MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Moscow on Friday slammed Emmanuel Macron for what it called "vulgar insults", after the French president called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "predator" and "ogre". Macron warned European leaders not to trust Putin in an interview with the LCI broadcaster last week. "For his own survival, (he) needs to keep eating ... That means he is a predator, an ogre at our gates," Macron said. He made the comments after a landmark meeting with US President Donald Trump along with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and European allies in Washington. Russia's foreign ministry slammed the remarks. "They cross the line of not just reasonableness, but decency, becoming vulgar insults against Russia and its people," spokeswoman...
MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to India in December, the Kremlin said Friday, as ties...
PARIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday accused Russia of showing "terror and barbarism" with missile and drone attacks on...
ISTANBUL, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia is demanding Ukraine cede all of its eastern Donbas region, but would be willing to freeze the conflict...
MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia on Friday warned that the reimposition of sanctions against Iran risked "irreparable consequences", after Britain, France and Germany...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to block $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday...
PARIS, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French trade unions on Friday called for nationwide strikes on September 18, as a political crisis deepens ahead of...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A rare Russian attack on a Ukrainian warship killed two servicemen and others are unaccounted for, a spokesperson...
JERUSALEM, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli military expressed regret Friday after Lebanon's army reported two of its soliders were killed when an Israeli...
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from a capsized boat carrying migrants earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania has climbed...
GENEVA, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than a quarter of a million people are registered as missing by the Red Cross, a figure up...
BEIJING, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A dozen furry dolls strung together on a metal chain dangled from Labubu fan Maki Li's neck as he...
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Syria monitor said Friday that the death toll from sectarian violence in Sweida province in July has...