Samy Adghirni

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  • A US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber is worked on by military personnel at RAF Fairford in south west England shortly after sunrise on March 7, 2026. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given approval for Washington to use the bases of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and RAF Fairford in south-west England to bomb Iranian missile sites, after several Gulf countries were targeted by Iranian retaliations. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    Saudi Arabia intensifies engagement with Iran to defuse war

    By Donato Paolo Mancini, Fiona MacDonald, and others
  • MacronEurope

    Macron, who called NATO brain dead, warns of end to G-20

    By Samy Adghirni and Bloomberg
  • TOPSHOT - SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Michel Euler / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    French President Macron reassures Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault that despite a slump in business confidence, the French market remains steady

    By Samy Adghirni and Bloomberg
  • French President Emmanuel MacronPolitics

    France’s post-election political chaos sets the stage for a weak government and a lower global profile

    By Samy Adghirni, William Horobin, and others
  • France's President Emmanuel MacronPolitics

    ‘War is on European soil — there is less than 1,500 kilometers between Strasbourg and Lyiv,’ says French President Emmanuel Macron

    By Samy Adghirni, William Horobin, and others
  • Newly appointed Prime minister Gabriel Attal arrives for the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on January 9, 2024.Politics

    France’s new millennial prime minister is the youngest and first openly gay person to hold the position

    By Samy Adghirni and Bloomberg
  • GAZA CITY, GAZA – OCTOBER 15: Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza on October 15, 2023. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)Leadership

    U.S. and allies race to prevent regional conflict as Iran warns against Israel invading Gaza: ‘Hamas clearly wants to turn this into a wider Arab-Israeli war’

    By Henry Meyer, Samy Adghirni, and others
  • KANSAS CITY, MO – SEPTEMBER 15: Jeff Bezos looks on from the sidlines before kickoff between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on September 15, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)Retail

    France just gave Jeff Bezos its most prestigious honor in a private ceremony almost a decade after he was actually awarded the prize

    By Benoit Berthelot, Samy Adghirni, and others
  • People wearing a protective mask walk in the tourist district of Baixa – Chiado, Lisbon. 03 August 2021. Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announced, among other changes in pandemic control measures, the end of district-based restrictions, a change that takes effect soon. Despite this change, the General Health Direction (DSG) bulletin again reports an increase in COVID-19 infections in most of the country’s communities. (Photo by Jorge Mantilla/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    American travelers dodge the EU travel ban—for now

    By Samy Adghirni, Milda Seputyte, and others
  • In a drive thru system, elderly Brazilians participate in mass vaccination against coronavirus, on April 27, 2021, in the city of Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nurses administer the first dose of the Oxford / Astrazeneca vaccine to people up to 64 years of age. (Photo by Ernesto Carrico/NurPhoto via Getty Images)International

    As India’s COVID crisis worsens, Brazil is struggling to secure vaccines

    By Samy Adghirni and Bloomberg