Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday blamed "both sides" of the Syrian conflict in the weekend deaths of at least 108 people in Houla, noting that the area is under rebel control but is also surrounded by government troops.
World powers and Iran both gave positive signals as talks began Wednesday, with EU foreign chief Catherine Ashton (file photo) hopeful that Iran would respond positively to a new offer designed to persuade it to scale back its nuclear programme.
Six major powers meet with Iran in Baghdad Wednesday for a fresh round of talks, in what will be a test of Tehran’s readiness to scale back its nuclear programme.
Rain, hail and even lightening couldn't stop French President François Hollande from making his diplomatic debut. We bring you the highlights of his first week in office. Next, disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in more legal trouble. This time he is being investigated for his alleged involvement in a gang rape. He says it is an ongoing smear campaign. Finally, we take you behind the scenes to the VIP parties at the Cannes Film Festival.
The world’s most powerful leaders held talks at the G8 summit on Saturday with the eurozone crisis top of their agenda. Francois Hollande’s call for growth won him some powerful allies as he battles against Germany’s insistence on austerity.
G8 leaders meeting in the United States were to focus on Europe's debt crisis on Saturday, as President Barack Obama aligned himself with new French President François Hollande’s drive for more economic stimulus.
In his first talks with US President Barack Obama on Friday, French President François Hollande said he would honour a campaign pledge to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan this year but said France would support the NATO mission in other ways.
French President François Hollande has vowed to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan before the New Year, placing him in a difficult diplomatic position as he holds his first talks with US President Barack Obama on Friday.
French President François Hollande is to meet with US President Barack Obama for the first time on Friday before a G8 summit on Europe’s debt crisis. The two are expected to discuss issues ranging from austerity to troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
He won’t be untested on the world stage for long. No sooner will François Hollande be sworn in than he will jet off to Berlin, Washington, and Chicago for sit-downs and summits. On foreign policy, French presidents always seem to grapple with two shadows – that of their immediate predecessor and that of Fifth Republic founder Charles de Gaulle.
