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People gather on and around the statue in the center of the Place de la Republic square at the end of a demonstration part of a nationwide day of actions called by high-school students, joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations in Paris on October 6, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 4:54 am
French riot police fire tear gas as masses rally nationwide for school funding
Some 266,000 protest across country; over 6,500 arrested, mostly minors; class suspended at nearly 900 schools; facing criticism of police abuse, PM pledges to address ‘accidents’
By Nicolas Garriga and OLEG CETINIC
France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 22, 2026. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
September 23, 2026, 6:48 am
Netanyahu decries Macron’s ‘grotesque’ claim that Hamas ‘never operated’ in West Bank
PM notes an Israeli with French citizenship was killed by a Palestinian terrorist just days before; French official tells ToI that Macron meant Hamas ‘doesn’t govern’ the territory
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
File: Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 20, 2026, 12:16 am
Europe braces for possible Russian escalation against it, as hybrid threats intensify
Macron orders critical sites protected, Poland boosts air defenses and Germany readies hospitals; but NATO reportedly says it sees no imminent threat of attack
By ToI Staff and Agencies
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, left, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pose before a meeting at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, September 17, 2026. (Thibault Camus/AP)
September 17, 2026, 9:10 pm
Top European, Arab officials meet to mull options for post-UNIFIL mission in Lebanon
France’s Macron, Lebanon’s Aoun, and Jordan’s King Abdullah gather in Paris to assess Lebanese Armed Forces’ needs as UN presence set to end, and Hezbollah still refusing to disarm
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump talks with France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/ Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 30, 2026, 12:15 am
US mulls blocking France’s DC ambassador pick over social media spat – sources
US State Department says it was ‘disappointed’ by ‘disrespectful’ French government post criticizing Washington’s objection to UN human rights chief, whom Israel also opposes
By Gabriel Stargardter, Humeyra Pamuk, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal
France's President Emmanuel Macron, center right, with Charles Dreyfus, grandson of Alfred Dreyfus, during a tribute ceremony to Captain Alfred Dreyfus, on the Ile de la Cite near the Court of Cassation in Paris, France, July 12, 2026. (Thomas Samson/Pool Photo via AP)
July 13, 2026, 9:56 am
Alfred Dreyfus statue finds permanent home in Paris, 120 years after his exoneration
At ceremony for wrongfully convicted officer, Macron warns ‘old demons of antisemitism’ never fully vanished; statue had effectively been hidden for decades after proposed sites rejected
By Zev Stub and AP
Museum employees unpack a carved stone panel after Syrian authorities unveiled antiquities returned from France at the National Museum in Damascus, Syria, July 8, 2026.(AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 10, 2026, 11:48 am
France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties
Artifacts flown to Damascus aboard Macron’s presidential aircraft include Roman bronze objects, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, mosaic panel that once adorned the Umayyad Mosque
By AP
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, meets French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, July 7, 2026. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 7, 2026, 2:58 pm
Explosions rock Damascus, wounding 18, near visiting French President Macron’s hotel
Twin blasts hit just as Macron meets in palace with counterpart Sharaa; meeting goes ahead as planned; no claim of responsibility
By AP and ToI Staff
France's President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) speaks with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (C-R) next to France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (L) during a bilateral meeting at the Damascus International Airport in Damascus on July 6, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
July 6, 2026, 9:21 pm
Macron arrives in Syria for first post-Assad visit by West European head of state
French president says he came to show commitment to Syrian people, seek a ‘Syria, united in its diversity,’ and at peace with its neighbors
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after a joint press conference following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 7, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq / POOL / AFP)
July 5, 2026, 8:21 pm
Syria expecting Macron in first post-Assad visit by Western head of state
Damascus says French, Syrian presidents will discuss ‘issues of common interest,’ but gives no date for trip and Paris does not immediately confirm
By Acil Tabbara and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
US President Donald Trump (left) seen signing the Persian-language version of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, at the Palace of Versailles in France, June 17, 2026. (Screenshot/White House via X); Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signs the MOU in a photo released June 17, 2026, by the regime-run IRNA news agency. (IRNA via X)
June 18, 2026, 9:43 am
War-ending deal is signed by US and Iran, takes effect; commits Israel to terms it opposes
‘This was not easy,’ says Trump as he inks agreement; Iran gloats it achieved ‘everything’ it wanted; Hormuz to open ‘immediately’ but Tehran says tolls to be charged after 60 days; Netanyahu has distanced himself from deal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump meets with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (not seen) on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
June 17, 2026, 3:52 pm
‘I’m the boss’, Trump tells G7, as he warms to Ukraine’s war position
US president and other summit leaders pledge support for Kyiv, fresh sanctions on Russia; global supply chains for critical minerals and macroeconomic imbalances also on agenda
By Steve Holland, Julia Payne and michel rose
US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One, June 15, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 15, 2026, 1:23 pm
As Trump heads to G7, world leaders welcome Iran deal, stress need for regional security
Regional leaders focus on Mideast, as other nations offer help with clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, while insisting Tehran won’t be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons
By Agencies
Worker erects wooden panels around Israeli defense industry booths at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris, June 15, 2026. (Defense Ministry)
June 15, 2026, 12:44 pm
Israeli defense industry booths walled off at leading French arms exhibition
Move comes after France barred Israeli pavilion, government officials from Eurosatory, a year after black partitions surrounded Jerusalem’s exhibits at Paris Air Show
By Stav Levaton
Former French first lady Bernadette Chirac attends a a tribute ceremony to French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris, on July 5, 2017. (Michel Euler / POOL / AFP)
June 6, 2026, 6:16 pm
Bernadette Chirac, formidable former first lady of France, dies at 93
Chirac spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace alongside her husband, Jacques, enduring infidelity and building power of her own. ‘A great lady of the heart has departed’ says Macron
By Thomas Adamson
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