Advertisement
Advertisement
TOPIC
 / people

Jean-Noel Barrot

Jean-Noel Barrot
The latest news and top stories on Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs since September 2024. Previously, he was Minister Delegate for European Affairs in early 2024 and Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications from 2022 to 2024. He also served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, where he was Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee.
Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir has been banned from French territory. File photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

EU next? Israeli far-right minister Ben-Gvir banned from French territory

Many nations were angry after the minister posted a ‌video of himself taunting activists being pinned down after trying to help Gaza.

Disease

Nations race to trace passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

videocam
Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son asks France to help him locate mother in Myanmar

videocam
United Nations

Landmark UN nuclear summit opens as world’s warhead count grows

UN chief urges world to ‘breathe life’ into a landmark non-proliferation treaty as nations gather in New York.

An unarmed US Minuteman III missile inside a silo. The US and Russia hold nearly 90 per cent of nuclear weapons globally. Photo: 90th Missile Wing
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran calls for ‘human chains’ around its power plants before US deadline

Tehran defiant after the US president warned the ‘entire country can be taken out in one night’.

US, Israel war on Iran

China caught between Iran and Gulf states as Tehran strikes across Middle East

In 2023, China mediated a peace deal between Riyadh and Tehran, but the ties are being tested as Iran targets sites in Saudi Arabia.

videocam
16
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
US, Israel war on Iran

China and France agree to help de-escalate US-Israeli conflict with Iran

The world must not return to the law of the jungle, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang tells France’s Jean-Noel Barrot.

videocam
5
France says it was neither informed of nor involved in the military operations against Iran. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran

Europe divided, on edge as US-Israel strikes on Iran ripple across the continent

Cyprus hit, oil prices jump and EU leaders clash over legality, regime change and Washington’s role in the widening conflict.

videocam
6
France

France demands answers from US envoy for ignoring summons as feud deepens

Paris angry after Charles Kushner failed to show up to explain his remarks about the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque.

France

France to summon US ambassador over comments on activist killing

France’s foreign minister reacts to a US statement about the death of Quentin Deranque, rejecting ‘instrumentalisation of this tragedy’.

Protesters hold a portrait of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who died after being attacked on the sidelines of a far-right protest in Lyon. Photo: AFP
Marco Rubio

Rubio says US not disputing report of Navalny’s fatal poisoning by frog toxin

Five European governments blamed Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny while he was held in an Arctic penal colony.

Alexei Navalny appearing on a screen via video link from the IK-6 penal colony in 2023. Photo: Reuters
Russia

Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say

Epibatidine, a deadly chemical not found naturally in Russia, was detected in samples taken from the body of the late Putin critic.

9
Israel-Gaza war

World artists back Palestine rapporteur Francesca Albanese despite criticism

Albanese faces calls from France and Germany to step down over remarks in which she criticised ‘most of the world’ for enabling Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza.

China-EU relations

Farewell to the ‘unipolar moment’: Europe scrambles for footing between US and China

French and German foreign ministers revive talks with Beijing counterpart to respond to US-China divide-and-rule tactics and bolster European unity.

videocam
Meeting in Munich on Friday are (from left) China’s Wang Yi, Germany’s Johann Wadephul and France’s Jean-Noel Barrot. Photo: DPA
European Union

EU designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terrorist group amid bloody crackdown

EU’s Kaja Kallas equates the group to Islamic State and al-Qaeda as death toll tops 6,300. Trump moves ‘armada’ to Mideast as Iran warns of naval strikes.

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran in November 2024. Photo: West Asia press Agency/Reuters
Donald Trump

Allies tepid on joining Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ as countries study invites

Some leaders sign on to the Trump-chaired body, but initial reaction from two key allies, France and Canada, was lukewarm.

7
Social media

US hits 5 Europeans with visa bans in ‘censorship’ row

Former EU commissioner is among those barred as the US targets individuals it says are involved in censoring US social media platforms.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
China-France relations

Macron bypasses EU in bid to boost France-China ties

French President Emmanuel Macron left Ursula von der Leyen in Europe, as European leaders sidestep the EU and seek to boost bilateral ties with China.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, visit the Forbidden City. Photo: AP/Pool
China-France relations

China and France should ‘understand and support each other’, Xi tells Macron

The pair meet in Beijing for ‘candid and fruitful’ talks followed by the signing of 12 deals covering everything from nuclear power to pandas.

26
China-EU relations

China frames message of partnership for EU members to take to Brussels

Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges European counterparts to champion Beijing’s cause and support “genuine strategic autonomy”.

videocam
21
France

Crisis-hit France gets another new government amid political turmoil

President Macron unveiled PM Lecornu’s second cabinet in a week, as they face mounting pressure to push through a crucial budget.

Television screens displaying France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu with an image of France’s President Emmanuel Macron in the background, during a broadcast last week. Photo: AFP
France

France unveils yet another government. It also faces risk of collapse

Prime Minister Lecornu risks being toppled by a no-confidence vote over the austerity budget as early as next week.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. Photo Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Palestinian president’s office urges US to reinstate visa ahead of UN meetings

Mahmoud Abbas was expected to attend a UN conference about creating a Palestinian state next month. His visa was rescinded on Friday.

Syria

Syria’s elections: a path to inclusion or continued conflict?

A deepening humanitarian crisis and minority grievances complicate Syria’s bid for a centralised state, 14 years after its civil war began.

videocam
Ukraine war

New Ukraine-Russia talks set for Wednesday in Istanbul, Zelensky says

Announcement follows two previous rounds that yielded little progress, as pressure mounts from the US for a deal.

The aftermath of a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: EPA
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement