French prime ministers these days have a shelf life equivalent to a football manager in the relegation zone. The incumbent, Sébastien Lecornu, in his second spell in the job, is hoping that suspending ...

For Ukraine to agree to a settlement with Russia, it requires solid security guarantees from its allies; and an understanding that any ceasefire will be monitored, with clear consequences for Russia ...

Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State group in Syria, Britain’s defence ...