The island nation's president, Nikos Christodoulides, expressed hope that the accord would strengthen bilateral defense ties and cooperation between the two countries, particularly at a time of heightened security concerns as conflicts ravage the wider region.
France's Minister of Defense Catherine Vautrin, left, and her Cypriot counterpart Vasilis Palmas shake hands after signing an agreement during an informal EU defense meeting in Nicosia, June 8, 2026.
In 2015, Michel Platini stepped forward as the most likely successor to head the governing body of world football. But the former France captain and coach was quickly submerged in a widening scandal. Instead, his deputy, Gianni Infantino, grabbed the FIFA presidency, starting a long-running vendetta.
According to the media and the opposition, Israel is facing decisive days that go far beyond the personal fate of Benjamin Netanyahu or the country's historic alliance with the United States.
'Resisting a repressive regime (3/3). Six years after the end of the pro-democracy movement that shook the country, judicial harassment continues to target those still seeking to promote freedom of expression.
In front of the campaign headquarters of Algeria's outgoing president and independent presidential candidate, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, near Place de l'Emir-Abdelkader in central Algiers, on September 5, 2024.
Abandoning the project will be a blow to efforts by European countries to cooperate more closely on defense and to present a united front as they contend with a hostile Russia and souring ties with the United States.
Under her husband's influence, Camille F. moved to Syria, where she spent nine years enduring war and loss before being repatriated with her five children in 2022. She is standing trial in Paris starting Monday.
Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said he had ordered the country's prosecutors to re-examine ongoing legal complaints, after the suspected killer of Lyhanna was found to have been the subject of several previous complaints.
Although the company became aware of a defect in its controllers as early as 2018, it waited until 2020 to communicate about the issue and until 2023 to officially offer a solution. France's competition, consumer and fraud watchdog described this as a 'misleading commercial practice.'
Nearly 6,000 people gathered on Sunday in the small town of Fleurance in southwestern France to pay tribute to Lyhanna, the young girl found dead on Thursday. Anger filled nearly every conversation, alongside a single question: How did the suspect slip through the cracks?
The incumbent prime minister won by a wide margin against the pro-Russian opposition, led by billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, in a vote seen as a choice between closer ties with the European Union and remaining within Moscow's orbit.
Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan at the headquarters of his party, Civil Contract, after winning the legislative elections in Yerevan on June 8, 2026.
Iran launched ballistic missiles toward Israel in response to an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs, prompting an immediate Israeli retaliation on Iranian territory.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate for the 2027 presidential election from La France Insoumise, during his first campaign rally in Saint-Denis, France on June 7, 2026.
Latvian, French and NATO flags flutter in front of a French Rafale fighter jet of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, in the Lielvarde air base, Latvia April 14, 2026.
German player Alexander Zverev kisses the Coupe des Mousquetaires after his victory over Italy's Flavio Cobolli in the final of the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris, on June 7, 2026.
As the economic climate tightens, the government may come to regret that it had underestimated growth, notes Le Monde's Béatrice Madeline in her column.
While Donald Trump expected the Iranian regime to fall, the war he has waged with Israel appears to have strengthened the regime's core, reinforcing military and security structures and accelerating domestic repression.
Projects such as Le Large, built on a historic Renault factory site on Seguin island, or at the Maison du Peuple in Paris's northwestern suburbs, illustrate how major corporations are taking over former industrial sites.
At least 31 people were killed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday. Philippine authorities urged people in affected coastal regions to move to higher ground after the offshore quake hit south of General Santos, a city of about 720,000.
The division of the French telecommunications company's activities between Bouygues Telecom, Free and Orange could pave the way for mergers across the continent, as telecom operators push for greater profitability.