Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had told French President Francois Hollande he would not meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas if France pushed ahead with an international peace conference in Paris later this month.Israel arrests dozens of Palestinians after ...

PARIS: (APP) French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would "clarify positions" with US president-elect Donald Trump during "frank" telephone discussions later in the day."I will have to clarify and seek clarification on positions. We must speak frankly to each other," Hollande told France ...

PARIS (APP) - French President Francois Hollande has sent one of the strongest warnings yet that Britain will have to pay a heavy price for leaving the European Union, adding to deep concern in financial markets.Britain  EU divorce: British PM unleash road mapHe called for "firmness" by the EU ...

ROME (APP) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on an Italian island on Monday to discuss the EU's way forward after Britain's shock vote to quit the bloc.The gathering on the island of Ventotene comes three ...

PARIS: (APP) President Francois Hollande on Thursday confirmed plans to set up a National Guard drawn from existing reserves to help security forces combat terror attacks on French soil.A "defence council" to be held early next month will hammer out the force's hierarchy and command structure, ...

PARIS: (APP) France will supply weapons to Iraq to support its fight against the Islamic State group, President Francois Hollande said Friday, but ruled out any troop deployment in the country.The artillery weapons "will be in place next month," he told reporters after a meeting of the defence ...

PARIS (APP): French President Francois Hollande told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday her nation had to choose between allowing free movement of Europeans into Britain and restricted trade with the EU."It's the most crucial point... Britain will have to choose: stay in the single ...

WARSAW: (APP) NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said Saturday that the alliance's leaders had agreed to maintain a united policy of deterrence and dialogue with a resurgent Russia."The main message... is that the alliance is united, we stand together," Stoltenberg said when asked about talks the 28 NATO ...

PARIS: (APP) If US Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected president it would be a dangerous result and "complicate" relations between Europe and the United States, French President Francois Hollande has warned."Those who say that Donald Trump could not possibly become the next president of ...

BERLIN: (APP) Germany's Angela Merkel said Monday she agreed with the leaders of France and Italy that there would be no talks on future relations with Britain until after it formally notifies the EU of its plan to leave the bloc.Merkel said after talks in Berlin with French President Francois ...