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France's newly appointed Prime Minister, Francois Bayrou, is facing a wave of criticism less than a week into the job. He came under fire on Tuesday for opting to chair a provincial town hall meeting while the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte struggled to recover from the devastating impact…

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will visit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte "in the coming days" and declare a "period of national mourning". This comes as rescue teams struggle to clean up from the worst cyclone to hit the archipelago in nearly a century.

Chido hit Mayotte at the weekend with winds of more than 200kmph, damaging housing, government buildings and a hospital

Pope Francis celebrated mass Sunday before a congregation of thousands in Corsica, a stronghold of the Catholic faith, the first-ever trip by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island.

Algeria's foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador to reprimand him for what it said were efforts to destabilise the country, several Algerian media outlets reported on Sunday.

Pope Francis has arrived on the French island of Corsica, where he will give two speeches in the capital Ajaccio and preside over a mass at the Casone open-air theatre, before meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.

A brief visit by Pope Francis to the French island of Corsica will put a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local traditions of popular piety on the one hand and migrant deaths and wars on the other

Beset by political crises and economic turmoil, the bloc’s two biggest countries are both at a crossroads

Georgia's ruling party on Saturday installed a far-right loyalist as the country's president in a controversial election process amid a constitutional crisis and after weeks of mass pro-EU protests.