV channel belonging to opposition leader Shaswar Abdulwahid, who had recently served a prison sentence.