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French newspapers report on the looming runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen after Sunday’s first round presidential election. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)
French Presidential Election Produces 2017 Rerun, But Also Surprising Results For Some
April 12, 2022 | 8:33pm EDT
A mural in Belgrade, Serbia, extols the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Mass Killings by Malian Forces and Suspected Russian Fighters Prompt Demands For an Investigation
April 6, 2022 | 6:53pm EDT
Emmanuel Macron on the campaign trail in Dijon on Monday. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Three Candidates Emerge as French Presidential Election Nears, But a Macron Win Looks Likely
March 30, 2022 | 7:03pm EDT
French President Emmanuel Macron last week launched a truncated campaign for re-election, in the midst of the crisis over the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
French Presidential Campaign Overshadowed By Ukraine War and Economic Fallout
March 22, 2022 | 7:28pm EDT
Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine late last month. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP via Getty Images)
France Has Sent Military Equipment to Russia Since 2014, But Denies Breaching EU Ban
March 15, 2022 | 6:30pm EDT
A luxury cruiser moored near Marseille and owned by a company linked to a sanctioned Putin ally has been seized by French authorities as part of the response to the invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)
French Presidential Candidates Vary in Views on Sanctions Against Russia and Oligarchs
March 8, 2022 | 6:36pm EST
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen at the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin in March 2017. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
Some Opposition Candidates For French Presidency Shift Stances on Putin After Ukraine Invasion
March 1, 2022 | 5:02pm EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron prepare to speak to the press after talks in Moscow earlier this month. (Photo by Thibault Camus / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
Macron Dogged By Thus-Far Futile Russia-Ukraine Mediation Bid as Election Draws Nearer
February 23, 2022 | 5:18pm EST
French special operations trainers with Malian soldiers in eastern Mali in December. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images)
Unwelcome in Mali, France and Partners to Move Their Anti-Jihadist Troops Elsewhere in the Region
February 17, 2022 | 6:19pm EST
French President Emmanuel Macron with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday. (Photo by Thibault Camus / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
Macron’s Rivals View His Russia-Ukraine Mediation Effort Skeptically; Some Sympathize With Putin
February 8, 2022 | 4:06pm EST