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Macron visits children wounded in knife attack

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly wounded in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was “heading in the right direction,” as police questioned the attacker. Four children — aged…

Macron names French ex-minister Lebanon special envoy

French President Emmanuel Macron has named his former foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as his personal envoy for Lebanon, in a new bid to end the country’s political crisis, the presidency said on Wednesday. Le Drian will be charged…

Top French terrorist and wife handed jail terms

Paris appeals court on Friday handed a 14-year jail term to a high-profile French terrorist convicted of terrorist offenses linked to Syria. The court upheld the sentence against Kevin Guiavarch handed down by a lower court but was more…