Trump lands in France with Iran deal momentum, trade fights looming at high-stakes G7

Retired general weighs hope and skepticism over proposed Iran deal Brig. Gen. John Teichert (Ret.) discusses the proposed US-Iran deal on America Reports. He highlights the need for performance-based compliance from Iran, including destroying nuclear material and ending terrorist funding. Teichert stresses the importance of the US maintaining its right to decisively respond to any … Read more

Trump’s track record of insults and awkward moments with the G7 leaders he’s meeting in France

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading to France on Monday to meet with an ideologically diverse group of world leaders who have at least one thing in common: All have either found themselves the target of Trump’s ire, or have been forced to negotiate awkward moments with the U.S. leader. Several of the G7 … Read more

Trump and Macron will meet over dinner at Versailles palace after G7 summit in France

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the glittering Palace of Versailles near Paris after the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations next week in France, their governments announced Saturday. Trump, who is trying to make progress on finalizing an Iran war deal in … Read more

In France, Hegseth invokes immigration and

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it. Hegseth, speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in northwestern France during … Read more

Air France flight to US diverted to Montreal due to Ebola travel restrictions

TORONTO — An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger “should not have boarded” the plane … Read more

Air France flight bound for Detroit diverted to Canada over passenger from Congo, officials say

An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit, Michigan, was forced to divert to Montreal, Canada, on Wednesday due to U.S. flight restrictions linked to the Ebola outbreak after it was determined that one of the passengers was from the Democratic Republic of Congo, federal officials said. Air France boarded the passenger “in error on a … Read more

Version of hantavirus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak matches known strain, France says

France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more transmissible or more dangerous. “The analyzed virus corresponds to the viruses … Read more

Kanye West postpones France show after officials said he was ‘not welcome’

Ye has postponed a concert in France that was scheduled for this summer, after officials in the country said he was not welcome and threatened to ban him over his antisemitic comments and songs. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The news comes just over a … Read more

Boy in France kept in locked utility van for nearly 2 years before being rescued this week

A 9-year-old boy was rescued this week after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized, and his father was detained. Police were alerted by a neighbor to “sounds of a child” coming from a van on Monday in the village … Read more