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France's President Emmanuel Macron is in the United Arab Emirates as part of a traditional Christmas-time visit to troops overseas

Business

Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he had given the official go-ahead to replace his country’s flagship, the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle aircraft...

AFPDecember 21, 2025

Graffiti shows drug prices in the southern French city of Marseille

Life

Shift in battle to tackle teens trapped in Marseille drug ‘slavery’

Hundreds of teenagers, often estranged from their families, have been ensnared by violent drug gangs in Marseille, France's second-largest city.

AFPDecember 16, 2025

The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford will add to concerns in Venezuela that Washington's ultimate goal is the overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro

World

Trump confirms call with Maduro, Caracas slams US maneuvers

US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions between the two countries, while Caracas...

AFPNovember 30, 2025

French anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci (C) and his mother Ouassila Benhamdi Kessaci were at the heart of a crowd of people who gathered to pay tribute to 20-year-old Mehdi Kessaci, who died last week in a murder linked to his brother's activism

World

‘This must stop’: Thousands rally in France after murder linked to anti-drug activism

Thousands of people gathered in Marseille on Saturday to honour the brother of an anti-drug activist murdered in France’s second largest city last week...

AFPNovember 22, 2025

Trinidadian fishermen told AFP Venezuelan patrols have been violently repelling their boats, and beatings and extortion have increased

Business

Caught between Venezuela and US, Trinidad fishermen fear the sea

A stone’s throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and...

AFPOctober 30, 2025

The USS Gravely warship arrived in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, near Venezuela

World

‘Non-interventionist’ Trump flexes muscles in Latin America

In a speech in Riyadh in May, President Donald Trump denounced generations of US interventionism, saying the Middle East was only made worse by...

AFPOctober 29, 2025

Mexican soldiers are seen in Culiacan in the northwestern state of Sinaloa

World

Drugs, people smuggling at heart of Mexico’s raging violence

Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 murders a year, many of them...

AFPOctober 7, 2024