UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday welcomed a joint statement by U.S. and Indian leaders to announce their support for the Paris Agreement to enter into force early.
The Palestinians are focusing their bet on the progress of France initiative for holding an international conference for peace in the Middle East, although the road to achieve the target is not paved with flowers, according to analysts and observers.
The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris began to recede Saturday after reaching its highest level in three decades. However, problems troubling the French tourism may not be eased immediately amid the shadows of terrorism and strikes.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Tuesday announced a plan to build a refugee camp, the first in the French capital, to welcome hundreds of people who fled war and poverty in their native countries.
A crisis center was set up early Thursday morning at Terminal 1 of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport for the missing EgyptAir MS804 flight, French media reported.
Climate officials from around the world returned to the negotiation table on Monday to write a "rule book" for the Paris Agreement, a historic pact they clinched at the end of last year in France to fight global warming.
French luxury goods magnate Francois Pinault is finally achieving his ambition of opening a museum in Paris to house his vast private art collection a decade after he ditched previous plans over red tape and opened a gallery in Venice instead.
The landmark signing of Paris climate deal by world leaders at a ceremony to be held on Friday in New York marks a significant milestone in efforts to save the planet from calamities associated with global warming, Kenyan experts have said.
Ri Su Yong, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), left Tuesday for the UN headquarters in New York to join the signing ceremony of Paris climate agreement, according to the official KCNA news agency.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the statement from the Presidency of the G20, China, which affirms full support for the signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
At least 13 people were killed in two explosions Tuesday at the Brussels airport and 15 people were killed in another explosion at a metro station in the Belgian capital.
After fashion weeks in New York, London and Milan, Paris stepped onto the seasonal catwalk on Tuesday, with Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn among the first to present her fall collection in the French capital.
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius traveled here on Wednesday to present the conclusions of COP21, over which he presided at the end of 2015, to the European Parliament meeting for its plenary session. He appealed for speedy ratification of the "Paris Agreement."
A Belgian man with "direct links" to Paris attackers has been arrested in Morocco, the Ministry of interior announced Monday.
The world has been overshadowed by terrorist threats as never before this year as various terror groups and their loyalists made headlines everywhere, especially in Paris and across the Atlantic in France's strong anti-terror ally, the United States.
Austrian police have arrested two suspects with potential links to the Paris terror attacks at a refugee shelter in Salzburg, the prosecutor's office there revealed on Wednesday.
The historic Paris Agreement adopted here on Saturday with no objection by the 196 parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change during the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties is seen as a new chapter for humanity in tackling climate change issues after the year 2020.
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